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Got home from a long day at work thoroughly wiped. It hadn't been a particularly stressful Monday, but my mind was overloaded with new information and I sensed a slight headache coming on. Never had a day seemed so agonizingly slow, yet when I tried to recall the events of the day, it was curious how fuzzy it all was. Sensing that an early departure to bed was probably the best thing, I finished off the duties of the evening quickly and headed for my room.
Upon opening the door, I was greeted with a surprise - there lay my bed, warm and inviting, already occupied. I stepped forward quickly, ready to rouse the intruder and hustle him out of my sleeping quarters. As I came nearer, the moonlight spilling through the window illuminated his face. I stopped instantly in my tracks, for here was an even greater surprise. There, lying peacefully on my bed sound asleep, was me!
Unsure of what my eyes were seeing, I peered closer and confirmed my discovery. There I lay, off and away in another world, totally unaware that here I was, staring into the face of myself, puzzling over the absurdity of it all. What a paradox! How could this be? Was I dreaming? I pinched myself to be sure. As I pondered, it was strange how much of the day was now a blur to me. Desperately I tried to recall what had happened earlier that morning. When did I leave for work? What had I had for breakfast? Did I really get up this morning?
Bogged down with so many questions and overcome by the the acuteness of the headache that was throbbing in my skull, I closed my eyes in a feeble attempt to clear my thoughts.
That's the last thing I remember before waking up early Monday morning to the sound of my alarm...
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I wasn't sure how this image was going to turn out. I actually took this picture from three different positions because I couldn't decide what angle to go with. I was rather excited about the lighting, however. The goal was to depict pale moonlight spilling through the window with a slight hint of cold fill light inside the room. By placing a strobe with a diffused beauty dish outside the window and placing another strobe with a CTB gel behind the bed and setting the camera's white-balance to tungsten, I was able to create the look I was going for. The rest of the process was fairly straightforward - take two separate images of myself in both positions and merge the two together in Photoshop. With a little extra tweaking, some color adjustments, and a bit of blur, I was able to create my final image.
I hope these weekly posts continue to be an inspiration and a driving force in causing you to want to create your own works of art. I know I'm having fun over here, and my hope is that you find joy is doing the things you love as well.
Until next week...
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