Andrushka

Take a gander at my new gallery. I wish you could see the RAW format versions of the pictures, they look much better than the JPGs, but unfortunately, they are around 10 meg each and not viewable through a web browser. So, we'll have to settle for lossy compression schemes. The gallery begins with Thursday night. Between class, the poetry reading, and making copies for my presentation, I was on or around campus from 12:30 til 9:30. And I'd brought my camera. Naturally I was busy, so it wasn't like I was shooting all day, but I did come up with a couple good ones. One is of a fall tree at night that looks beautifully orange, much more beautiful than during the daytime. Why? Because of the neon glow of the Nebraska Bookstore sign. The only problem is that I seem to get Parkinson's disease whenever there's a camera in my hands. Later I was fascinated by the public discourse written on the bathroom stall in the library. Someday, when I'm more adventurous, perhaps I'll compare men's and women's bathroom graffiti. To tell you the truth, one of the things written on the stall door may have been added by myself (one could say the damage had already been done). You can guess which comment. The final photos of the night were of the exterior of Love Library, my on-campus haunt. That brings us to Friday. Serhiy and I went to our friendly neighborhood College of Hair Design for to get new 'dos. Now, this is something his Mom has been begging him to do for a while. I don't think he got it cut as short as she'd like, but it is shorter. When he asked how it looks, I answered that he looks like a woman. I brought along a camera and got some pictures of the foliage (because I want to be like Ceri and Ellen) and also of the haircutting process. Afterwards, we went to Bison Witches for their a half-sandwich and soup each. Their veggie sandwich is so good I hypothesize it includes crack (thank you, Pauline for the expression). Anyway, there is a smashing sequence of me attacking the remains of my bread bowl. I think the violence of it makes me look manly. One last thing before I bid you "ado." I've been trying to convert my church art, aka doodles done to keep myself attentive, to a digital medium. So, I scanned some with rather mixed results. A line that looks acceptable on paper is rather crooked and unfulfilling when blown up on the screen. Maybe my Parkinson's isn't only camera activated. I've tried various methods to deal with the noise and such, but short of retracing everything in Photoshop, I'm not sure how to make them look decent for digital exhibition. Anyway, here's one that I've touched up a bit (but not excessively and without spending too much time on it). If anyone has a quick fix recommendation, please tell me.

Posted by Scott on 05 November 2005 at 11/05/2005 02:05:00 AM | Permalink