March 2023


March 2023


 
as soft as your pillow - 1st March 2023
sleep well beast - 2nd March 2023
a stoic last stand - 3rd March 2023
jaws will open - 4th March 2023
nuclear family - 5th March 2023
a thumbnail sketch - 6th March 2023
flying objects - 7th March 2023
speed trials - 8th March 2023
fare thee well - 9th March 2023
suspended in this bliss - 10th March 2023
every time you think you're talking, you're just moving your mouth - 11th March 2023
come out to play - 12th March 2023
mostly waving - 13th March 2023
ain't it the life - 14th March 2023
put your money on me - 15th March 2023
through the minefield - 16th March 2023
at the bottom of the world - 17th March 2023
to breach the hive - 18th March 2023
welcome party - 19th March 2023
take the power back - 20th March 2023
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with arms outstretched - 26th February 2023
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down in the weeds - 27th February 2023
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commander in chief - 28th February 2023
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as soft as your pillow - 1st March 2023
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sleep well beast - 2nd March 2023
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a stoic last stand - 3rd March 2023
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jaws will open - 4th March 2023
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nuclear family - 5th March 2023
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a thumbnail sketch - 6th March 2023
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flying objects - 7th March 2023
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speed trials - 8th March 2023
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fare thee well - 9th March 2023
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suspended in this bliss - 10th March 2023
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every time you think you're talking, you're just moving your mouth - 11th March 2023
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come out to play - 12th March 2023
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mostly waving - 13th March 2023
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ain't it the life - 14th March 2023
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put your money on me - 15th March 2023
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through the minefield - 16th March 2023
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at the bottom of the world - 17th March 2023
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to breach the hive - 18th March 2023
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welcome party - 19th March 2023
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take the power back - 20th March 2023
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testmeat photoblog


15th March 2023

put your money on me

put your money on me
put your money on me, go tuck me into bed and wake me when i'm dead, i know that you gotta be free
i have a few self imposed rules that don't really make much sense when it comes to photography. for example i decided a while ago that every photo should be named after a lyric from a song that i like, which has led to many occasions where deciding a title would take me longer than i spent working on the photo itself. i couldn't think what to call this picture for some time until i randomly listened to an old arcade fire album and this song seemed to match the attitude i saw in this adélie penguin's pose. another rule which is far more problematic concerns how i shoot and crop my photos, which is almost exclusively in a landscape 3:2 ratio. i think the reasons behind this choice are because i started getting into photography in a technological era after digital cameras and before smartphones. i would edit and view my photos on my laptop, and that particular ratio always looked best on the screen. by contrast a portrait crop felt like there was something missing, so i naturally stopped creating photos like that. we're now in an era where i imagine most people view photos on their phones, and it's indisputable that a portrait crop works a whole lot better, but still the stubbornness inside me refused to adapt. in fact the last time i posted a photo which wasn't a strict 3:2 crop was over five years ago, and even then it was only slightly off. so this image is a very rare example where despite trying to force this 3:2 rule, i had to concede that the photo looks far better with a portrait crop. i think it'll be difficult for me to shake my instinct and start rotating my camera when i shoot, but this could be the start of a new era where my shots are cropped based on what works best for the image instead of obstinately following a nonsensical principle.

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