Looks like it’s (wait for it… ) *dun dun dun* Weird-out Wednesday *dun dun*! No worries, though… no one got squeezed in production of the above. Not that I’m one to pinch and tell. This is actually a piece from ye olde undergrad thesis show… if that… lends the slightest bit of credibility. At all. Anyway, something a bit calmer Friday. I promise. Unless I have a really awful Thursday.
About this image: original image from flatbed scanner, printed and photographed with sheet-film pinhole camera, pinhole print re-scanned and digitally modified
Refrigerator Magnate 
Weird, a little scary but interesting.
It is a bit bizarre, isn’t it? I hope not too much so. I have to keep everyone on their toes every now and then you know. I’d hate for people to start falling asleep over here… seems like that would be bad blogging business!
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I particularly like the hand
That’s my hand you know, N.M…
it was a bit tricky to ‘pose’, hold still and operate the scanner at the same time. Took me a while.
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Creepy & Cool
Thank you very much, sir!
As long as people find it somewhat interesting I’m a happy camper!
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Is that a device or an instrument? Now you are going to have to look up both words to see.
Hmm… good question, Bearman.
Originally it was a bad reference to both ‘intentions’ and the tool.
I thought I was being all clever at the time, but the more I think about it… eh. Not so much. 🙂
Very cool 🙂
Thank you very much, Eden!
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I like the angle of the hand grip.
Thanks very much, Mr. J!
A lot of that distortion comes from the pinhole camera, so I can’t take too much credit for how it all worked out… although I’d like to! 🙂
Love this, Inky. Given my liking for tools, that would be a given, but I esp. like the perspective. Looks like you took this over glass, somehow.. Wonders never cease. I give you an A+ (hope they did too!)
Thank you very much, Dishy! I really appreciate that!
The distortion comes from a pinhole camera I used to rephotograph an image I’d produced with a flatbed scanner. You can achieve similar effects in Photoshop, but I had access to a darkroom at the time, so it was fun to play around with the real thing!
My photo / digital imaging professor was a pretty cool guy… he always acted like he was a tough grader, but he always seemed pretty generous to me…
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This creeps me out and I love it. It has horror flick written all over it. Well – figuratively speaking, of course, since “devices” is literally written over it.
I like to keep people interested, and it seems like creeping them out a bit sometimes might be a part of that. Maybe. But I’m never quite sure about that, so I was very happy to hear you liked this one, Ms. D… thank you!
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Great composition. It would look good hanging in the office of a dentist – the one from Little Shop of Horrors.
Thank you very much!
Hahaha… absolutely! Or maybe behind his receptionist’s desk… just as a bit of friendly encouragement for patients to pay their bills on time…
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Maybe you should have offered to help the Friggin Loon with her broken tooth. Could have saved her a trip to the dentist’s chair. 😉
HA! There you go, Y.A.W.! And I’d charge much less, too!
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love it….wonderful motion!
Thank you very much, J.G.!
There was a lot of actual motion involved, too (I had a very difficult time holding still long enough to complete a full scan)!
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Cool SIG! Creepy is good!
Thank you so much, S.E.!
This is another one of those I was slightly concerned about… similar to a few images we’ve discussed before…
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ouch!
very sinister!
It is a bit unusual, isn’t it?
Hopefully not too much so…
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loved the dun dun dun interjection
Hahaha… thank you very much, Marina!
I thought a bit of a soundtrack might help this post out!
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Oh you creepy, creepy man… I love you. 😛
Hahaha…
but Annabelle, aren’t you supposed to be pretending that I’m normal-ish?!
Either way I love you, too.
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Oh, the latex glove sooooo makes this!
Thanks, M.P…
makes me feel a bit better about putting those things on the grocery list! 🙂
Ohhhhh, glove. Took me a while on that one. I like the freakily-tiny pinky finger. Stick that out while you sip some tea.
Hahaha…
Why, yeeeeessssssssss
*in my best 1700’s flashback Always Sunny Charlie, Mack and Dennis*
OK Spilled Ink way to make me relaxed . In 24 hours they are gonna be using something like that to yank my tooth out. Sheez!
I’m sure they’ll use a much loon-friendlier device… and maybe even some happy gas too?!
Hang in there, Loon – I hope things go as easily and quickly as possible! 😦
😦 alright!!!!
Funny, I don’t find that image weird at all. Does that make me weird?
Maybe it means the exact opposite, Binky…
maybe in a Rorschach sort if way…
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double c. creepy and cool.
I’m doubly happy to hear that, U.M…
thank you very much!
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I agree with the folks who say this is “creepy” and “dentist-y”. I also agree that it’s a great visual!
Thank you very much, Jason!
And hey, no cavities!
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Very industrial! Another great black and white from SIG!
Thank you so much, sir!
That is very kind of you to say (as always)!
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This is beyond cool! Exciting, dramatic, creative, all of the descriptives of good art. . .at least in the eyes of this beholder 🙂
Oh man, that is beyond kind of you to say, Cecelia – thank you very, very much! I’m always a little nervous about posting the more dramatic images… I’m never really sure how they will go over, so it was particularly nice to hear this! Thank you again! 🙂
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Your teqniques produce such amazing photos Robert. Who’da thought a pair of pliers could look so good
I really appreciate that, sir… thank you very much!
I love all the texture in old metal… I know it’s wrong not to take care of your tools, although if you don’t you can get some fairly interesting photos out of them!
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Oops… I spelt tekneeks rong in the previous comment
I never even noticed, Tony…
as I’m sure you’ve noticed spelling is not exactly my forte!
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