{"id":476,"date":"2007-05-30T21:31:33","date_gmt":"2007-05-30T12:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2007-05-30\/476"},"modified":"2007-05-30T21:31:33","modified_gmt":"2007-05-30T12:31:33","slug":"yoko-chans-daddy-unplugged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2007-05-30\/476","title":{"rendered":"Yoko-chan’s Daddy, Unplugged"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
<\/a>\nYoko-chan's Daddy Unplugged<\/i><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Last month we attended a small get-together at the house of one of\nAnthony's classmates, Yoko-chan. Yoko-chan's daddy really appreciates music\n... jazz, classical, classic rock.... all kinds, and we were treated to a\nwonderful<\/span> selection from his CD and LP collection throughout the evening.\n\n<\/p>

\n\nHe also plays the guitar quite well, and at one point he and another daddy\nhad a little<\/span> jam session. I snapped<\/span> a few<\/span> wholly unremarkable pictures, but\nI thought<\/span> I'd see whether I could<\/span> turn them into something more\ninteresting. I know that<\/span> he saw Eric Clapton two nights in a row<\/span> when he\ncame to the area last year, so I thought<\/span> I'd try to create a Clapton<\/span>-esque\nimage album-cover type image.\n\n<\/p>

\n\nThe result is what you see above, and I'm really happy with it. This is one\nof those cases where the “happy with it” is more because it's\nbetter than I thought<\/span> I'd be able to do, and not because an impartial\nobserver would think it's great.\n\n<\/p>

\n\nIt required much more artistic skill than Photoshop skill, which is why I\nworried<\/span> that I'd not be able to make what I envisioned.<\/span> I futzed<\/span> around\nwith many approaches in Photoshop, finally happening onto this result\nthat encompasses a number<\/span> of layers: a gray<\/span> background, the spotlight, the\nsquiggled in shadow, a rough<\/span> outline of Yoko-chan's daddy with a Darken<\/span>\nblend mode, a full<\/span>-opacity filled in version of Yoko-chan's daddy, and\nfinally, treatments with the “Water Paper” and “Craquelure<\/a>” filters.\n\n<\/p>\n\n

In the end, I'm quite<\/span> pleased.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n\nOn the other hand, others tend to laugh when they see it. Still,\nYoko-chan's daddy liked it (or, at least, said he did), which was the\nintention all along. He even said<\/span> that he didn't mind my posting it, so\nhere we are.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Sigma 30mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>30 sec, f\/2.8, ISO 800 —\nmap & image data<\/a><\/span>\nOriginal<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

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