this was a lot of fun to shoot. but when i set out to create this image – inspired by Grant Woods’ American Gothic – i had no idea how frightening we would look. i am accustomed to disliking photos of myself – but egads!!! rather than exactly replicate the work, I have represented what I remembered from seeing it.
a few things i learned:
- be careful what you wish for
- there are only three homes in Boulder with gothic windows (there is one home with a Gothic window in Gold Hill, but it wasn’t on the second floor.)
- post-production is everything when it comes to meeting the standard of your mind’s eye (the actual work isn’t quite as doom and gloom)
if we do this again, i think i will select less grim subject matter. something a bit more uplifting.
venus on the half shell anyone?
Happy Halloween!
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I think you both look fantastically eerie in front of our house! You can photograph our house ANY time; we love your work.
Denise – Thanks so much for dropping by. We are so glad you approve. Cheers, Dana and Steve.
Oh this is so wonderful I’ll bet you heard me screeching from here! As someone who has you take all my author photos for everything, I can vouch for your extraordinary expertise with post production. I only wish you’d walk around with me and make me look photoshopped in real life! ;-D