Solitary Snaps by Wicked Sushi

Solitary Snaps

Daily photographs. Original. 365 Project. Created by Wicked Sushi.

Categories Best Of / Gloomy / Minimalist / Abstract / Animals / Toys & Games / Nature

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Spooky Sassafras.
I almost always see weird creatures in ambiguous random patterns.

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I’ve passed by this tennis court light so many times, and every single time got reminded that I should go home and grab my camera to photograph it.
The problemo with posting photographs “every day” for a year is that you are bound to end up using similar compositional techniques between shots when using a minimalist approach. Particularly as I often make sure that there is no more than one object in a scene.
In this case, I was debating whether I should…
Position the court lights low in the frame and show more of the sky, engendering a calm and reflective mood with the clouds dominating the composition.
Position the court lights high in the frame while shooting from a low angle to visually exaggerate the size of the pole.
Or do what I have done here and instead focus on the different tinted light covers and show the symmetrical asymmetry at the expense of a neater composition.Decided on this because figured I could always composition another street light or something similar in the aforementioned ways. More than likely they would not be as prominently unique.Yeah, this is just a damn tennis court light. BUT I’m passionate about photography and squeezing the best possible shots out of my rinky dink, shabby broken of a digital camera.

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Chemtrail.

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“There’s a lot of beauty in ordinary things. Isn’t that kind of the point?”- Pam Halpert from last night’s The Office finale.

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Bird call.

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Hungarian crepes filled with cherry tart, topped with sugary strawberries and a drizzle of Nutella. Used a family recipe to make these and it “only” took me two freaking hours for three servings. But so delicious and so worth it.

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Bought a new shirt a few days ago and it’s slimmer than I’m used to, so took a distant photograph of myself to see if the fit was fine. But why waste the photo? Plugged the SD card into my Nintendo Wii, opened the Photo Channel, and took a photo from my old TV. Suddenly a boring picture turned less boring.

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Game, set, match.

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Dreary decoration.

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Emerald.

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I was debating for a half hour whether I should process this photograph to black and white or keep it as it is.

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Reflection in my apartment pool.

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As I was taking photographs in the middle of the road, around my apartment complex, a car crawled around the corner so I stepped to the side, off the asphalt. While the car slowly rolled by, I looked up at the sky and snapped this red bird chilling on the power line. If it wasn’t for that car, I wouldn’t have ever taken this shot. There are possibilities for photographs anywhere at any moment.

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Tostada topped with ground beef, broccoli rabe, arugula, red onions, sun-dried tomatoes, mozzarella, and a sprinkling of roasted walnuts.
Cooked my first meal from scratch. I’ve signed up with HelloFresh last week. They basically send you a recipe sheet and a box full of ingredients that you can go hogwild with, that way you don’t have to look for the ingredients at the supermarket. Very convenient.
I’ve had a lot of fun preparing this tostada, as well as eating it. Was smiling from ear to ear at how delicious it was. Going to cook more regularly, that’s for sure.

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I would have never figured that I would be able to get my hands on a T-shirt referencing one of the most obscure, polarizing video games of the last generation. And that is still badass and classy at the same time, as opposed to a T-shirt that would turn me into a walking billboard or advertise the fact that I’m someone who still lives in his mother’s basement.
(Not that there’s anything wrong with that, as I still live with my mom. But we live in Florida. We have no basements. It’s false advertising.)
The game is Killer 7 and it’s one of my all-time favorites.
What I like the most about it is that it just doesn’t give a fuck. The graphics are different, the controls are experimental, the gameplay is unique, your level guider is a BDSM gimp suit man who hangs from the ceiling, and one of your character’s special moves is her slitting her wrists and spraying blood over the walls to reveal hidden passageways.
“Killer 7 is schizophrenic and psychological - as an ends unto itself; its difficulty is not in fighting off slothful zombies, or solving brain-dead puzzles, it’s in trying to remain emotionally involved in the story without losing your mind.” - Progmatism
If you’re interested in hearing more, here’s the best video review that you could find about the game: YouTube
After this I have realized that almost all of my favorite artists and musicians have the philosophy of not giving a fuck. They do what they enjoy and if people like it, cool. And if they don’t, they will still keep doing whatever they do.
Art is about expression and not about trying to please everyone.