Notes on LHF lighting, or, The Curse of the Night

When in the latter days of LHF 1.0, I wanted to make my characters hanging out in recognizable Boston metro locations. I tried using photos of mine as backgrounds to achieve this effect. However, since LHF characters are all goddamned nocturnal vampires, I darkened my pictures to simulate night. While the low light was accurate to the time of day, the night effects effaced the detail in my characters, my backgrounds and my overall compositions.

I observe the same effacement in Will's Pussy Part I. Therefore, I'm thinking that I shouldn't go for full night effects. I'll stick to dawn and dusk, which means I should only take photos early in the morning, early in the evening or on very cloudy days. On that subject, I took some photos along the Charles River between 7:30 and 8:00 AM today with clouds and light rain. Perhaps I can use them as part of a new scene for Will's Pussy Part I. 

Baby Got Back

Original by Sir Mix A Lot. Depressingly literal in its music-video interpretation.

Remixed to be like a Gilbert & Sullivan song...highlighting the similarities between the rhyme scheme of rap and classic Broadway musicals.

Jonathan Coulton does it sensitively. Genius!

Will's Pussy Part I, take 2

All right, here's my second try on Will's Pussy Part I. He's now against a real live photo backdrop of the Charles River, along Memorial Drive between Western Ave and JFK Street, looking toward Western Ave. Now you can see the details of my photograph and of his bulge. I assume this is an improvement. No comments about the size of the bulge, please. It's a function of the outfit, which apparently maps its textures directly onto his skin.

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Will's Pussy Part I, take 2

All right, here's my second try on Will's Pussy Part I. He's now against a real live photo backdrop of the Charles River, along Memorial Drive between Western Ave and JFK Street, looking toward Western Ave. Now you can see the details of my photograph and of his bulge. I assume this is an improvement. No comments about the size of the bulge, please. It's a function of the outfit, which apparently maps its textures directly onto his skin.

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