Raw v. Edited Photography [2 of ??]

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Raw v. Edited Photography [1 of ??]

left: lightroom presets - raw right: lightroom presets - final

Posted: May 7, 2009 Archived from the BonnyTymePyrate Archives

Dearest Plague Rats,

It’s a sunny day in Heaven. I’ve been going through the mass of beautiful gifts and tokens and remembrances given to me and the girls by you during this last tour, and I am again overwhelmed by just how god damn crafty you all are! Hand knit stockings and bears, books, drawings, paintings, poetry, hand made teacups and jewelry, embroidered socks, muffins galore, and even home movies from your own Asylum cells, muffin songs (We Are The Muffins, My Friends…), and videos of the mad tea parties you hold with your friends (in bed)! It is all too good.

We are all so grateful.

And so, so happy.

And to know that you crazies are out there playing “Asylum” and dressing up as Captain Maggot, Aprella, Contessa, Veronica, and the rest, learning our silly moves, reciting Contessa’s prayers, it just blows my fragile little mind…it was so lovely to see, and made me probably the very proudest I have ever been, ever. Bring on the play time. Bring on the dress up. We don’t do enough of that in this world, do we? The play’s the thing…

Guess what, cupcakes?

I’m going to show you my favorite picture I’ve ever taken, because, well, it’s Wednesday. I was saving it for Rolling Stone (Scone?), but, fuck magazines, you get it first. Happy Cinco de Mayo, bitches.

Cupcake by fLee, blood by me.

This is one of those very rare shots of myself that I can stand looking at, primarily because the whole experience of this shoot was absolutely lovely. It was undoubtedly my and Asylum photog Casey Mitchell’s best work, and fLee was there as set stylist, cupcake designer, and “tea” sharer (it was actually champagne – don’t ever, ever do a photo shoot without champagne, muffins, that’s pro secret no. 1). It was fun, silly, stupid, messy, sparkly, pretty, delicious (did you see all the cookies?!!?!), violently feministic, and, come on now, BASIL the plague rat was my co-model! Does it get any better than that? He is disgustingly photogenic, it’s not fair…not one bad angle on that rat. Anywhats, this was a shoot I’d been planning for a long time, and I am uncharacteristically proud of it. Especially my pasties. I’d made them, and everything else, myself, and only got the glue off my fingers in time to smile for the camera. Which is as it should be. Always.

With Love & Bloody Crumpets from the Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls, Block B, Cell W14, Inmate A, EA

P.S. The Plague: Get it. Feed it. Spread it. Sluts.

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Interesting tidbit fom the comments:

To all my dearest inmates who celebrate it, or to those who, like me, just enjoy it for the food and the day off, a very Merry Asylum Christmas. <3 Feel free to reblog and share how your holidays are going. xx