Exploring: Music and Photography

For the last couple of months, I've discovered a new hobby - photography.  Found that I've got a modicum of an eye for it.  Now, paired with inspiration from my boyfriend's music, I find myself going after shots I can envision from the lyrics of his songs.

Always giving credit and links where credit is due and links are available - the band is Statobahn, and here's a link to their myspace page, where you can hear Elegy, but not the other 2 songs.  For that - I'll need to get permission from Dave to add the music here....and I gotta figure out HOW to put the music here, too :(

Statobahn

Inspiration is wonderful - especially when it's springing from such a lovely association.

You can view a full-sized picture of this one here: Dawn Photo

This was the first - the song that inspired this photo is called "Dawn."  It's a beautiful piece, full of feeling and multi-layered in it's complexity.  The inspiration for this one struck particularly hard, and forced me to be up BEFORE sunrise so I could get down to the river walkway and capture the shot.  I took many pics that morning, but this is the only one that amounted to anything.

Now, the next one is a bit darker - but the song that inspired it IS a dark one, too - the title of this song is called "Elegy," and of the three pieces of music I'm quoting here, the only one you can listen to on Statobahn's page.

You can view the full-sized version here:  Elegy Photo

I'm not sure if I'm too happy with this one yet - I'm using a photo editor that I found online, and it's a bit limited in what it can do.  I'm convinced there IS a PhotoShop purchase in the works, as I find I'm very stimulated with adjusting my photos and adding things to them, but lack the editing tools of 'Shop to really let myself 'go.'  So - if this one gets re-done in the future, I'll certainly post it out.

For the last one (for now :D) I had a lot of fun with this pic.  It was, again, taken at night on the river walkway (hey, it's right outside my doorstep, so it's convenient, and there's a ton of interesting architectural details to use).  The song from this one is a piece called "What's my Name?"  This piece of music is simply stunning - there is almost a tribal feel to the music, the lyrics are powerful.  The first time I listened to this song, I couldn't believe it - in my journal, I wrote "It's potent - it's powerful - it's a spirit-quest distilled into song."

Anyway - once again, the full-sized version is here:  What's My Name?

When I went into the editor, I blurred the edges of the piece first - that lent a certain amount of surrealism to the picture - then I 'twirled' the lamp-post - it looks like a stylized question-mark now - which is PERFECT for the song lyric, and the song in general, because the entire piece is composed almost entirely of questions.

Enjoy my photographic endeavor.