Pixel Darkroom Photography

I know of a boy who, when he was very little didn’t want to get rid of his pacifier. He had come to the age when it was time for him to part with this little aid but he would not hear of it. He was also very good friends with Elmo. Such good friends that he would not part with Elmo either. So one morning he woke up and there was no more pacifier. He just couldn’t find it anywhere. I’m sure Elmo wasn’t in close proximity either, so when he had asked his parents what had happened they told him that Elmo ate the pacifier. Imagine the shock! His best buddy had done it! Moral of the story? He learned the hard way that even the ones you believe they are your closest friends can betray you.

Look at what happened to Elmo, though. I can still hear him: “Get me out!… Get me out!…”

It’s so simple, right? Get the camera, put up the lights and shoot. Sometimes you don’t even need the lights, shoot with whatever available light you have. Here’s the setup.

Today, for the first time in my life I woke up and had breakfast in my own house. I own the home entirely and there are no (more) payments for it. It’s been a dream come true and like many of you out there waiting for this moment, I can only encourage you and say it’s worth the wait. It’s a very exciting moment. The whole family woke up and got in, and even though it was a bit crammed, it was a good feeling. Actually, the kids loved it more than my wife and I since they fit inside it better, but I’m not complaining either. Unfortunately we cannot all move in since it is indeed a very small place to live. I took this image in the evening so you can see the house a bit better from the inside. The house was actually the box of a freezer and it being big enough to take up the entire living room space, I thought I’d carve out a door and some windows for the kids. Then I made the drapes and then a roof (with styrofoam) and voilà. It serves more like a vacation home or a temporary dwelling of our kids because they are not “home” all the time and I think that’s going to be the reason it goes back on the market. On the recycling market, that is.