I’ve had several folks ask me what inspires my work, even after I posted an explanation in the past. Well, I’m only to happy to share with you the wacky way I think. As I’ve mentioned in the previously, a lot of the inspiration for my work comes from movies I have seen, or from books I have read (most of those movies and books are darker in nature). Once I shot the bracketed RAW files I needed for this HDR, I put on some appropriate mood music to help guide my post-processing. I’m guessing I’m not the only one out there doing this, right? Right now as I write this I’m listening to Giorgio Moroder & David Bowie’s Putting out Fire, which is the same song I listened to while post-processing the image. The theme and title of this work were, as some of you likely guessed, inspired by the great Clint Eastwood flick of the same name, Play ‘Misty’ for me. I still remember seeing that movie when I was a kid, and I’ve tried to get some (but not too much) of the creepy feeling of that flick into this photo. To me, the Bowie song (music and lyrics) is a great compliment to the overall theme; the color tones are all inspired and enhanced by the song when it was featured in Cat People (orange tones) and Inglorious Basterds (reds and browns). Well… enough of the artsy, fartsy stuff! Here’s the shot already!
Play 'Misty' for me...
“Cat People (Putting Out The Fire)”
See these eyes so green
I can stare for a thousand years
Colder than the moon
It’s been so long
And I’ve been putting out fire
With gasoline
Feel my blood enraged
It’s just the fear of losing you
Don’t you know my name
Well, you been so long
See these eyes so red
Red like jungle burning bright
Those who feel me near
Pull the blinds and change their minds
It’s been so long
Still this pulsing night
A plague I call a heartbeat
Just be still with me
Ya wouldn’t believe what I’ve been thru
You’ve been so long
Well it’s been so long
And I’ve been putting out fire
with gasoline
putting out fire
with gasoline
See these tears so blue
An ageless heart
that can never mend
These tears can never dry
A judgement made
can never bend
See these eyes so green
I can stare for a thousand years
Just be still with me
You wouldn’t believe what I’ve been thru
You’ve been so long
Well, it’s been so long
And I’ve been putting out fire
with gasoline
putting out fire with gasoline
– lyrics by David Bowie
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