Fun

Awesome !

Every Sunday the Crew gathers together on the roof of The Studio™ and we discuss the week ahead, the one that has gone by, take a dip in the pool, grill some burgers and enjoy each other company.

Today we had a feature guest passing by for some fun and awesome pizza, beer and burgers.

Benny™  wanted to get all the gear out and extend the fun into the bubble pool, which we did.

We took some great snapshots, played with the strobes and had fun.

Among all the questions we ask ourselves here on SiP, we should not forget it is about having fun.

Exploring the awesome unknown.

Having fun.

Todays shoot is not gallery material and will not make it to the wall of an exclusive Stuck In Plastic collector, yet it was great fun with Benny™.

We enjoyed the moment and had some fun when shooting bubbles, regardless if they are considered art or just a snapshot of the moment (and the above pictures goes into my snapshot book).

This is what Stuck In Plastic all about.

From having Fun™ to Art™ collector material sticking high resolution full sized pictures to the wall of corporate board rooms and private bed rooms alike.

In the coming weeks we will take a deeper dive on why we are Stuck In Plastic and what we want to achieve together with you, but whatever road we take it is all about having fun, one way or the other while we take a deep dive into our artistic self.

Me2.

 

Shot at location in a Nordic Bubble Pool at an undisclosed location midst alien unidentified underwater objects.  

My original royal post has been delayed since Benny crashed the party.

Sun, Sea and Dinosaurs ...

A selfie in the streets of Granada

Only last week we openly asked ourselves why and triggered a great response across our social platforms of choice, from instagram to G+ and FB alike with lots of likes, shares, great comments and food for thought ...

From saving the world to just having fun ...
From exploring our roots to paving new roads ...

Talking about roots,  I really enjoyed the guest post of Mike aka Balakov this week here on StuckInPlastic (if you did not read it yet, go ahead and do read it now).

Mike is one of my personal dinosaurs (or should I say heroes) and I really like his work. He is most probably one of my key influences and single handed responsible for outing myself as a LEGO photographer.

While my rebellious plastic jacket once in a while wants to storm the barricades of injustices and protest for freedom of speech or take a friendly stab at big Inc., I am far from the political passion and journalistic photography style you will find in the works of pulup or lynn to just name two.

A smile, a recognition, a warm feeling of childhood memories ... are for me key emotions I try to explore in a lot of my photographs as well.

When walking through the cobbled streets of Granada this week, aimlessly drifting through history and exploring the beautiful colours, light and tapas when taking a break from corporate air-conditioned meeting rooms, it was great to see how history determines our future and there is this ethernal search to beauty all around us.

From simple cobbled stones to gargoyles alike.


We for sure have not answered the question of Why with a conclusive answer but key ingredients of the quest are for sure beauty, fun and emotion ...

Let's see what next week adds to our quest ...

Sunday Painters

In the lands I grew up with had a saying that referred to "Sunday Painter".

Not sure what you call them in your area, but "Sunday Painters" or artists went out on Sundays to change or paint the world, yet found their home in their comfortable jobs during the week, and did not had the spine to fight the artistic battle (so the story goes).

Sometimes(*) I feel like a Sunday Painter when I abandon my daily plight in getting a post out (yet gather the blue collar inspiration that made Bruce a corporate icon).

Am I a rebel with a cause when I abandon my daily post commitment ?

Am I just another Sunday Artist who only shoots in weekends ?

A most interesting inner question(*) I am sure some of us struggle with (hard).

Me and Shelly have spent (and will most probably continue to spent) quite some time on this topic.

One of my favorite artists in this area is Scott Adams. Scott manages successfully to pour out his daily creativity,  yet I feel very connected with his main character when exploring corporate live and take a deep dive in Darth Inc. and beyond. 

I am a big believer we need to stay connected to the shopfloor called live, and so when we engage with our artistic self we should know the backdrop of reality.

I have been eaten up by my other corporate half the last month, and while some may argue I am a corporate creature and just another Sunday Painter, these corporate assignments and missions define who I am.

They define Me2.

So, I will call defeat on my daily challenge and continue to drop out at times (sorry Shelly, I aim daily posts), yet I will continue to take the F word serious and not only take the Fun serious but also Focus on what matters, including make our art work ... 

Focus on getting the balance right, and if that means dropping oFF the grid for a week, so be it.

After all, we are stuck in plastic,

Me2

(*) Footnotes to self: 

I failed in my personal challenge here.

Yet I believe I grew stronger in my own artistic self.

As always, stay tuned and leave your view in the comments below or on your social platform of choice...

F as in ...

Being stuck in corporate meeting rooms for 5 days is a ... challenge (and I have another 5 days lined up)

Most probably it strikes a few of the disambiguation interpretations of the F word, but for me there are just a few that stuck out to me the last few days ... and these are two of my Favorites when discussing the topic with Maya, my Friendly buzzy Bee (and both Friendly and Favorite does start with an F.)

F as in Failure.
I failed my daily posting. Big times ...
I knew upfront it was coming up and I basically tried to challenge myself to get this done.
I failed, yet I grew.
Sometimes failure bleeds to a bigger thing.
I will come back to why I believe my failure made me stronger in a later post, but don't feel bad if you fail on your personal journey, I am sure it will help to grow you stronger ...

F as in Fun.
Shelly has been hammering this one hard and sound and if you are unclear what I am talking about, just do a quick read up of her last five posts.
I was so happy to collect my body and experience some Fun.
Remember, shooting should be Fun.
If it is not, look for the Fun.

Me2