Friday, May 04, 2012

Free Lessons on Pictures


Photo Interpretation Lessons

Res Ipsa Loquitur


MoSup just looked in on my work table and expressed an idea.

 "Why don't you explain to people how you are able to interpret pictures? Explain why everyone calls you the Sherlock Holmes of pictures."

I asked what she meant, and she said, "You know.  You can tell what's phony and what's real.  Like those two girls there.  What do they tell you? I'm off to buy some bird seed."


Well okay, although I'm sure you'll find it very boring.  Let's start with the girl on the left.  The average person looking at this sees  another everyday young lady walking down the street.  Nuh-uh.  This is a staged shot.  Look at her ring.  That sort of ring is very popular with models; it flips open and can store a gram of coke, or a tuna sandwich.  The raised skirt is staged, probably with compressed air, or she just twirled on cue.  The biggest giveaway however is she's not wearing underpants.  Only models go out in a short skirt like this and not worry about people seeing their stuff.  She's a pro.

Now, the girl on the right. From her surroundings and body language I know she's in the waiting room of car dealership,  waiting for her Ford Focus to be serviced.  Look at her ring; it's an engagement ring of modest size, perhaps ¾ carat.  So she's not a floozy socialite.  She works as a typist (fingernails) and is almost certainly wearing underpants.  The photo was probably snapped by another customer with his cell phone.  This is not staged.  Her bra straps are showing and her hair is a mess.  But she's real.  This is the kind of girl you want your  son to bring home.  The other one, well he can bring her home too.  Not to his home though, his wife would kill him.


5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm sorry. Did you say something?

Casca

DougM said...

Good try, Rodge, but you gotta follow thoughhhhhhhh.
• The girl in red merely farted. Normally, one wouldn't get this on camera, but cameras with sound triggers are getting pretty common.
• The girl in red's ring is a reproduction of the ring worn by Azura, Queen of Magic, in the old Flash Gordon serials. You know, the ring that turned her enemies into the Clay People.
• The girl in green is the second wife of the photographer's cousin, Wilfred. Her name is also Wildfred. I remember this story from somewhere.
• This shoot was done in Iran, so bra straps were actually PhotoShopped-in at the demand of the Iranian Committee for the Protection of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice. I mean, who wears bra straps under spaghetti straps?
• The green dress straps were being pulled down by an assistant behind her. Unfortunately, you don't show the follow-on series of shots.
• Most interesting of all are the rulers along the border. They are not callibrated in pixels, inches, or mm. They are calibrated in Fisbins, which is an add-on option used in the glamor industry as an anti-piracy measure.

Rodger the Real King of France said...

Well yeah, if you want to jump right into chapter 4.

Anonymous said...

Thank you Mr. Zapruder.

Casca

David said...

"who wears bra straps under spaghetti straps?"

Every teenage girl attending high school in the United States...

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