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Image by Foenix

One more wider shot of Psylocke ready to strike. That can't be comfortable.

Cosplayers at San Diego Comic Con 2009




Image by Parka81

All photos taken by me at the San Diego Comic Con 2009 are under the Attribution Share Alike Creative Commons license. It simply means you can download, use or share them freely (for commercial and non-commercial purposes). For the attribution part, just post a link back to Parka Blogs.

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Image by ilovefremont2001

So what is going on here? Well, I'm a part of a flickr group called Hold Up Your Book. I love the idea of this group. It merges two of my great interests-reading and photography. I've enjoyed it so much that I've kind of given myself the task of making my photo become a part of the reading experience. I like to try and make a shot that reflects a theme, character or setting from the book that I am currently reading.

In this shot I am reading The Best American Comics 2007. It is a collection of short graphic representations. These are not your Sunday morning comic strips, these are short stories with images-sometimes quite masterfully drawn. Back in college, in one of my literature courses I was introduced to the idea of a graphic novel with the story Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth. Since then, graphic novels have sort of become my special interest in literature. But I digress. In this shot I tried to cartoonify myself a little. I tried to make myself look like a pencil sketch and have the book's colors contrast that. It is not a great use of photoshop but it is about as advanced as I know how to get.

I still read plenty of novels and non-fiction but I try to get in a few graphic novels a year. These aren't superhero stories, either. They are usually quite mundane in terms of the characters and their experiences. But if you love to read I highly recommend giving a graphic novel a try.