This site seems to be dying by the day, so maybe I’ll post something here.

I’m curious what kind of pictures or themes that really gets you going..

Do you like the studio photography kind, where everything from the model’s poses all the way to the styles are meticulously planned?

Or maybe advertisements? Like a make up ad or even catalogue pictures? I know I did catalogues back in my younger days due to the lack of options.

Oh, what about pictures of runway models? Say, a coverage of a fashion show with gorgeous pictures of the models strolling down the runway?

Perhaps the more “candid” pictures? Like pictures of everyday life?

I’ve spent so long trying to figure out what my favourite is, and I think I’ve found it… It’s hard to describe, but I like to use pictures in which I don’t think the subject ever expected for their pictures to be used for that purpose. Even better if the picture is kind of wholesome…

Case in the point, the other day I found a picture (which I discovered later on is actually a stock image) of a woman showing a cute cake that she had made. She looked so proud of it, and it felt like she wanted the world to know of the cake… She looked at the camera, smiling sweetly with the her creation. I couldn’t resist… and I’m sure that she didn’t expect that someone somewhere would use her super wholesome picture for such a different purpose than it was meant for… She wanted to show us the cake, not being used as “fuel”, but it is what it is. The paper was all soggy and wet when I was done. No more cakes…

Another one, strangely enough, is a coverage about this scientist / botanist who previewed her works, including her books, an image of her receiving an award, her inventions, and all that. I… did the same. You know she never thought in a million years THAT’s the way someone would use an article about her achievements. Like, none of that mattered, all that mattered was… how her pictures was used.

Lastly… I managed to pick up this sewing magazine (Threads, if you’re wondering). I couldn’t sew even if my life depends on it, but there was this quilting tutorial which I found… really interesting. Not in the way you might expect, of course. She probably thought that she was helping others with her fully illustrated tutorial but… sorry for using your tutorial not in the way you intended.

There were many other examples that I used, like someone reading a book, a make up tutorial, a guide on how to check for breast cancer at home (yes, I found one), etc. etc. You get the point.

I’m not sure why I find this… rather exciting. An actual model probably knew from the start that her pictures are going to be used for that kind of purpose and maybe accepted it as a normal part of being a model. But those pictures I mentioned above… they didn’t expect their likenesses to be used that way.

And honestly, that makes them special..