...don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. It seems like I am not alone in bidding au revoir, good riddance, and GTFO to 2013- I know lots of the folks in my social circles, as well as plenty of folks I know only tangentially, have had a rough time … Continue reading So Long, 2013…
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King of Coins
We shot the King of Coins on the same day as the Queen of Coins, as you may notice by the overlap in the bounteous feast in the photos. They're similar cards in feel (at least to me), the main difference being that the Queen is internally concerned (abundance and protection of the self, the … Continue reading King of Coins
Queen of Coins
The Queen of Coins was a fun, and relatively easy shoot, and thank goodness for it. We did have some trouble with costuming, because we're getting to the point in the cards where we've used pretty much everything in both our closets (and some of our friends') at least once, but Stephanie found this green … Continue reading Queen of Coins
Knight of Coins
The Knight of Coins, like all the knights, was a little difficult to initially decide on how to capture. Knights, to me, anyway, are all about movement- the transmission of information, messages, change in the air. I felt like we captured that very well with the other three knights, actually, but it did take some … Continue reading Knight of Coins
Ten of Coins
Finally- the Ten of Coins! *sound of trumpets blaring* The Ten of Coins is the card that made us plow through the rest of the coins in about a month- Stephanie very much wanted to do it around her birthday, and do it with her friend who would be visiting for said birthday in the … Continue reading Ten of Coins
Eight of Coins
The Eight of Coins was a bit of a difficult one in deciding how we were going to portray it. Unlike some of the others, we didn't have any disagreements about what we wanted to convey, but rather were struggling with how to represent it without repeating too much of any of our prior images. … Continue reading Eight of Coins
Five of Coins
The Five of Coins is one of the few completely negative cards in the tarot, which made it interesting to shoot. While Stephanie and I sometimes differ on how to portray various cards, there is very little room for interpretive differences in the Five of Coins- it is just poverty, and destitution. We knew we … Continue reading Five of Coins
Three of Coins
The Three of Coins was a bit of an intellectual challenge for both Stephanie and me during the planning phase of the coins- it's traditionally a card of skilled labor, or career and profession. Stephanie's profession, though, involves the internet and computers, and we really struggled to come up with some way to convey that … Continue reading Three of Coins
Two of Coins
The Two of Coins- balance and measurement, especially of financial or material resources. An apt card for both Stephanie and me, perhaps- we're both old enough now to not be that horrible post-college broke, but we're still young enough that we don't have a lot of resources built up. With our economy struggling for the … Continue reading Two of Coins
Ace of Coins
The Ace of Coins very nearly didn't happen. It became a little bit of a fiasco, to be honest- we were shooting after work one evening, which always involves the lovely coordinating of commutes, and attempts to consume food, etc. In this particular instance, the camera got left at Stephanie's, and so we wound up … Continue reading Ace of Coins
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