The Ritual

Myriad stories ran rampant through my neurons as I set up and photographed this image. I thought of vampires and elves, of darkness and light, of Carroll's Alice and Neo's red pills, until I was entirely distracted by trying to get the lighting and focus just so. Still, whenever I look at it, my mind returns to wander the many pathways of what might happen when the girl drinks from the glowing cup. Is she in danger or will it save her? Is she joining a family, a culture, or a cult? Is it poison, wine, dragon's blood, or the red light of a dying star?

I photographed this for an "Art-A-Day Challenge" I participated in early 2012. The theme for the day was Drink. It was a lot of fun to create, though I did manage to half blind myself a couple times shining the light in my eye instead of through the cup! I would love to continue with this concept with a setup that does not involve guess work for positioning and focusing as is the usual for using myself as a model!

You can view the full challenge here.

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Squee! This image was chosen to be one of 100 Hipstamatic photographs featured in the 2012 App Wars competition & gallery!!! Check out the full gallery here.

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