#or hate on that

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#Apovision and the Photographer’s Treatise – aka A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words 

An oft-repeated axiom about photography as an artform is that primarily, photography is about the relationship between the the photographer and the subject.

Emphasis on relationship.

Photographers have a relationship with that subject even when that subject is inanimate, like a scenery. For example, the height of the photographer affects the position and angle of the shot they take. A photographer who is taking pictures of a new city will have a different perspective about what is interesting to shoot vs. a photographer who is of that place and may choose to find inspiration from the mundane.

Models as photographers are an interesting breed. A good photographer has a success rate of approximately 10 percent of shots -- the job of a model, in a professional setting is to increase the odds the photographer’s success rate. It’s why I find it so fascinating to watched MileApo as experienced models working. The way they shift their expressions, angles of their faces, tilts of their head between shutter clicks. Modelling is not just about being attractive and showing up and being a blank slate, a clothes hanger. It’s about precision in control of one’s body and one’s facial features.

I could write a entire other treatise on why I think Mile was so good as Kinn when it was his first acting role, primarily due to having such precise control of his microexpressions. The delivery of the lines are important, but what convinces us about characters are the expressions they have as they say -- or don’t say -- these things. Kinn is so complex; one of the reasons Da*mi originally facecast Mile as Kinn is because they noticed from model photos he was able to convey both the arrogance and the softness and sweetness that the character required. Kinn is so intense; that level of intensity can fall flat. And Mile is not Kinn, but there is no part of Kinn that isn’t Mile. You cannot create something from nothing.

Before I get too distracted singing the praises of Mile as an actor and model, I want to bring it back to #apovision. Apo is also a phenomenal model, but I want to specifically talk about Apo-as-photographer and his relationship with Mile-as-subject. Models are not shy about being directed for photos, and Mile has been beautifully photographed by by hundreds of professional photographers in a professional context at this point. And the shots are beautiful.

Apo is also an experienced photographer. His shots are gorgeous and evocative. 

In particular, he has a great sense of angle (perspective), composition, and lighting.

The human cornea is one of the most complex lenses in the world. Our ability to adapt to intense brightness and lightness, focus and zoom in on specific while not physically moving is incredible. This has a lot to do with shape of the human pupil, but it’s genuinely extrodinary.

So when photographers play with shadow and lighting, it’s with an understanding of the limitations of the camera lens in comparison to what human eye lens can capture, and making use of that limitation.

It’s easy to take beautiful pictures of beaches, of sunsets. It’s easy to take pictures of a man as beautiful as Mile Phakphum, who is also a model and is himself experienced in physically moving his body to take advantage of of lighting. The difference here is Apo and Mile’s personal relationship.

Apo is not shy about admitting how he finds Mile handsome. Many of us do. But what he’s sharing with the world is a version of how he sees Mile. (that he thinks Mile is “super sexy”. I mean. *coughs*)

Apo already has said they have a ton of “couple photos” they don’t share. That might not necessarily even be photos that Apo is in the same frame as Mile. The last photo Mile shared with us on Instagram? People knew it was Apo not just because of the framing, but also because how intensely he exists in the photo. Remember: A photo is primarily defined as the photographer’s relationship with the subject. And the subject’s relationship with the photographer. Specifically here: the comfort, the intimacy.

It’s a glimpse in How Apo sees Mile. How beautiful and evocative. A sliver in time in how Mile is when he’s with Apo, in their little world.

And it’s incredibly humbling we’re able to witness any part of that.

#mileapo #mileapo meta #mile phakphum #apo nattawin #kinnporsche meta #maybe #kinnporsche #constantly wanna wax poetic about photography #even though this is the first time i've been moved to do it #photography #photography discipline #this is not delulu #if you can't appreciate the necessity of photographer-model relationships #or hate on that #that is probably a you problem man #photographer apo nattawin #photography meta

[daylighteclipsed]

ENTRY LEVEL MEANS NO EXPERIENCE. IT MEANS NO PORTFOLIO OF RELEVANT SAMPLES. ENTRY LEVEL IS ENTRY LEVEL

#HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GAIN EXPERIENCE YOU STUPID FUCKS #I HATE THIS I HATE JOB HUNTING THIS SYSTEM IS ABSOLUTE DOG SHIT

[vamprisms]

i feel like a lot of the 'i hate kids' crowd would be more tolerant if they understood that due to a kid's limited experience of the world that 4 hour flight might just be the longest they've ever had to sit still for or that trapped finger might literally be the most pain they've ever felt in their short life or they might not have ever seen a person with pink hair ever so of course they want to touch it or nobody's told them yet that they can't run around the museum and they only just learned cheetahs are the fastest animals so of course they want to put that to the test. how were they supposed to know etc etc.

#like majority of the time kids are not just 'being naughty'. they have big feelings inside little bodies it's a lot #also like. #it should be illegal to dye your hair fun colours if you aren't prepared for kids in public to ask if youre related to a my little pony #EDIT: the notes on this post are an absolute cesspool. i don't care about your reasons for hating kids you sound like a disney villain

[soracities]

"Absolutely no one comes to save us but us."

Ismatu Gwendolyn, "you've been traumatized into hating reading (and it makes you easier to oppress)", from Threadings, on Substack [ID'd]

#q #lit #quotes #typography #essays and articles #id included #ismatu gwendolyn #youve been traumatized into hating reading and it makes you easier to oppress #threadings #m #x

[some-pers0n]

I hate how people will look at popular indie artists who had one or two songs go viral on TikTok and start making fun of anybody who listens to them. "Oh you listen to Lemon Demon, Will Wood, Jack Stauber, Glass Animals, and Mother Mother? Tsk, don't you know that is stupid TikTok neurodivergent white transmasc preteen music? It's so mid and bad you should listen to real music–" you are a pit of misery

#I'm going to be real with you I think anybody who hates on Will Wood has only heard like thirty seconds of it #will wood #lemon demon #mother mother #jack stauber #sp-rambles #glass animals

[loathsome-sickness]

"people show their true colours in life threatening situations" no, they show you what they act like when they're mortally terrified, an emotion notorious for literally turning your entire brain off to the point where people who go into those situations as a profession need to be literally trained on how to not have that happen

#am i arguing with random 'philosophical' type villains in my own head? #yes #it's a favourite past time of mine i hate every one of those 'i know the true nature of humans because i did horrible things to them' types #with every part of my soul

[cloud-ya]

outcast of the village

#werewolf #folklore #slavic #poland #folk clothing #folk costume #wolf #me when The Peasants (2023) i hate that movie #nothing against it I actually love how it's made along with the soundtrack and references to polish paintings #but having watched it in cinema it triggered so many traumas that i wanted to immediately leave the screening room #kto się wychował na polskiej wsi ten się w cyrku nie śmieje #art #pl #polblr #how much more tags can i fit to get people to notice this? let's see!

[taffy-glitch]

it should be illegal to put ads in apps or sites for solitaire or picross or sudoku tbh. playing classic puzzle games uninterrupted needs to be a HUMAN RIGHT

#this is me being silly but #man i hate hate hate when the solitaire app that CAME WITH MY GOD DAMN LAPTOP tries to feed me ads #at least with the sites i got adblocker. but man #jort post

[master-thief-gray-shadow]

Everyone wants to talk about how Senshi is a tumblr sexyman but...Senshi is actually attractive. Like even aside from the fact that he's pretty good-looking he's a nice, sweet guy and he can cook and loves doing it. He's a perfectly eligible candidate for marriage, which kind of goes against the spirit of a tumblr sexyman.

Chilchuck, however? Chilchuck is a tumblr sexyman. What the fuck do you people see in him

#i don't hate chilchuck or anything i just have no idea what about him is actually attractive #i'm very confused about this #dungeon meshi #gray posts

[killingmyselfbutnotdying]

"Friends dont look at friends that way" COWARD. I look at my friends with awe in my eyes, my chest is filled with love, im glowing because i get to be near my friends. I look at my friends and i would give them my everything. SO SKILL ISSUE, look at your friends with all the love that you have

#i hate this phrase with burning passion #platonic love #platonic #platonic relationships #aromantic #aromanticism #arospec #amatonormativity my beloathed #there are multiple songs i dont listen to bc they have this phrase in it

[gaylactic-fire]

#fires posts #zelink #I'll get anon hate for this surely but it's ok

[elliesbelle]

emily gwen, the creator of the sunset lesbian flag that we’ve come to commonly use, still continues to live in poverty.

multi-billion dollar companies have used their design and made profit from it, and yet they have not seen a cent for their creation.

i’ve been friends with emily for years, and i have not once seen them be financially stable the entire time. i’ve seen them homeless, unemployed, starving. right now, they need our help more than ever.

please consider donating to emily’s ko-fi, especially if you’ve used their design to create something and profited from it.

#emily’s finally found housing after couch surfing at friends’ places for months #they’ve got a lot of debt rn on top of bills and rent #rn they don’t have food in the house and they’re starving #they don’t deserve this at all they are so kind and i literally hate to see them suffering #please please pleaaase donate and reblog #they don’t ask for much but they deserve the world #mutual aid #crowdfunding #donation post #belle speaks

[mamaangiwine]

"Somebody needs to do something about Sephora 10-year-olds...these i-pad babies are so rude and don't do what they're told....oh my God, these kids can't read and have no social skills...Ugh, look at these little consumers and their Stanley Cups."

I am, in fact, actively worried for these children and I refuse to hate them for the ways that society, as a whole, has failed them.

#people out here encouraging the worst in people #and many are uncritically taking the bait #im done #its legitimately weird to sit around and hate on a bunch of kids

[dameronalone]

oh gee discord should I try adding numbers? should I try that???? should I try adding numbers to the end of my username so that it's individualized and only mine???? should I try adding numbers??????????

#discord #I hate this #congratulations you played yourself #we're at the exact place we were before only worse #thanks. go fuck urself

[wafflenati0n]

#gay artist #lgbt rights #lgbt #we all hate it #fuck texas

[nouverx]

"I want to eat you" is their love language and you can't change my mind

#hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel fanart #hazbin alastor #hazbin rosie #radiorose #alastor #my art #autodesk sketchbook #they are so freaky they must have so many fucked up conversations like that I just know it #it's their weird way of “flirting” yk what I mean #I headcanon that Alastor HATES burgers and fast food in general ik it's very specific #my artstyle is so inconsistent ahah I'm experimenting don't mind me