47. 156 Icons: Supernatural, SPN Cast, Iconfest Grab Bag

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

64 Supernatural (6x17 & 6x18)
13 Supernatural TV Guide Fan Faves (Jensen, Jared, & Misha)
34 Supernatural Conventions (JIB Con 2011)
45 ic0nfest icons (Katie Cassidy, Martha Jones, Billie Piper, Christian Bale, Being Human, Scott Caan, The King's Speech, Misfits, Hercule Poirot, The Vampire Diaries, Charmed, In Plain Sight)
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156 icons, total





Notes:
I was going to hold onto all of these until I could add in all the icons I made for an upcoming icon battle that we'll post in just a few days but I'm giddy over getting another season of Supernatural so I'm posting now! The colors on this batch are all over the map. I ADORED "Frontierland" but the whole episode is sepia-toned. Talk about a boring mass of icons on the page. I've experimented a bunch with the colors; some were more successful than others. Sometimes I stuck with the browns, trying for a subtle differentiation, and others I tried to tease out the original colors before they messed with the colors. You might notice my fascination with Dean's holster *cough* or just Dean in general. 6x18 is a love letter to Jensen, I'm convinced. I don't think he's ever been hotter on screen.

Similarly, the con photography is a bear. The rooms are often dimly lit, the actors are backlit from the screen, and there are random flashes from various cameras. Again, I played around a bunch without ever settling on one best way to deal with the various lighting issues. Special thanks to anastdean, janie_tangerine, and hils whose amazing photography I used here. ♥

I have a couple more fans' photos downloaded but I have yet to find photos of Jensen feeling up Misha's inner thigh. :| Or Seb kissing Misha. Can anyone link me to these?

As soon as I finish the Icon Battle this month, I'll get back to finishing my icons for help_japan and icons I've promised people.



SUPERNATURAL
1-5 - 6x17

6-10 - 6x18

11-15

16-20

21-25

26-30

31-35

36-40

41-45

46-50

51-55

56-60

61-64



SUPERNATURAL CAST -- TV Guide Fan Favorite Photo Shoot
66-70

71-75

76-78



SUPERNATURAL CONS -- JIB 2011 + a couple A5
81-85 - photography by anastdean

86-90

91-95

96-100 - photography by janie_tangerine

101-105

106-110

115-119 -- last two, photography by hils



ICONFEST -- Fandom grabbag
121-125 - Katie Cassidy

126-130 -- Katie Cassidy, Martha Jones

131-135 -- Billie Piper, Christian Bale

136-140 -- Christian Bale, Being Human, Scott Caan

141-145 -- The King's Speech, Misfits

146-150 -- Misfits, Hercule Poirot

151-155 -- The Vampire Diaries

156-160 -- The Vampire Diaries, Charmed

161-165 -- Charmed, In Plain Sight



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Comments

[anastdean.livejournal.com]

Oh wow how amazing. And thank you so much for using my photos.
When I first entered the JIB auditorium I thought it'd be easy to take good photos, but the big screens created a backlight that surrounded the whole panel. My usual settings turned yellow and I had to redo everything.
Hugs you

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for taking the photos and letting fandom play with them. I hope you didn't take my discussion of the difficulty in working with con photos as a critique of your photos. :| I've taken my share of flat out *awful* con photos, none of which are the case here. The photos look awesome!

Turning them into icons, though, is a challenge because of con lighting conditions. Cropping pretty pictures of someone sitting in a chair & obscuring part of his face with a mic at to his mouth into anything other than a boring icon is tough for me. Some people do it effortlessly. Not I. But I couldn't resist! The boys were sooooo pretty and happy at JIB Con!

*HUGS*

[anastdean.livejournal.com]

no no by all means I didn't take it as critic. I actually could relate. I was happy that someone saw it, how difficult it is to take photos and thank you so much for the compliment. To be honest I'm not all that happy with the photos and actually gave up too soon. I now look back and think I could have tried harder, worked on the settings more and the outcome would be perfect. Maybe next time who knows. Last summer when I faced pretty much the same problem in Barcelona I stayed sleepless all night working on the settings. Now those photos were better. Again thanks for using the photos.
And greetings from Greece.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Whew! Good to know that I didn't accidentally misspeak. I can't tell you the number of good shots that I had that were ruined at the last second when somebody in front of me shifted, when ten other flashes went off at the same time, I'd gotten the lighting sort of figured out but they flashed something on the screen that changed the color & lighting, or even just the ambient light was not enough and I had to choose between underexposed or blurred by movement -- but all the photos were grainy due to noise caused by low light.

I finally made it to the front row only to discover that the angle up to the stage was odd. It's ALWAYS a series of compromises and I never solved it to my satisfaction. I REALLY appreciate the photos. Thank you. ♥

Greetings from Texas! :D