This'll be a slightly different kinda Pentax Forum post, I think!

Most of the time, I post long exposure night photos. But this time, I didn't necessarily want that because I was creating an album cover....for my own album.

I record music as Eleven Shadows. But I took a reeeeally long break because I played in a rock band and continue to play in The Mercury Seven.

But funny things happen. Stuck at home after eye surgery, I began creating some new music. I was creating it just to create it. After a while, it occurred to me that this could be new Eleven Shadows music!

Every album needs some artwork, right? Of course it does! Being a musician who is also a photographer has its advantages. I decided I wanted some mysterious macro photography. I grabbed my Pentax K-1 and an old Pentax M Macro 50mm F/4 Prime MF Lens. I set it so it hovered over a Pyrex dish filled with water and some drops of olive oil. I chose a dark room. But then I illuminated the glass dish from below with some colored lights.

If you would like, you can find out more about this macro setup here in my Photofocus article since I am only briefly describing it.


Macro setup (identical except I am using a different lens here in the photo)


This is the macro photo. I used the Pentax K-1 for this. At the same time I did this, I also created a video. More on that in a minute.



This is the album cover for Eleven Shadows "Seahorse in the Center of Your Mind".

But songs also deserve a video sometimes, don't they? Of course they do!

You Tube

You Tube

This is the music video I created for my nom de musica Eleven Shadows for the song "Marismas Oscuras".

You Tube

You Tube

And I thought you Pentaxians would be interested in seeing the macro video without the layering, so here it is as well. Again, all made with a Pentax K-1 and a used Pentax 50mm f/4 macro that I purchased on eBay!!

I hope you find this interesting! I am writing a Photofocus article about this very thing but thought I'd bust it out for you first.

Oh, and since I described this much, I suppose I should share my Eleven Shadows Bandcamp website, where you can stream the album and download it and that kind of thing.

[MikeNArk]

Very interesting background information and great macro shots. Hope that you are fully recovered from your eye surgery. I'll check out you links. Thanks much for posting.

[Ken Lee]

Very interesting background information and great macro shots. Hope that you are fully recovered from your eye surgery. I'll check out you links. Thanks much for posting.

Sure thing. I don't know how many people are interested in creating album art or macro photography, but hopefully this holds their interest!

And take your time. There's a lot of links there to explore if you want to immerse yourself in this sort of thing.