Oh dear, oh dear, such a difficult theme. I took tons of photos on Sunday, and I only liked two or three. And it's never helpful when Monday is free so I can continue to take photos... The one you see here is a Monday photo. Literally ;)
I had a certain idea that I simply couldn't make work. I knew that I wanted to photograph my old Ray Ban Wayfarer sunglasses. That was the easy part. I've gotten them as a teenager, and I remember that I'd wanted them so so badly ;) The frames were expensive, and on top of that I needed extra prescription lenses for them to be swapped with the originals. Well, to make it short, in the end I got them, and I've kept them to this day. Except that nowadays we're speaking of progressive lenses that I'd need for them ;)
With these vintage (I guess you can call them that) Ray Bans, the brand name and Wayfarer lettering were still engraved to the inside of the temples. I was torn between the "B&L Ray Ban U.S." engraving on the right temple piece and the "Wayfarer" engraving on the left one. For the "Ray Ban" lettering I'd envisoned a light flare or light star to be created with a glass crystal and the star filter; it never worked the way I wanted it to. I also experimented with a red laser pointer (to highlight the "Ban" part of the lettering). The latter worked out OK-ish. In the end it boiled down to two images out of many, and it was difficult to make a decision, but "Wayfarer" won, because focus, DOF and light were slightly better. And because I simply couldn't skip anymore ;) Oh boy, I hope the next theme will be easier for me ;)
HMM, Everyone, stay safe and take care!
