Cody Goodin - The artistic and spiritual journey of Cody Goodin

Happy Friday everyone.  I hope you will be looking forward to the weekend as much as I.  I spent a bit of my Thursday this week continuing to test my new little point and shoot Panasonic camera.  There has been this idea for a little toy scene bouncing around in my head for a few months.  So, I thought why not do a trial run with the new camera.  I like these as environmental type scenes.  The first one is named "Cornering the Clown".  I find clowns to be a bit creepy by nature and so this was one of those out my nightmare kind of scenes.  A giant clown, giant to the army guys anyway, being cornered. I shot this on my bathroom sink with natural light coming in from the window. Here is a scene with a little toy replacing the clown that is a different kind of creepy.  This Siamese twin kind of rabbit character is more odd than creepy.  But, I wanted to capture the old 1950's B movie feel with this one.  So the colors are mo...

Today is a beautiful sunny day in Codyland.  I am feeling lots better now.  Good thing about stomach bugs is they usually don't last too long.  Mine was about a three day affair.  Glad it is on it's way out.  So, to celebrate I am showing a few of the dolls that I am working on now that they have some hair.  I have three on the worktable here.  But, there are five more waiting in the wings.  My goal for the next couple of days is to get them in their costumes at long last.  I am getting a bit itchy to get the photo shoots started for my Ladies in waiting.  There will be a fine collection of Ladies, Duchess', and assorted other characters who inhabit Codyland getting the royal treatment.  A grand portrait in all their splendor is the object of this shoot.  It should make a nice collection. Stay tuned, and thanks for stopping by.

Today I am at home under the weather as they say.  One of those tummy virus things that can stop you in your tracks.  It is near to impossible to work with this kind of thing.  So, I called off which is very rare for me.  I think my boss knows that I must be sick if I do take a sick day. Besides rest what can one do while recovering?  Well, I thought I could at least post from the comfort of my sick bed to show you some photos taken with my new point and shoot camera.  The above image is of one of the female models Natasha as she has decided her name is, sitting on a window sill.  I love the natural light that comes through the frosted glass window behind her. This is a photo of one of the male models, Mas as he chooses to call himself, standing on the window sill.  He has just realized how far down the floor is from his vantage point.  Again, I love the diffused light that comes from the frosted window.  I chose to render thes...

On this day some 45 years ago my mother was killed in a horrific car accident.  That day was not unlike this one as far as weather goes.  It was a cold snowy Sunday in 1969.  Unfortunately I was also in that fatal car accident.  It was a day that would change my life forever.  Despite that terrible experience, my life has evolved in a positive way.  It started off a bit rocky.  I went through many years of anger and mistrust of everything.  But, I did eventually find myself again.  Today I am taking this opportunity to honor my mother and all she gave us three kids.  But, most importantly she gave us love.  Love is the greatest gift, the greatest energy in the universe.  Without love there is no light or life as far as my concept of it is concerned. The above image is of a rose I won in a contest a few years ago.  I took this picture earlier this summer when I got my new DSLR camera.  It was one of the first ima...

It's been a long and very cold winter here in Codyland.  Many years since I can remember this much snow and below freezing temps.  Most likely an effect from the warming of the earth.  I have taken the opportunity to try and capture some of the snowy places I visit with my camera.  The shot above was taken at a local cemetery and park called Spring Grove.  It is considered a national treasure.  There are many great things to photograph here. The above image here is taken at Spring grove as well.  I decided to give this one a cyanotype like processing as it had a great deal of blue in it anyway.  I think it gives this image a rather other worldly feel. Finally, we have an image of a small house or crypt.  I call this one "The Other White House".  It was a beautiful sunny day on this past Thursday when I took these shots.  Today however, more snow very windy and cold.  I am supposed to be at work at 11 am.  Not...

It's a bitter bitter cold day here in Codyland.  Lot's of thing peculating in the old noodle.  The past couple of days has seen an increase in the number of synchronicity type events happening. This always gets my attention as it usually means some things are about to make themselves known to me.  Fortunately I feel they are good things coming my way. I recently decided to upgrade my take along camera from a little Nikon Coolpix, which is perfectly fine for basic stuff, to a more sophisticated point and shoot style.  I went with a Panasonic lUMIX dmc-f270.  Today since I was off from work, I thought it would be a good time to take it on a test drive.  So far, I really like the handling of this camera.  It isn't a pocket camera, but it allows me to save the big Nikon for studio work and this one for on the road inspiration.  It will be fun learning all the little bits and bobs this baby will do. Up above is one of the first images I have tak...

There are things that go unnoticed by us all the time.  Only to those who stop to look can they see it.  My partner told me of a small little birds nest in one of our huge rose bushes out front.  He was amazed a bird would have built one so close to the sidewalk or so low to the ground.  My thought is that they, as in the birds, will make do.  We don't go out of our way to interfere with them.  I love nature and like knowing that even in the deep urban wasteland of the city, life outside of humans exists  So, my question to you is, can you see it? Have a great Sunday.  I am off to spend it with some of my best friends eating, drinking and playing cards.  Ah, life is good today.