{"id":2593,"date":"2023-01-26T23:33:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T04:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/?p=2593"},"modified":"2023-11-07T11:40:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T16:40:09","slug":"a-subtle-shift-of-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/2023\/01\/26\/a-subtle-shift-of-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"A subtle shift of focus."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/thumbnail_IMG_4754-767x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2594\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/thumbnail_IMG_4754-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/thumbnail_IMG_4754-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/thumbnail_IMG_4754-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/thumbnail_IMG_4754.jpg 959w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Will as a pirate&#8221;, all rights reserved.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cropped-pirate-715x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2596\" width=\"358\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cropped-pirate-715x1024.png 715w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cropped-pirate-210x300.png 210w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cropped-pirate.png 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Will as a pirate (cropped)&#8221;, all rights reserved.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-pale-ocean-gradient-background has-background\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/renfestival.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/renfestival.com\/\">Ohio Renaissance Festival<\/a> is a magical place. Will and I spend many autumn weekends dressed as pirates, wenches, merchants, nobles, rogues &#8211; whatever we can dream up. We recently had to buy a wardrobe for all of our costuming clutter. We&#8217;re a bit obsessed.<br><br>The energy at the ren faire is infectious. You see one suit of armor walk by, and suddenly you&#8217;re running to ye olde chain maile shoppe to get fitted. You&#8217;ll even find children&#8217;s sized tiaras and overcoats, tunics and skirts. The pressure to wear garb is real! Buying and\/or making an outfit is a huge source of fun for rennies, but faires also offer garb rental shops for convenience. Even with that in mind, it&#8217;s still an expensive hobby. <br><br>You&#8217;ll find plenty of people dressed in &#8220;normal&#8221; clothes at your local faire, and I totally get it. Some people feel weird dressing up. Lots of parents don&#8217;t see the point in dropping tons of coin on garb that their kids will quickly grow out of. And of course, the price barrier in general for the good stuff &#8211; rennies pay their artists well! The one down side to this is that, despite the period-appropriate surroundings with plenty of interesting background characters to spice up your pictures, there&#8217;s always someone photobombing your time-traveling moment with modern clothes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(261deg,rgb(255,245,203) 0%,rgb(182,227,212) 50%,rgb(51,167,181) 100%)\">In my picture on the left, we have a cute little girl sitting at the pond behind Will. In order to un-center Will as the subject, and to hide away this kiddo, I cropped the image slightly. What&#8217;s interesting is how the image shifts from a simple posed picture to something a bit different. It&#8217;s almost like Will is gesturing at the pond and all of the other patrons behind it, like &#8220;look at the faire in all it&#8217;s glory!&#8221;. He almost looks like a character that gives out quests to new players of an RPG. And of course, it makes the Captain Morgan comparisons even easier to make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ohio Renaissance Festival is a magical place. Will and I spend many autumn weekends dressed as pirates, wenches, merchants, nobles, rogues &#8211; whatever we can dream up. We recently had to buy a wardrobe for all of our costuming&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,2],"tags":[18,42],"class_list":["post-2593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spring-2023","category-student","tag-compositions","tag-spring-2023"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2593"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2639,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593\/revisions\/2639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}