He dislikes photos in general, especially those that have himself in frame, but when he has to take photographs they will be like the one above: indirect and portrait.
He doesn’t like to have the focus of the image focused on the camera, not to make the image more natural or ‘real’ but instead, because he feels that when an image included the subject looking at the camera it makes part of the photo about the camera rather than just being about the subject.
Tyson prefers to take photos in a portrait orientation rather than landscape, because it means that there is less background to take away from the subject.
Tyson prefers this way because most of the photographs he takes are for work and he needs to make sure the focus is on the target - be it someone that needs taking out or someone that needs protecting - but he also uses this ‘style’ when taking photographs of friends and family, usually his brother and nephew.
Tyson doesn’t like taking photographs, but his dislike of photography isn’t linked to having liked taking photos of Sebastian.
He wasn’t particularly fond of photographing Sebastian, but it had played to the other man’s ego and Tyson had wanted to please the other man in any way that he could.
Tyson has destroyed most of the photographs now, not wanting any reminders of The Colonel, but there are a few still laying around as Tyson clings to the ‘good’ memories he had with Sebastian.
The most notable photos Tyson has taken of Sebastian is a tale from India.
Tyson is oddly endeared by the mistreatment of furniture.
Most things in Tyson’s life either come from rebelling against his father or as a way to survive, this is definitely the former. Growing up a lot of the furniture was antique or set pieces to impress fellow professors or donors. It was more about being seen than used.
That was also the cause of Tyson frequently choosing to sit on the floor when a perfectly good chair is next to him.
He likes the way Lily perches on top of the armchair and Bobby hops onto the coffee table. Tyson could easily train them not to, but he enjoys that behaviour and knows that they will listen when he orders them off, for whatever reason; usually to prevent a glass from getting knocked over or allow his maps room to dry.
Tyson can frequently be found perched on countertops or standing on his bed: which he uses as a seat, desk space, dog space, and exercises space far more than sleeping on it. Around family or the people he treats as family, Tyson will frequently be found sat cross-legged on a table or squatting on a bar stool.
He has several treasured photos of The Colonel sprawled upside-down in chairs or with his legs hanging over the edge of the armrest. Tyson also has a photo of the Moriarty Mirrors, one sat with his legs danging off the table whilst the other sits sprawled across three chairs.
Overall, Tyson isn’t a big social media kind of guy.
He would have absolutely no interest in Twitter or Facebook. However, he does sporadically use Instagram, Pintrest, Tumblr, Twitch, & YouTube: sites that are less about writing about oneself/talking with people, and more watching videos or looking at pictures.
Tyson’s username would most commonly be some variation of Pup_Delaney.
Instagram is the one that Tyson uses the most, as it’s the easiest one to use as proof for cover stories for his activities in the web. His posts can be separated into six different categories, from left to right and top to bottom:
Covering for injuries
Lying about his current location/the location of others
Posts directed specifically at his brother, Jethro (Yithrô)
Posts made by other memories of his family/friends
Posts to prove that he’s in a specific location at a certain time
Pictures that Tyson actually wants to post
Covering for injuries
Most of the time, Tyson can hide away to lick his wounds in peace. However, sometimes it can be beneficial to throw off the trail before it reaches him.
This usually applies to any cuts and bruises easily visible on his face. He already has police suspicion for a variety of reasons, and only sporting a wound without a readily provable excuse simply makes life harder for himself.
Whenever he’s in New York, Dick Gannon is his go-to excuse as the other man being too drunk to remember the indecent is very believable and Dick is quick on the uptake; the moment he has Tyson’s name, he’ll go along with the lie.
Lying about his current location/the location of others
For that particular series of photos, Tyson was sprawled across the lap of a hired mercenary who was definitely busy hanging out with Tyson and friends (all members of the web) for brunch, and definitely not assassinating her target; whilst Tyson ran security camera surveillance/wiping them afterwards for her whilst coordinating the photo posts from seven phones.
Posts directed specifically at his brother, Jethro (Yithrô)
Sometimes those posts will be letting him know what James (his son and Tyson’s nephew) is up to whilst in Tyson’s care, sometimes it will be letting him know that his monthly care package has arrived (because he does not trust his little brother to look after himself), and sometimes it will be Tyson poking Jethro about constantly running late.
Even when his younger brother, as a technically wanted man and semi-known criminal, is waiting for him at his office in a police station. Thank you so much, Yithrô!
Posts made by other members of his family/friends
Most commonly this could be Jasmine, Charlie, Rosie, or Jethro when they’re dragging Tyson out for his birthday or when taking him on a family outing. He tends to wipe his phone of anything incriminating when they’re around, so it’s safe to hand over.
At other times, Tyson will hand his (carefully cleared) phone over to Billy because the reporter misplaced her own phone, but it’s critically important that pigeon with a heart pattern on its feathers gets photoed. Or this could be Tyson letting Lex have his phone to keep the other man quite for a while, this is where the handful of shirtless pictures of Tyson come from.
Posts to prove that he’s in a specific location at a certain time
These are largely to the theme of selfies of Tyson or pictures of his dogs with easily recognisable landmarks or clearly readable street/shop signs in the background.
Those ones always make Tyson uncomfortable as it makes it easier for The Colonel to track him. However, it’s occasionally necessary to make sure his alibis hold. ‘Nothing suspicious here officer, I’m staying in London rather than fleeing, look elsewhere for your theif/killer/et cetera.’
Pictures that Tyson actually wants to post
Tyson doesn’t enjoy taking photographs, but he has to keep himself in the habit of taking pictures to make sure he grabs the right shot when Tyson needs it for work.
When he actually likes one of the pictures he taken, rare though it may be, and after he’s checked it meticulously for anything incriminating in the background, Tyson will post it.
This is usually a picture of his dogs or family, but an occasional picture of Dick playing guitar, a pretty shot of London, or a stolen shot of John passing on the street will get posted.
He dislikes photos in general, especially those that have himself in frame, but when he has to take photographs they will be indirect and portrait.
He doesn’t like to have the focus of the image focused on the camera, not to make the image more natural or ‘real’ but instead, because he feels that when an image included the subject looking at the camera it makes part of the photo about the camera rather than just being about the subject.
Tyson prefers to take photos in a portrait orientation rather than landscape, because it means that there is less background to take away from the subject.
Tyson prefers this way because most of the photographs he takes are for work and he needs to make sure the focus is on the target - be it someone that needs taking out or someone that needs protecting - but he also uses this ‘style’ when taking photographs of friends and family, usually his brother and nephew.
