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There's my new haircut, guys! I was wearing ponytail. Lulz. Sareh. :))
Can't blab right now, bloated from eating chick fil a. Haha! I'll try to do tags tomorrow. This should be final. Hehhh:p
This is probably my most favorite picture out of my stream. To some of you out there, it may seem bland/boring.. but I'm very proud of myself.. and i'm getting better day by day!
The book that i'm holding is actually a dictionary, haha! I took the book cover off of it and it looked like a pretty decent novel to use. I actually got this shot on the first try!
WOH HOO! My creative side is back.. i'm oh so happy :)
I know I said I'd start my 365 like three days ago, but I just found out i'm going to my cabin tomorrow. So I'll (yes) have to hold off 365 :( PLUS SIDE! I get to take beach shots with earth/wind/water.. element pictures! That i'm excited for.
I'm going to stop blabbing, my pizza is in the oven and ready to be eaten...
Thank you Flicksters!
So, this weekend was intense. Baseball tournament, family outside party, and babysitting. I had no time to take photos, cept' for this one. That's Trevor; he's the bestest. We managed to run in the back of my yard and take this before we had supper. We're cool.
I'm now in a photography class at school and I was suppost to take pictures for Monday; but didn't. I'm going to try finish some homework, do some laundry; then attempt. ATTEMPT!
Fun fact: I hate copiers. I'm sure everyone does, but when it goes to the extreme; it makes me want to rip my hair out. Sure there are different terms for copying (inspiration, you really really really like what someone else has done)? I'm not sure, i'm blabbing.
Much love everyone,
ctb
Explored!!
I'm BAAAAAAACK
:)
I left to aruba and it was faabulous!
I'll try to upload some photos from the trip :)
I'm reading another Palahniuk book called Diary (it's REALLY GOOD) and this question comes up on the first page of the book
WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR INPIRATION?
And it talks about 'how do people know what they like? why do they do the things they do"
And how many great artworks were only accomplished after facing great tragedy. Lots of stuff to think about!
The main character's husband kept telling her 'I bet if you could pain what's in your heart, it could hang in a museum"
So
I didn't take that advice obviously
BUT I DID PUT ON MAKEUP and everything kind of went from there :)
BTW
If you're gonna read Diary, (and you should, you know) i gotta say it's not for the faint of heart.
Some parts made me squirm
even thinking about it now
ANYWAYS
enough blabbing
Enjoy!!!
Yet again another veiw of the famous Volvo eclipse "100". Having just been in the pits for some work she is seen in the MOT bay presumably for a final check over as she never actually had an MOT done.
I could blab on about how I will miss these but you can just read my other photos of these recently.
16" x 16"
Acrylic on wood panel
One of my pieces for the BLAB World No.1 show: Scenes from the Hereafter. Opening this Saturday the 11th at Copro Gallery, 8:30 - 11:00p.
BLAB World No.1 is releasing at the show, and includes my piece from last year's BLAB show, "Armageddon Flub."
For more info and a full preview of the show, visit blabshow.com
CoproGallery 310-829-2156
Yesterday the newspaper informed us Oregonians that up until Friday, we had 41 days of cloudiness. 41 days of no clear nights of stars. I knew it had been awhile, but I didn't realize it's been 41 days of no star shooting!
Well, Friday night broke the spell with the stars brilliantly sparkling overhead. This is an abandoned home outside the small high desert plains town of Condon. I haven't been able to find any history on it yet, so if any of you know its story or owners- please tell me. I am very curious. Valorie and I found it while out on a Sunday drive getting some fresh air.
This was shot on a preliminary, test run of teaching someone how to shoot stars. As some of you know, I am planning on doing some star shooting workshops this summer, so I am doing trial evenings out with people to get practice and experience on going out with the sole intention of passing on techniques and knowledge. It went well with my student and I mutually learning a lot in the process. It was such a satisfaction to have someone join me that wanted to soak up as much experience, knowledge, and ideas as I could dish out. My student, Joanna, loves the stars as a personal interest and has been pursuing photography for a few years now, so to be able to combine her love of the stars with her photography equipment and abilities- she was a kid in a candy shop :-)
She learned fast, and more satisfying to me, towards the end, she saw the sky with her own eyes and found views and compositions that interested her and fit her personal vision and experience. In these workshops I will transfer as much technique and knowledge of star shooting as I can, but as important, I want to encourage each person to be confident in their own photography vision. I don't want to make Ben clones or fill up people's media cards with copies of my popular shots. I want people to get through the intimidation of the night, grasp the methods of star shooting, avoid common mistakes, and then believe in themselves and their imagination to set out and make their own unique star image magic. That may sound a bit cheesy, but I firmly believe in creativity and personal expression and find my inspiration in the pursuit of those attributes.
That being said, the first half of the night I felt I was a good teacher staying with Joanna helping her, but the 2nd half of the night, at this location, I couldn't hold back anymore! Not after 41 days of cloudy weather. I now know to not take a student to a location I haven't been to. Not because of problems in not knowing the location, but because of the EXCITEMENT of shooting stars at a new location! *laughing* This location was the second half of the night and second location. Joanna was doing well setting exposure, focus, and composition- so I started by taking my camera out to take test shots to help her, but then as she began to find interest in her own personal taste of shots, I suddenly found myself tromping out into the dark to explore compositions and angles that interested my taste. I snapped out of it and was like, "Oh man! Joanna! I am supposed to be teaching her.." but then I was like, "hhhmmm.. one more shot from this angle…" *laughing* Lesson learned: don't try to teach after 41 day dry spells of cloudy nights ;-)
Besides Joanna and her husband Paulo, my lovely girlfriend Valorie came along, and so did Nick and Ted. And then, to all of our surprise and delight, Darren and Larry showed up around 11pm to join us for some star shooting. It got a bit crazy with 7 photographers pointing cameras, tripods, and flashlights all over the place- with lights blinking, blazing and flashing in and out of each others comps. But, from what I saw and heard, no one got bent out of shape or took much offense at the lack of control or an image being "ruined" by someone else's light painting straying into their shot. For me, it took on a fun hangout/party feeling. It was great to share the experience of shooting the stars with other photographers excited about the stars like me. I was loving every moment of it :-) It was a great time and I've got plenty more to talk about in posts soon to come.
Alright, enough blabbing from me. I need to get another night of catch-up sleep. I'll talk about details and dates of the workshops in the very near future. Here's links to everyone's streams that joined me this night:
Joanna: www.flickr.com/photos/sunflowersister/5605340107/
and her blog:
jkmphoto.blogspot.com/2011/04/we-are-star-stuff-night-sky...
My girlfriend Valorie:
www.flickr.com/photos/valorieshay/5607197048/in/contacts/
Ted:
www.flickr.com/photos/outabounds/5604482438/
Nick:
www.flickr.com/photos/photographybyng/5604212550/
Larry:
www.flickr.com/photos/21613633@N07/5601670626/in/photostr...
Darren:
Didn't have time to make a minifig scale VV, So I made a couple of mini ones : )
Thanks for the great sticker tutorials you posted on BlaB, Jacob. I particularly like the minifig crowbar as an application tool : )
2nd Mini VV: www.flickr.com/photos/rancorbait/15855027756/
In "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" author Tom Robbins wrote " “Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.”
Isn't that a useful motto for many of us?
Well, I'm not trying to emulate a cowgirl here, but there is enough imagery to evoke the feeling: boots, barroom and is that a Lonestar floor? Yee haaa! or is it Yaaa hooo! I always get those two confused.
I'm sharing this photo now because it was featured in a full page format, kinda like a centerfold without the folds, in the TLI magazine I mentioned in a previous post.
I hope you think it's good enough on its own to share.
It's of course, another Leota dress. I've over ten in my closet!
Tom Robbins also wrote "sometimes success eliminates as many options as failure." That certainly has been true in my experience. He's written a surprisingly lot of thoughts.....relevant to me anyway.
Well - I'm blabbing again.
Enjoy!
Nora
PS - Thanks to the usual team: MU and hair by Amy Lamb, Photo and leather beaded bracelet by Cassandra Storm, Skincare by Patrizia DiFranco, Wardrobe by Leota NY.
PPS - Apologies to fashion consultant Lindsey Taub for wearing boots again. Even though it's an indoors shot, I liked how they bookended my hair: top to bottom matchy.
Sheesh - You'd think I could't dress myself. Maybe true!
Um 1140h war es dann soweit. Diese paar Sekunden werde ich nie vergessen.
Ungefähr 15 Personen wussten von der Überraschung - keiner hat sich verschwatzt und Esthi hat während den letzten 2 Monaten nie etwas gemerkt oder vermutet.
Super gelungen, würde ich sagen.
Danke an euch alle, welchen diesen Moment möglich gemacht haben.
PS: Das war der Augenblick, wo Esthi mich entdeckte.
Entschuldigt die enorme Unschärfe, aber wie man gut sehen kann liegt bei mir das Fotografieren in einem so emotionalen Moment nicht mehr drin.
At 1140h the time had come. I will never forget these few seconds.
About 15 people knew about the surprise - nobody blabbed and Esthi never noticed or suspected anything during the last 2 months. Super successful, I would say.
Thanks to all of you who made this moment possible.
PS: That was the moment when Esthi discovered me.
Sorry for the enormous blur, but as you can see, taking pictures in such an emotional moment is not possible for me anymore.
A las 1140h era la hora. Nunca olvidaré estos pocos segundos.
Unas 15 personas sabían de la sorpresa, nadie habló y Esthi nunca notó o sospechó nada en los últimos 2 meses.
Súper exitoso, diría yo.
Gracias a todos los que hicieron posible este momento.
PD: Ese fue el momento en que Esthi me descubrió.
Perdón por la enorme borrosidad, pero como pueden ver, tomar fotos en un momento tan emotivo ya no es posible.
Bitte respektiere mein Copyright. Keine Verwendung des Fotos ohne meine ausdrückliche Genehmigung.
Please respect my copyright. No use of the photo without my expressly permission.
Por favor, respete mis derechos de autor. Ningún uso de la foto sin mi permiso explícito.
After much talking, many skype conversations, and a ton of other gibberish, Build Like A Boss has finally launched.
We're very much avoiding the "Blog a MOC because it's cool" trend, as seems to happen with Lego blogs these days. Instead with BLaB, we're trying to focus on builds 100% from a MOCcing standpoint.
My partner/s in crime for the blog are Five Fives, and Legonardo Davidy, both who just happened to be on Team Jigsaw this year for the Mocathalon.
John contacted me to see if I was interested in filling a spot as a blogger for the site, and I happily accepted.
If you're interested in seeing what we've got put together so far, swing by and check it out!
This shot is sort of a breakthrough of sorts for me, not that this shot is earth shattering by any means, but from a technical standpoint it marks the tip of an iceberg. I'll explain this a little better in a minute, first the story.
Last weekend I met up with fellow flickr member Jon Blake who has been in Seattle for the past few months for his work. Jon is a colorado based landscape photographer and he had mentioned the skagit valley flowers as being on his list of things to shoot so we decided to go check out the skagit valley flowers. We drove up early and scouted for an east west oriented field and came up with this one. In the dark it appeared that we had the perfect set up, the sun started to come up and we got a nice sunrise, as the color was dying down I finally really surveyed the scene at which time I noticed the sparseness of the daffodils. We got a nice sunrise and a lousy field, I guess one out of two isn't bad lol.
I dont usually get much into talk of technique and processing... to HDR or not, what is the best program, or camera for that matter, but I believe that this shot here really reveals the potential of what a camera and a software program are capable of achieving. When I got my D600 back in late September I also picked up lightroom 4, mainly as a way to play with the raw files before putting them into CS5, but as time has passed I find myself using the raw processing in lightroom way more. The ability to recover the shadow information from the D600 is really quite amazing, you do get some noise, but it isn't really anything that can't be fixed in post. This shot is a single raw from the D600 shot just over 4 stops under exposed. This scene is fairly dynamic and the information off the sensor covers the entire range and lightroom 4 allows one to unlock it. Granted the resulting product is pretty flat and without contrast, it still is much quicker and in a lot of ways more natural than a lot of the photomatix blending modes. Photoshop is still required to rebalance the luminosity values of the image and get the contrast back where it needs to be. This discovery will change the way I start to approach a lot of my shooting in the future, wind and motion will no longer be as big of an issue.
This is what is so great about photography, if you keep working at it you keep having breakthroughs. Now how to utilize this new found information????
Check out Jon's photostream here: www.flickr.com/photos/jonblakephotography/
he does some really nice landscape work and is a very knowledgable photographer as well, thanks for all the tips and ideas Jon.
I'll quit blabbing now and just say thanks as always for your time and the visit.
Passing Flossmoor Station, (and Flossmoor Station, the brewpub, where pundits are blabbing on the bar televisions) Illinois Central 1010, 1032, and a repainted IC SD70 all lead a transfer headed for Kirk Yard.
Last Saturday, she came as a guest to a live class of my portrait workshop, here in Buenos Aires. We were lucky that a white van parked outside and it became a giant bounce surface for light, so we looked for the best spot to take advantage of that. At some point, I found myself blabbing about the "gestuality of kindness", ie "looking good" not as in "hot", but as in "being good". I don't know if my students could make any sense of it, but Melina was really paying attention and tried to make her part, and this is a picture from that very moment.
Shot on 35mm film with one of my very favorite lenses, a 1950s Zeiss Sonnar 85mm f/2 for Contax rangefinders.
Leica M5 with Amedeo Contax adapter + Carl Zeiss Sonnar 85mm f/2 + Kodak Portra 400.
„‘Awfully sorry, boys, but I’ll have to put a Memory Charm on you now. Can’t have you blabbing my secrets all over the place. I’d never sell another book …’
Harry reached his wand just in time. Lockhart had barely raised his, when Harry bellowed, ‘Expelliarmus!’
Lockhart was blasted backwards, falling over his trunk. His wand flew high into the air; Ron caught it, and flung it out of the open window.
‘You’re in luck,’ said Harry, forcing Lockhart to his feet at wandpoint. ‘We think we know where it is. And what’s inside it. Let’s go.‘“
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 16
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I skipped petrified Hermione in the hospital wing as Marcel did a hospital room interior that wonderful that I didn’t want to attempt it myself. So I looked elsewhere and just had to do this one, where Lockhart tries to run off and the boys take care of him and make him join them.
Just a bunch of bags, a mirror, his desk with a wig and his cloths. Thats all there is. Hope you like it. (And yes, thats indeed a functioning mirror, thanks to the Detectives Office.)
(Took a small break but I’m back, no worries.)
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This series is obviously heavily inspired by my friend Marcel who did the inspirational undertaking of doing a series of daily builds covering Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone last month. Please follow him as his work is amazing and deserves way more views than it currently has!
Thank you, Marcel, for allowing me to continue what you started. You are indeed a wizard.
Built for Brickfair Virginia 2023, this historical dio featured an even number of allies versus French at a total of just over 600 minifigs. I have wanted to do a build of the massive Battle of Leipzig for a long time now, and after years of collecting parts for enough Russian and Prussian infantry, the 210th Anniversary was the right time.
The build is intended to show the moment on October 18th, 1813 when the Imperial Guard of La Grande Armée arrived at the small Saxon village of Probstheida just in time to save the French defenders from being wiped out by Russian Jaegers (center left of the photo, advancing in column) and Prussian line infantry (extreme left and right). Also in front center are Russian Grenadiers advancing in line formation.
Defending the village are units of the 35th Infantry Division of La Grande Armée, with the Old Guard Division arriving on the road at the back of the build just out of sight in this photo.
It got a lot of attention at Brickfair and was nominated for Best Historical. Beyond the Brick covered it, with the link below, if you can stand my blabbing on for an entire 20 minutes (which was not intentional...)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoXhrcUk3fA
If curious about the largest battle in European history prior to World War I, this video on the Battle of Nations is the best I have seen:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9hDA0u6FO0
*Press L or left click on the photo for best viewing.
(EXPLORED!) day three-hundred-and-sixty-four. so...it all ends on the morrow, eh?
(car. i know. ..i know.
it was the only chance today though, so i had to make do.
i mean, sure i could've stepped outside my car in that instant and taken a photo...but, people stare.
especially around here.
and i'd look like some crazy conceited lunatic, so i resorted to the confines of my vehicle. apologies.)
these long school days are killing me.
and it's also making me realize how much of a perfectionist i really am.
not good.
i mean...it ends up being good for my grade because i give every miniscule assignment my all...but it's so tortuous on my well-being.
i've noticed lately i've never felt satisfied.
i never feel like something is truly complete...
and that also ties into this project.
ending this tomorrow is going to kill me.
i just don't feel finished.
even though i am.
it doesn't make sense, doesn't seem rational.
and i guess that's because it's not, really.
but i just want that gratification.
that sense of accomplishment i, for some reason, never can truly attain.
blab, blab, blab...
i don't remember what happened today all that much,
all i know is--
tomorrow i'm getting a cat.
that's all i can think about, honestly.
and that's all that matters!
meroww.
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a garment of modesty
a controversial attire
up for grabs
those
who dont wear it
feel the jab
but those who wear it
have no problem
with its essence
dark or drab
an outer layer
without scabs
covers your flesh
your soul
even your flab
atheists
like taslima nasrin
love to blab
glib and gab
whether to burn it
at the stake
or bury
it beneath
a slab
A build for the Lands of Roawia LEGO Castle game. It's based on a real medieval kitchen at Hever Castle (see the model here).
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Something wasn’t right, besides what Lord Sorely Meyrick, the Duke of Ainesford, was blabbing on about; no that cook…he was taking far too long to clean up the ale he himself had spilled. And Captain Tavish was certain he was pausing to listen to what was being said on the Speaker's Floor, strictly against the rules for “the help”. The grizzled archer nudged Baron Munro sitting next to him, but Sir Caelan barely noticed as he listened to Meyrick's speech and replied, “Can you believe what Sorely Lost here is advocating? Full compliance with Chartres! No wonder he lost the Battle of Ainesford so badly…”
Tavish shook his head in mild frustration and got up to check on that cook, but he had barely made it halfway there when the cook suddenly collected his rags and left. Now that was entirely too coincidental…
The Captain headed down the hallway to find him but was immediately accosted by the two ever-present and intellectually-challenged guards waiting there. Security at the Great Congress of Lenfald was incredibly tight; no one except the castle guards themselves were allowed any weapons whatsoever, and all the delegates and staff were sequestered inside the castle for the duration of this critical assembly. Upon seeing the archer they held out their halberds to stop him, but Tavish was way ahead of them. “Ah, there you are my good lads, I am here to report an illegal weapon, one of the delegates has a knife, I clearly saw it. Here, let me point him out.”
Excited that they finally had something real to do, the two looked like dogs waiting to go fetch a thrown stick. The Captain deliberately motioned at the middle of the delegates on the far side of the largest hall in all of Lenfald, and pointed indiscriminately, “there, that one wearing dark green.” The two were halfway across when they realized nearly every delegate there was wearing the official color of Lenfald.
The archer entered the Great Kitchen impatiently as he searched for the man, to no avail; he wasn’t there. It was incredibly busy in the hot room, but there was one cook removing the entrails from a goose who he grabbed by the arm after the man objected to his presence. “Did a cook just rush through here?”
“Oh no, I haven’t seen a cook all day!" he spit out sarcastically. "Look about you mate, you’re in a kit…” he didn’t get any farther as he was suddenly and violently shaken.
“Tall, thin, muscular, with a goatee and a deep tan like he has been in the…” a sinking feeling hit Captain Tavish as he finished his own sentence, “…desert.”
“Oh, the new bloke,” the cook muttered resentfully. “Yeah, he’s in the side kitchen over there.”
“New bloke? But the staff has been sequestered!”
“Aye but we ran short a’ help and contracted from outside…”
Now Tavish’s stomach was turning, and not from the sight of the goose’s entrails. He shot down the side hall and found the door to the secondary kitchen locked from the inside. He was not a slight man however and he burst through it after four body slams, only to face an arrow shot at him. Quickly turning to present a smaller target the shot barely missed, and he then plunged into the small kitchen. It had two ovens, one to his left and another to his right with a window facing the outer ward of the castle. A massive pot of some concoction was bubbling away in that fireplace, and two cooks were to his left, down and bleeding in front of the other oven. To his right across a table full of foodstuffs and dishes stood the dubious cook, now smoothly knocking another arrow. As Tavish reached for a large pot to try and deflect the shot, the cook instead leveled the shot at the window and fired the arrow out of it.
Instantly Tavish knew he had just lost, for two things came to his eye; the arrow had a note tied to it — the spy had just successfully gotten the word out as to whatever he had heard. And the other thing was personally alarming; the cook had an Areani tattoo on the inside of his arm—this was going to be one bloody fight, perhaps the Captain's last.
So he didn’t wait, and threw the pot at him as hard as he could, catching the spy in the ribs. That should have doubled him over, but the darker man barely noticed it. He produced a curved Loreesi dagger from inside his shirt and a second knife and attacked with both, while Tavish grabbed a kitchen knife and jar of seeds, and the two went at each other with full force. The jar wound up shattered as it absorbed a crushing blow from the dagger, and Tavish gave him a brutal slash across the shoulder, which again the Areani barely seemed to notice. In the flurry, the archer had sustained four bloody cuts from the spy and knew he wouldn’t last long against this seemingly inhuman opponent.
Then the Areani reacted to something over Tavish’s shoulder and a jar came flying out of nowhere and hit the spy in the head, shooting flour everywhere, clouding up the air. Sir Caelan then dashed by the Captain and attacked the cook with a meat cleaver, a sight that would have been hilarious if it weren't for the circumstances of their opponent being a deadly Loreesi agent.
Even dazed the Areani fought like a lion until Tavish grabbed a small iron pot and slammed it into the side of his head. Still the spy stood, but wavered. The temporary lull in the action allowed the sound of the bubbling pot to come through, and both Sir Caelan and Tavish simultaneously had the same idea, grabbing the spy by the arms and shoving him toward the fire. They forcefully pushed the Areani's head down into what turned out to be a lovely pea soup, now at full boil. The spy struggled mightily as he burned, but both his opponents held on until he went limp.
“We need to question him, I think,” Caelan barely managed and finally Tavish relented, letting the man fall to the floor with horrendous second-degree burns now all over his head and face, also covered in a slimy green.
The two friends stood huffing from their exertion until Baron Munro finally blurted, “You left just when the Duke was getting interesting…”
"I doubt that very much." Tavish stumbled to the window and cursed. “The blighter must have shot right over the outer wall. Jig’s up now; whatever was on that note is surely gone.”
Just then the same two guards who had stopped the Captain earlier now slammed into the kitchen. They took in the Areani, the mess, and the two hurt cooks to their right and looked furiously at them. Sir Caelan only waved at the spy on the floor and by way of explanation stated indignantly, “He ruined the soup.”
Two days later, a man dressed in fine red clothing stood on a tower of the King’s Castle, and held out his arm expectantly. A bird came down swiftly and alighted on his arm, and he gently caressed the falcon. He then unfastened the message tied to its leg and began reading carefully. His brow furrowed slightly after reading a few lines; then a calmness came over him. He looked towards the vast horizon and paused to consider everything that had taken place in the last few weeks. Prince Jarius then tucked the message into his pocket and, carrying the bird with him, walked purposely towards the stairs of the tower.
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This was a build to advance the Global Storyline in the Lands of Roawia LEGO Castle game. Hope you like it! 100% LEGO.
Pulp shows up with her boyfriend, I show them around the new apartment, we end up on the patio, nice overcast day, excellent environment for some photos.
But then they mention her boyfriend wants to learn photography..."I taught photography, what do you want to know???"
Rest of the shoot, I'm basically just throwing out photography tips, talking about how to create a personal style, how to I go about shooting Pulp...I wouldn't shut up, maybe it's just been awhile since I had a chance to opine about photography, I notice it generally, give me an opportunity to just blab...I'll take it.
Must be the lingering effect of the pandemic, at work we're all still wearing masks (thankfully), but it means it's tougher to have conversations, means I'm not getting my daily recommended dosage of kibitzing.
Means when Pulp and Co. showed up, it was all I could do not to keep them on the roof for the rest of the day, going on about different cameras and how different cameras help shift your thinking while you're shooting and how you gotta make sure you talk to your subject while you're shooting because a lot of photographers don't and it helps to create a connection but also just keeps your subject engaged and keeps the line of communication flowing freely because you want your s...you get the idea.
Fine day for all involved!
I'll need months of contemplation and reflection before I can fully and coherently discuss everything I've learned on this walk, but I think the two most obvious lessons are these:
1) Have some faith in this world. Things aren't as bad as they tell us. We may all have different political opinions and different religious beliefs and different cultural norms (I'm a liberal atheist Jew. Did you know that? Does it matter?), and many of us probably couldn't stand to be around each other on a regular basis, but most of us would, it turns out, extend a helping hand (or sandwich, or beer, or couch, or shower) to a stranger in need. I walked 3100 miles across this country and didn't encounter a single person who tried to hurt me, or steal from me, or damage my possessions. This isn't a place that needs to be feared. It's a place that needs to be explored, and appreciated, and celebrated.
2) There's beauty everywhere. Keep your eyes open, and keep your mind open, and you'll be amazed what's out there, right under your nose, just waiting to be discovered. You don't need to go to the Best This or the Most Spectacular That; just take a stroll around the neighborhood. I blindly followed directions from Google on my walk, making no effort to see anything special, and look at everything I found that I thought needed to be shared with the world!
But enough with the blabbing. Let me just send out a sincere "Thank you!" to everyone who helped me on my trip. Your generosity astounded me, and I'm extremely grateful for every bit of kindness I received. And thanks to everyone who followed along online and offered words of encouragement. It's always heartening to know other people are interested in what you're doing. Thanks for making me feel special!
Okey dokey. Stay strong, people!
Yay, I finally have a picture to post!
Thank you, Bear, for all of the editing you did to make it look pretty!
Today is our three year, RL anniversary :D
-throws confetti-
I have a gacha addiction problem.
And all of the events this month are amazing *w*
I made something out of my essences skin and was rather proud of it @ u @
blab fest over, enjoy all the gachas!
;W;
If you've been following the action over on BLaB, you know that over the last few weeks I've been posting a multi-part stickering tutorial. If you haven't, go check it out! I just posted the 3rd (and final) part this morning.
Links: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3
I'll post a proper pic of the GARC tomorrow.