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In memory of my beloved father.
I miss him every day. Not to mention his little stories. One day, out of the blue, he recounted a short scene in a movie he saw more than 50 years ago: a guy was telling another the story of two young people madly in love with each other. The girl was still living with her parents; however, as a condition to move together with her lover, she asked him to leave town for a period of two years; additionally, during this period he was supposed to abstain from laughing (or even smiling).
The young man duly complied with these two (quite exotic) requirements and came back home after exactly two years. Close to arriving at the girl's house he noticed a lot of people in its garden. He entered the house and shortly thereafter started laughing.
At this moment, my father asked me: "Why did he laugh? You have five minutes to think about it!"
...The (not so surprising) answer? The man saw a coffin in the house; the girl had died several days before.
This is a drawing I did a few years ago, based a photo of a weightlifter - was never too happy with the way it turned out originally. I've been experimenting with the way I render color and light a bit recently., so I thought I might dig it out and play around with it. It's a bit more detailed and fussy than my drawings usually are -- not sure if that's a direction I want to go in, or if I should be pushing towards simplicity. But that's what sketching and drawing is great for. Always good to experiment with processes. Who knows, I might even start working with ink and paper again one of these days.
Sadly, I cannot remember her name, but I recently saw a stand-up comic whose words keep coming back to me. She was talking about masturbation but the point she made struck me as totally describing my relationship with photography. She said she could never get a sexual fantasy to reach fruition because... in her mind... she kept endlessly revising what she wore. And I'm so much the same with photography. I'm so obsessed with setting the scene (and it's never quite right) that I manage to (surprise) avoid shooting altogether. Which is ridiculous and absolutely must stop. Now.
So here's my new strategy - going back to doing things the old fashioned way. By which I mean strapping on my camera, heading out into the world, and seeing what I can see. These oyster catchers were lit in such a way that I couldn't really see them through my camera, so I just kinda shot in their direction. They're so damned cute, it's hard to get a bad picture of them. So yeah... I shot herons and fish and sea anemones and rocks and trees and dried up salt in tide pools. And... no, it wasn't amazing. And no, I didn't get any good shots. But that was not the point. The point was to stop trying so hard and just enjoy the act of shooting for its own sake. (Goodness knows I have enough other things to obsess about. Taking the trying out of photography opens up its therapeutic benefits. Which I really need right now.)
New camera new photo attempt. Same lighting setup as last time but the photos came out a little better this time (more over all light captured, though still some light and focus balancing issues), still need to get more practice with the new camera. With how large this moc is and its color scheme the only way I may get real good photos is outside on an over cast day (not likely to happen with this moc) or with good convention hall lighting.
Harlequin Duck - male
Histrionicus histrionicus
I made my annual pilgrimage to Barnegat Light this morning to see the wonders that often hang out there like this beautiful Harlequin Duck - my favorite duck species.
The water was really high today so the ducks had less space on the rocks, making it easier to get a nice shot.
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im still in the grips of mr. influenza but the light was just perfect,
so i mustered all my energy and shot a few selfies.
Another back to school card. I colored the school and the owl (HA printables) in colors of rainbow. The sentiment the owl holds says ´happy return to school`. Tfl
I found these cute little houses on my daily walk and I got to go inside and take a look! They have interior hundreds of years old! It was really amazing to explore!
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Carrying the weight of the world makes for a strong back.
An update of a shot I took for my 52 project a few years back - this time managed to construct a white background which I think makes for good contrast.
Stock Marauder Prototype back from Utah. Made a few adjustments and component swaps to bring it up to speed.
Daylight savings shakes me up. Delay in posting as I need to get some coffee. We’ll be back to posting some birds in a few hours!