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New Beginnings: My First Self-portrait and First Post on Flickr.
Recently, I was mourning over the death of a close friend. I was still haunted by this fragility and constant uncertainty that lingers in our lives. Time promises that you may never view the same instance twice. Photography is still relatively a new experience for me but I felt compelled to create - create and express my feelings that would be difficult to put into words. The beauty of photography is the ability to capture the fleeting moment in the spontaneous instance when the past is almost gone, and the future is just starting to appear.
I’ve have been always impressed by how much an individual’s photography improves during the course of a 365 or 52 day challenge. I wanted to challenge myself. it’s not going to be easy, but it doesn’t mean that it isn’t worth trying. It’s also time for me to say goodbye to this mourning child, at least for now.
This week's theme: "NEW BEGINNINGS"
So today is the first day I start my 365 project! I am thinking I will do weekly themes. This week even though it's only a few days will be "new beginnings". My brother & sis-in-law had to put their sweet Tyson (pug) down. This little love bug has been welcomed to the family.
The moment our son, who is our second child, was born. Here he's being held up by the doctor.
This is not a new photo. He was born two years ago. I just never got around to posting it.
My first landscape photography of the year had to be something special. I chose my favourite location to begin with. And the weather conditions were great for photography: cloudy and windy. I hope you like it!
Disco Warehouse in New Orleans has a glorious "backyard" full of stunning plants! I DID want every one of them, but nope, didn't buy any. Some of the huge ones were just fantastic!
After years of FPV I am at this point. Finally I am soaring over mountains and flying straight down them capturing some exciting video from miles away. Here is a popular climbing site called Guye peak in Snoqualmie Washington.
At a modest 5100 feet above sea level it's hard to miss as you drive through the pass. Although from my vantage point it looks like little hill! I am about to engage this beast in a dive back down to the forest floor.
Here I am lining my plane up at the very top of the peak. It was a beautiful view before a very "spirited dive" Mt Rainier is off in the distance!
See more of my epic aerial action here: flic.kr/s/aHsjLmnXKz
and here:
Portland, Oregon
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So, I have followed Kim Klassen for many years now. I have signed up for most of her classes, but never participated fully. My goal is to participate more in her new class, be still 52, a year of finding stillness. Day one, Kim challenges us to take one minute of stillness a day and breathe... 6-10 slow deep breaths from our diaphragm while looking at something that we find beautiful or inspirational. Then shoot.
I admit to practicing these deep breathing techniques when I am stressed and they do work, I will be doing these daily now and hope to see a change in myself, a feeling of peace and less stress, and hopefully to improve my photography.
Sure, there's a large condo complex just on the other side of the fence... and yes, you have to go through a low rent apartment complex to get there... but there's something even more amazing about a small oasis like this when it's surrounded by so much busy ugliness.
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.” Buddha
Taken at the water lily patch just down the road from my hotel in Ubud, Bali
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...of the last good-byes.
fall, leading to the rest of winter.
hibiscus trionum
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the flowers and the seed pods.
lumen print
Wow. 2011.
Really? Already!?
**I don't know where this road goes, but I paid the toll, and I'm taking it to the end. **
I am excited for 2011. My expectations are high.
This is Chews Landing Rd in Winslow, NJ.
It's one of my favourite roads back home. It is yard-stick straight, and leaves the large towns in a hurry- like a backroad highway to nowhere. This is my go-to route to get some alone time or on clear nights- go see the stars.
*laughing* I was a bit nervous taking this shot. I saw the car coming from far down the road, but had to wait for it to get closer to get the light burst that I hoped I would get. But then, I had to time it so I would get the full 25 second exposure, but also not get run over.
At night, in the dark, standing in a two lane road, in the middle of nowhere- it's intimidating playing chicken with an oncoming car!
Tomorrow Valorie and I head back to Portland.
Happy New Year! To kick off 2021 we have a late 421 ducking under the infamous Bartlett signals with 2 boring road units sandwiching Ex-D&H GP38-2 # 7307. Boy I can’t wait for the next sunny day after all these insanely dark days..
A Norfolk Southern freight rolls into the late October sun at Wallkill, New York on the fabled Southern Tier line. There would not be very many NS trains to follow this one. Following the Conrail breakup, NS found very little use of the eastern end of the old Erie and eventually gave this portion to the control of Metro North and the portion between Port Jervis and Binghamton to the Central New York Railway, aka, New York, Susquehanna & Western by a long term lease.
Beginnings
The Photo Journey challenge kicks off on January 1st with the theme Beginnings. This year, I’ve volunteered to oversee the biweekly challenges, starting with this fitting theme to mark the start of 2025. It’s not just the beginning of a new year but also the start of my journey in curating themes—this one and the 25 that will follow throughout the year.
As I brainstormed my own submission for Beginnings, my eyes fell on the blank sheet in front of me. It held the first theme, Beginnings, at the top, with 25 empty spaces waiting to be filled. It struck me how perfectly this sheet symbolized the theme. And so, I decided to photograph it as my own submission, capturing the essence of fresh starts and limitless possibilities.
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1. Removes a tool (camera), not a photographer.
2. The choice of tool limits the possibilities.
3. Experience allows him (instrument) less and less to limit their capabilities.
4. The ability to see is given only when the observer allows ...
5. The moment of observation is the real find ...
6. Training and mastering it defies. Training leads to poor imitations of the original.
7. Often the result should ripen, like wine. Although time is the understanding of the mind, therefore it is very speculative.
8. The meaning of all this is the process!
9. Let it be!
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This stone church was built in 1847 by convict labour.
In recent years it has been on the market for private sale.
It still stands firm, but fences need some tender loving care.
At Carrington in Port Stephens, New Wales, Australia.
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PARANORMAL BEGINNINGS
Filmed by Penumbra Carter
Filmed in Second Life at:
/PEAK/88/60/2303,73/198/2005,
/Match/160/128/47,Tres%20Chic/25/130/75,
SunnyBank/136/101/26.
Sound Composition "Paranormal Beginnings" by Penumbra Carter
2023
Last few days in Second Life with my 11 year old computer. I have filmed how people look to me and thought that they represent the Paranormal Beginnings of the fully formed avatar and attachments. I am getting a new computer, soon.