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how many people taking photos with both eyes open?
for me: instead of looking like that, this is more close to the reality. =)
an outdated self snap @ celebrity city hotel, nanjing.
Unedited mobile phone cam shot of myself shot with the timer of my mobile, reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my C905 mobile phone. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
A while ago I've posted my first self-shot puddle self portraits, a new style I've developed this year that, as far as I can tell, has not been challenged or copied by anybody else, making me by default the wickedest Reflectah out there, of course only until one day some whiz kid will come and outwicked me, making my reflection shots look boring and old, while his/her style will be refreshing to look at, easy on the eyes and will sell like hot buns at the bakery, leaving me behind in the dust, sitting by some dried up puddle, the only reflective surfaces around my wide, teary eyes that look on in shock&horror as that little spoiled brat takes over the World Domination Plan that I've so carefully prepared, and becomes the new ruler of all the puddles on this planet...unless I drown him/her in them first, hahahaha :D
Yes, that's why they call me the 'wicked Reflectah' and not the 'boring, plays by the rules Reflectah' ;-P
And to show you just how wicked I can get, here's a world premiere, my first ever self-filmed AmsterS@m self reflection movie!
#208 of the 365 day challenge. me after a bike ride in the seattle snow heading to a modeling gig...smeared mascara and all. snow flake in my eye... View On Black
#297 of the 365day challenge
-in a low lit restaurant. i enjoy the soft blur that candle light made when shining upon my skin. looks like a painting to me.
Selfreflection on a car in Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.
I've spent the last 2 months working way too much, using up all my energy and positive thoughts, now I'm just an empty shell that does nothing else but wake up, bike to the office, spend a harsh day filled with activities that require my full attention and focus, even though they don't deserve them, and that force me to erase any and all traces of a (social) life. All I get in return is more harshness, unreasonable demands, expectations as high as the freakin' Twin Towers (when they were still standing, obviously :) and little 'mistakes' at the accounting department that ensure that I'm not even getting paid a cent for having worked every freakin' Friday, my usual day off, since the beginning of February.
This is not a situation that I would wish on anybody, least of all myself, but that's what I wake up to every day, and every day I need to muster all my spirit and positivity just to make it out of bed and to work without crying like a wee little baby, needless to say that there is nothing left to put into taking pictures or spending quality time with my (Interwebs) friends, so as of now I will only post one picture a day, instead of the usual 3, until I won't even have the resources left to achieve that, hopefully that's not gonna happen, I am addicted to this shizzle :)
The good part is that soon I won't have enough energy to complain about my situation anymore, so you should not see too many of these cry-baby posts in the future, lol :D
Have a relaxed weekend!
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Recognizing that our past worries only really affect us when we mull over them in the present allows us to cultivate a greater sense of peace & acceptance in our lives. Even though there will always be times when we need to process the pain of the past, it’s much more beneficial for our overall health & wellbeing if we concentrate our efforts on the wonders that exist in our lives right now. For, by doing so, we will understand the past can only really affect us through our thoughts. Remaining in the present will help you to let go of the past by keeping your focus on the marvel of who you are today.
In the meantime, try curling up in your favorite chair, hammock, or zen space and take some time to remember how far you’ve come. After all, recognizing & counting our blessings helps to usher new ones in. Admittedly, Thoreau was deadon with this line. When you look in the mirror – no matter how fabulous it may be – what do you really see reflecteed back?
No manner of lovely possessions can fill any gaping void. Though, admittedly, rocking in this beautiful ChicIca leather based with polished stainless steel framed contemporary rocking chair re·splend·ent with a hand-crafted curved plywood back construction would surely help ease your woes, if only for a few moments. With a US$3500 pricetag, you might want to ease into and ut of this with great care. If you haven’t quite “gotten there,” remember, there’s a reason a home isn’t built in a day. Slow and steady win the race.
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Selfreflection in a bar in Amsterdam last night. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.
Last night I went to a bar with some colleagues after work and as almost always when I go out, I ended up drinking too much and spend a great evening with lots of laughter, beer, smokes and a delirious madman bike-ride through the seemingly ever-shifting and itself rearranging landscape of an Amsterdam night, oh what fun! Now my head hurts, my stomache is grumbling and I'm even too tired and hungover to drag my limp body into the shower for a refreshing wake-up wash, so if you are in the area, maybe you could climb up to my Penthouse and give me a push and a shove in the general direction of the bathroom, thank you very much :D
Have an wicked weekend, the sun is shining!
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Photo captured from Samoa Beach in the census-designated place of Samoa. Humboldt County. Early October 2013.
I stopped along the road on my way home for the last time. Shutting off the engine on that quiet country road, all was calm. Off in the distance I could hear a beautiful and distinctive cry. I looked up just in time to see the Sandhill Cranes leaving the field where they spent the day feeding. Perhaps they were going home too.
I was tagged by the amazing Gabriela.
1. I am at my grandmother's house right now. The house I grew up in from age 2 to 22.
2. The house was built in 1947 and only one family has ever lived here.
3. Even though I moved out almost 20 years ago, I still consider it home.
4. My grandmother recently sold the house. Closing is tomorrow.
5. I can't bear the thought of another family living in our home.
6. I've been helping my grandma pack and finding all my old toys. Today I found my favorite toy airplane. On the bottom it said "from Dad with love, 1974". I cried.
7. The hardest thing was pulling up the track on my train set and packing it away. A flood of memories came back as I carefully took each car down off the shelf. I don't have room to set it up in my small apartment, but how can I part with it?
8. It is so sad knowing that I'll be leaving in a few days for the last time.
9. I love my grandma very much and she'll be well taken care of. I just hope she'll be happy.
10. Almost the whole family is mad at me. They think I'm being immature and need to just "get over it" and "move on". That lack of support just makes it even harder for me.
Photo captured via Minolta MD Zoom Rokkor-X 75-200mm f/4.5 lens at Trinidad State Beach in the city of Trinidad. Humboldt County. Early November 2013.
This Thanksgiving I have been able to finally appreciate absolutely everything that has passed through my life.
All the painful and beautiful things have brought me to this very moment.
If I was offered the chance to go back and change parts of my life,
I would refuse.
The mourning period of things past is almost complete.
I know I've changed and my chrysalis is fragmenting.
I feel like I'm waking up.
I'm thankful and greatful for ALL of it.
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Selfreflection, shot in Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.
One more week, and I'm back to working 4 days instead of 5, after 3 1/2 harsh, superbusy and extremely stressful months, pheeeeeeew! I've been looking forward to this more and more desperately over the weeks, telling myself 'Hang in there some, just a few more weeks, you can do it!', but it was getting harder and harder to believe myself, all the energy burned up, the futile attempts to keep myself positively motivated by reminding myself of the good things going on in my life often failing, resulting in a tired blur of images of me at work instead of me out there shooting puddles, or just chillaxing on my beloved balcony. Now all I have to do is to somehow finish this horrible week of late shifts, and finally I will regain some much needed rest, relaxation and quality of life, I feel lucky, blessed and grateful that I can afford laziness back into my world :)
Have a nice, relaxed weekend, take it easy :)
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Photo of Luffenholtz Beach captured via Nikon 50mm f/1.8 D AF Nikkor lens and in the census-designated place of Westhaven-Moonstone via Scenic Drive, County Road 4M310. Humboldt County. Mid October 2013.
Photo captured alongside Highway 1, the Cabrillo Highway, looking towards Ragged Point. San Luis Obispo County. Big Sur. Late May 2013.
Celebrating HALF-WAY through 52 WEEKS of themed photos! Yea!
After a MUCH needed rain in central Oklahoma, my grandson and I discovered a rain puddle on a morning walk.
(and I'm never fully dressed without my camera :)
Photo captured at the beach on the ocean side of Freshwater Lagoon. Humboldt Lagoons State Park. Humboldt County. Mid July 2013.
We can all count ourselves "the lucky ones...." to have experienced love at sometime in our lives. It fit like a perfectly tailored suit knowing what to emphasize and more importantly what NOT to. It was everything. It brought joy, those warm contented feelings of a comfortable love where as we wake each day we knew someone is there to walk with us, care about us, and share with us. It created and played out those Hallmark moments we grew up with. It even transformed some of us. We became full of pride, of place and how we fit into the larger scheme of things as expressed by our media and genetics. Love brought with it the amazing adventures and self exploration of our lustfull side. That secret taboo tucked away part we rarely share with anyone we knew. It was easier to explore it with a one night fling or fuck buddy because who cared what they thought. It was about you. Yet love allowed us to share that part of us and explore it and not worry about what the other thought. Ahhh, Love is Great! But love has a much more darker side that is rarely discussed. That part of it provided by the mere physics of nature and balance; what goes up must come down; to have happiness you have to have experienced ............. you know what Im saying. Love also brings with it a total bewilderment, a loss, devastation and ache like no other when it bids you adieu. One so big and overwhelming you just want to die because you cant imagine going on. No one ........... and I mean NO ONE .... prepares you for that part. Its kept like some dirty little family secret tucked away and never discussed. Is it some f@*ked up crazy form of initiation that society allows us to fall in love but will not tell you that the fall out of love could possibly drive you mad or kill you? Come on.........me, Mr Conservative would have thought at least twice before I jumped in with both feet. I would have jumped in anyway who am I kidding Lol ! But if youre one of the lucky ones to have survived the fall into AND out of love ....... when you least expected it to .............. and the passage of time has eased the pain, hurt, and loss and erased the resentment you once seethed with then count yourself lucky.......thats right Lucky! Call me a fool for love but I would do it all over again and again and again. My love was Paul and when I rose each day with him by my side I ruled my world. Kindness was not a virtue but mandatory in all aspects of life and I honestly was a better person not because of him but because I was with him. Will I find that again? Not a chance! I'll find other loves Im sure of it. But Paul had a special quality ...... an aura of almost magic ...........that I still cant name or put my finger on. Yet, when it illuminated my life, even after the parting of ways, through that whole messy wonderful experience called Love ........it made me find me and who I was in this journey called Life. Thank you Paul.
Selfreflection on a car in Amsterdam. Taken with my HTC Desire using the Camera360 Android app.
I've spent the last 2 months working way too much, using up all my energy and positive thoughts, now I'm just an empty shell that does nothing else but wake up, bike to the office, spend a harsh day filled with activities that require my full attention and focus, even though they don't deserve them, and that force me to erase any and all traces of a (social) life. All I get in return is more harshness, unreasonable demands, expectations as high as the freakin' Twin Towers (when they were still standing, obviously :) and little 'mistakes' at the accounting department that ensure that I'm not even getting paid a cent for having worked every freakin' Friday, my usual day off, since the beginning of February.
This is not a situation that I would wish on anybody, least of all myself, but that's what I wake up to every day, and every day I need to muster all my spirit and positivity just to make it out of bed and to work without crying like a wee little baby, needless to say that there is nothing left to put into taking pictures or spending quality time with my (Interwebs) friends, so as of now I will only post one picture a day, instead of the usual 3, until I won't even have the resources left to achieve that, hopefully that's not gonna happen, I am addicted to this shizzle :)
The good part is that soon I won't have enough energy to complain about my situation anymore, so you should not see too many of these cry-baby posts in the future, lol :D
Have a relaxed weekend!
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Photo captured at a cattle ranch alongside Old Samoa Road. City of Arcata. Humboldt County. Late August 2013.
Photo captured via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens from Samoa Beach in the census-designated place of Samoa. Humboldt County. Late November 2013.
Photo of the Santa Lucia Mountains Range taken on the Old Coast Road, more or less parallel to Highway 1 (the Cabrillo Highway), on the vast El Sur Ranch property in Big Sur. Monterey County. Early July 2012.
Jopenkerk Haarlem
Fotografie: Sitan van Sluis
Model: Hiske Eriks
Licht: Martijn Laarhoven
Make-up: Susan
Photo captured on U.S. Highway 395--the portion of U.S. 395 co-signed with California Highway 299--in the city of Alturas. Modoc County. "State of Jefferson." Late March 2013.
Photo captured via Nikon 50mm f/1.8 D AF Nikkor lens (~f/22) from Trinidad State Beach in the city of Trinidad. Humboldt County. Mid September 2013.
Photo captured a few miles east of the city of Arcata on California Highway 299. Humboldt County. Late November 2012.
a webcam pic of me from 2003 after i performed in the woods with butoh dancers near seattle. my cam here: www.shannonkringen.com/kringcam.htm