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Photo captured via HDR method of photography along the coast in Crescent City. Del Norte County. Late January 2013.
Self Reflection for Me Again Monday.
I've missed MAM the past couple of weeks ...hey I better get used to that pretty soon!
This is a phone pic/selfie in the mirror of a Vespa ^_^
I thought I would just use this shot as I know taking a 'real' selfie tomorrow just wouldn't happen.
HMAM!! \ ^_^ /
in a quiet moment before the mirror, where lines and stories merge on his skin, the tattoo artist seems to be in conversation with his own reflection. the black-and-white light heightens the contrasts, making the tattoos appear like a wordless diary, telling of experiences, passions, and inner struggles. the gilded frame around the reflection adds a timeless quality, as if this moment hovers between reality and a deeper, hidden self. this portrait captures not only an image of the artist but also a quiet question posed to himself and to us: who are we behind the images we show to others?
Photo of a redwood grove at Rockefeller Forest: Lower Bull Creek Flat captured via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens within Humboldt Redwoods State Park. Humboldt County. Late November 2013.
Day 10. This particular 365 is mostly about having fun for me, but I also wish to challenge myself a bit more than I have in recent years. I don't have a fantastic camera nor do I have professional lighting. I don't really care to be honest. While all of that would be fantastic, I can't let that stop me from exploring my own personal goals here. If the camera gods ever descend with better equipment then that's terrific too but until then, let's have a good time.
This is a self-portrait from a few years back when I was photographing an old Cotton Gin. I found myself gazing across the landscape.
Why is it that we find self reflection easier when we are gazing across farm land? Does it reflect on our ancestral background? Or does it reflect upon a simpler life, allowing for easier self reflection?
You may notice the ghostly appeal of this photograph. Partial credit goes to my choice of using infrared photography and the other are choices in my exposure and timing.
Location: central Arkansas.
Photo # IMG_2032_2039mod1b.
(c) Kelly Shipp.
Photo captured near the Canfield Redwood Grove via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens near the census-designated place of Weott. Humboldt Redwoods State Park. Humboldt County. Early November 2013.
Photo of a redwood grove captured via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens within Humboldt Redwoods State Park. Humboldt County. Late November 2013.
Day 186 Year 2 There you go again, facing the world beneath it all. Always struggling to get out and still trapped looking up and away.
This shot is SOOC. Again, too pressed to do much else but I like it.
For the FGR theme
Currently #297 in Explore. Thanks everyone.
Photo of the Little River flowing into the Pacific captured via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens at Moonstone Beach in the census-designated place of Westhaven-Moonstone. Humboldt County. Early November 2013.
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.
A true Sacramento Valley sunset as seen from the very Jewels of Northern California. Demanding reds simply provide a crush to ignite quite the lasting impression to allow one to effortlessly take it all in and reflect upon the [wonderful] day constructed by you. Photo of the sunset captured over the Sacramento River and from the Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay Exploration Park in Redding. Shasta County. Early August 2013.
Can I stick this in the pun group too?
:D
I've never done one of these puddle pics, so I thought it was a great idea since we got some much needed rain last night. How did i do?
For FGR - Easy like Sunday Morning, picked by our hero, Mikey!
Happy Easter to all you non-Jews! :)
Oh, and our good friend Olga finished her project today, so please go give her some love!!!
Photo of where the mouth of the Little Sur River drains into the Pacific captured via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens along the El Sur Ranch property in Big Sur. Monterey County. Late October 2013.
Photo of the Golden Gate Bridge captured via Nikon 50mm f/1.8 D AF Nikkor lens from the Marin Headlands in Marin County. Bay Area. Early September 2013.
Photo of Big Lagoon captured via Minolta MD Zoom Rokkor-X 75-200mm f/4.5 lens in the census-designated place of Big Lagoon. Humboldt County. Early December 2013.
I really should be saying goodnight
I really shouldn't stay anymore
It's been so long since I held ya
I've forgotten what love is for
I should run
On the double
I think I'm in trouble
I think I'm in trouble
I think I'm in trouble
~Lindsey Buckingham
As I said earlier, I'm in a real nostalgic mood tonight. That means 80's music! Listening to this song I can feel the wind in my hair, smell the freshly cut grass, hear the roar of my '72 Chevelle and feel my girlfriend's arm around me as we drive down country roads blasting the radio. Man, those were the days! Someone I ran across on youtube put it this way:
This song takes me back to those long summer nights of youth and the way it felt to be alive and carefree. If only we could bottle up those feelings we have in youth and save it for rainy days of our adulthood when we have lost all those reasons that life is good. God how I miss the 80's and all that it was to me in my life! If only I could go back. It just ended too soon! I miss it all! :-(
And I'm not talking about the kind in a bumper, but it fits the photo too!
It's never easy to stop dead in your tracks and take a look around and realize something has to change, that something has to become different, and that you are the only one who can make it different. It's also especially hard to make a move like that when it involves someone else. Especially when you're afraid you could lose a friend, even when that wasn't the intention.
Life is its own hardest lesson and unfortunately the only way to learn that lesson and become better is by living, day to day. I still have so very much to learn, I know and realize that in my core. And it's okay.
I try to live my life each day, to be a good person, to be happy, to be positive, to reflect that positivity on others if possible, to not be weighed down by negativity, to help others, and to be a good friend.
Life is what you make of it. It can be as good as you want or as bad as you want. Sometimes things happen beyond our control that throw us for loops but you have to ride the wave, learn from it (if possible), and keep on moving forward. That light at the end of the tunnel does exist. I know that for a fact. I lived way back in that dark tunnel for years and years. I was depressed, I saw no way out, I wanted someone to save me, someone to make it all better for me. I couldn't do it, I didn't have the strength...at least that's what I told myself. Then one day I realized the only person who could save me (and who would save me) was myself. The only way to move forward was to take the necessary steps in front of me. And I did. And I moved forward and I made things better. The reason no one could save me was because that decision, that looming, difficult, impossible seeming decision, was mine to make and no one else's. It was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.
Since then I've done a lot of reflecting, on myself, on my life, on where I want my life to go. It's a necessary thing to stop and assess life every now and then. Friends can help guide you, can listen to you, can be your shoulder to cry on and to make you laugh. But you have to make decisions and stand behind them knowing you are doing what is right, what is best for you and you alone.
Photo captured at Trinidad State Beach via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens in the city of Trinidad. Humboldt County. Early November 2013.
Most people, cameras in hand, capture endless photos the exact moment when the sun lowers on the horizon. Unfortunately, those people simply leave and end their moment on capturing that quintessential sunset. However, the moment after the sun sets is truly when the magic happens. An array of colors burst out of the ether as if the heavens above express the amount of love and positive vibrations they have for us earthlings. Enjoy each and every moment of a sunset and your life, not just the highlights. Photo captured from the Humboldt Lagoon State Park Visitor Center at Stone Lagoon. Humboldt Lagoons State Park. Humboldt County. Late August 2013.
Life, just like love, is indeed a mystery, where such a journey allows one to travel via infinite avenues and boulevards. To anyone who is able to see its wonderful colors, acts of nature and has the ability to acquire knowledge from the unknown, life fosters the [many] conditions where one can learn how to learn--from birth, and learn whatever he or she needs to learn to actively participate in society--whether it's transforming society for the better or simply coasting along the volatile ride otherwise known as Life. A special message to those who are undergoing some sort of pain or life-changing experience--you are loved and admired by at least one entity--life. After all, you are still here to communicate your story and yes, a better day, a better moment is underway for you. Stay committed to excellence, learning, living, life, love and yourself. Photo of the Golden Gate Bridge captured from the Marin Headlands in Marin County. Bay Area. Early September 2013.