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Tuesday 19 August 2014
Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA
45 years old
The theme for week 49 is Self Portrait. So after much deliberation as to whether to submit something or not as its my least favourite theme, here goes! Taken using a mini android pad camera looking into a mirror, with me trying to figure out how to take the snap! Processed through Topaz B&W.
This photo is four monthly challenges in one. One for #Brickcentral, one for #WithToysInMind and two for #SiPgoes53
#WTIM_ThisIsMe
I've been suffering from depression for now quite a while. My life has been falling apart. I manage to do what needs to be done to keep a semblance of a normal life, but I struggle with finding any joy or motivation in life. I'm tired of it and need change. Yet there's nothing I can do about it now.
#BC_InTheStyleOf_tomekskog
I've been wanting to take photos of depression for some time. But I'm so used to take happy and colorful photos that it's been a real challenge. I had photos in mind, but no idea how to make them alive. This month's #Brickcentral challenge was perfect to force myself taking a photo about my own feelings.
It wasn't easy though. The night is now gone here in the North. As an outdoor photographer, it's hard to find inspiration to take underexposed photos when it's so bright all the time.
The photo was inspired by one of @harkeyquin (www.instagram.com/p/BxFQMlxDjoj/). However, instead of having Lady Depression (or the Black Dog as @harleyquin calls her) aggressing me, I wanted to show Lady D. softly speaking bad words to my ears.
#SiP_Anton_Corbijn and #SiP_Haruki_Murakami
It's been a while I gave up on coming up for a photo for every human of #SiPgoes53. Not having read any of his books, Haruki Murakami was one I was going to ignore. Yet I decided last week to look at quotes and found many which I connect with.
In particular, "Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear." caught my attention for its photography potential. It's directly connected to "Enjoy the Silence" from Depeche Mode, which video clip was directed by Anton Corbijn.
My initial idea was to take a photo in the middle of nowhere in Lapland because it's the only place where I've ever heard actual silence. And yes you can hear it and it's one of the most amazing things to experience. But hiking in Lapland is not happening soon...
So instead I decided to focus on Lady Depression. Because even when I'm alone in the calm, there's no silence as she keeps telling me bad things and there's no way I can make her shut up.
Shot for Active Assignment Weekly, theme "this is me".
WIT shot taken with a Polaroid camera, converted to digital with my digital camera. Laika is always willing to pose with me.
Inspired by This Is Me - Keala Settle (The Greatest Showman)
I am not a stranger to the dark
Hide away, they say
'Cause we don't want your broken parts
I've learned to be ashamed of all my scars
Run away, they say
No one'll love you as you are
But I won't let them break me down to dust
I know that there's a place for us
For we are glorious
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
I am brave, I am bruised
I am who I'm meant to be, this is me
Look out 'cause here I come
And I'm marching on to the beat I drum
I'm not scared to be seen
I make no apologies, this is me
Another round of bullets hits my skin
Well, fire away 'cause today, I won't let the shame sink in
We are bursting through the barricades and
Reaching for the sun (we are warriors)
Yeah, that's what we've become
I won't let them break me down to dust
I know that there's a place for us
For we are glorious
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
I am brave, I am bruised
I am who I'm meant to be, this is me
Look out 'cause here I come
And I'm marching on to the beat I drum
I'm not scared to be seen
I make no apologies, this is me
And I know that I deserve your love
'cause there's nothing I'm not worthy of
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
This is brave, this is proof
This is who I'm meant to be, this is me
Look out 'cause here I come (look out 'cause here I come)
And I'm marching on to the beat I drum
I'm not scared to be seen
I make no apologies, this is me
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
I'm gonna send a flood
Gonna drown them out
This is me
The past month has been so tough, my body aches. I balance as I breath deeply in and let it go, breath out. I know that we are where we are meant to be, and no matter how hard it may be, life takes us exactly where we need to be each moment. I breath all this blessing in. I let it grow in me.
the most beautiful thing I read today: "We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls."
My soul seeks for your soul. I miss you and I don't know you yet.
love, love isn't always
love, the way that we mean
just like you are right now is all, all that I need
lets start over, don't be afraid cause I won't keep track
lets climb to the top
if you won't look down, I won't look back
love, love isn't always
love, the kind that you hold
I will be here waiting if you, you can let go
let's start over, don't be afraid 'cause I won't keep track
let's climb to the top
if you won't look down, I won't look back
day 33.
Catching up with my 365. I was in a photo taking mood today.
Inspired by This Is Me - Keala Settle (The Greatest Showman)
I am not a stranger to the dark
Hide away, they say
'Cause we don't want your broken parts
I've learned to be ashamed of all my scars
Run away, they say
No one'll love you as you are
But I won't let them break me down to dust
I know that there's a place for us
For we are glorious
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
I am brave, I am bruised
I am who I'm meant to be, this is me
Look out 'cause here I come
And I'm marching on to the beat I drum
I'm not scared to be seen
I make no apologies, this is me
Another round of bullets hits my skin
Well, fire away 'cause today, I won't let the shame sink in
We are bursting through the barricades and
Reaching for the sun (we are warriors)
Yeah, that's what we've become
I won't let them break me down to dust
I know that there's a place for us
For we are glorious
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
I am brave, I am bruised
I am who I'm meant to be, this is me
Look out 'cause here I come
And I'm marching on to the beat I drum
I'm not scared to be seen
I make no apologies, this is me
And I know that I deserve your love
'cause there's nothing I'm not worthy of
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
This is brave, this is proof
This is who I'm meant to be, this is me
Look out 'cause here I come (look out 'cause here I come)
And I'm marching on to the beat I drum
I'm not scared to be seen
I make no apologies, this is me
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
I'm gonna send a flood
Gonna drown them out
This is me
Disclaimer: please don’t ingest hand sanitizer. It’s not good for you.
Nikon D750 | f/10 | 1/200 | 50mm | iso 200 |
AB800 in large octabox camera left @ 1/2 power and B800 in small softbox camera right @ 1/2 power fired by Phottix Atlas II.
This is something along the lines of what i had planned for yesterday, before time ran out. And for the record, yes, i was really hanging upside-down on a bar. Kind of fitting, considering the pace of my life...
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From a week of diptychs.
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Highest position in Explore: #35 on Saturday, March 17, 2007
My stream is such a mess... selfies, landscape, bokeh, portraits, still life, photo manipulations, street shots... gaaahhh
Interview tomorrow :-)
I have made up a new group for a pink Tuesday. Have a look and join us :)
(-: Please no huge glittering group awards and invitations :-)
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black cotton sundress...
turquoise necklace (always makes me feel pretty)...
Carmex lip balm....
sun kissed skin....(i actually wear 70spf if you can believe it!)
flip flops...
♪♫ ♪♫ Coldplay - Green Eyes ♪♫ ♪♫
Another self portrait...
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Last pic of the year. Not the best one, just me, doing random things.
I know I've stopped this a little bit, I have my own reasons and that stuff, but I'm fine, trying to survive in this crazy world.
Lots of love!
-a
secondly, a Selfie in a slightly different way
Pla de la Seu
Barcelona / España
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Day 342
If you have been reading anything in my stream, you probably know that I have a lot of health issues, mostly with my lungs. It is definitely a big part of my life, which is why I am including it here. I sometimes wonder who I would have become if I hadn't been sick, but I wouldn't change anything if I could. I am stronger because of everything I have survived, and I don't take life for granted.
Nikon D750
Nikon 24 - 120mm f/4
f8 / 1/200 / iso 100 / 31mm
B800 @ 1/2 power in diffused beauty dish positioned directly above camera about three feet from subject fired by Phottix AtlasII.
They always want some sort of clothing on the bod! *ugh* How frustrating. lol
These are my gym shorts I work out in.
:)
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Thursday 17 July 2014
just outside the town limits of Carthage, MO - directly in front of what was my family's house where I lived alone for a year
45 years old
So finally I'm posting my results from Ancestry. I'm putting a map of the regions that my ancestors came from in the first comment.
I decided to do a collage of pictures of part of my family tree. As you guessed, the colored photo is of me and Noah. "Baby Lisa" is to the left of the colored photo. Going up from my baby picture... my Dad is on the left (looking extremely happy), my Mom on the right. To the left and above my Dad is his parents. To the right of my Mom (and above me) is her parents. The large picture at the top has two generations in it (and is on my Moms side of the tree). My Great Grandma is the girl with the hat on. And my Great Great Grandparents are the adults. I have to admit that I love the puppy being in the picture. :) Next to the large picture is the little tin (my Dads side of the tree)... that's my Great Grandparents and the last picture (next to the tin photo) is my other Great Grandma.
I happened to see my eye doctor a couple of months prior to doing the DNA test. He started to tell me what the picture of my retina showed about me. He said that I most likely had Dutch or Irish/Scottish, Anglo Saxon and Native American Indian in my line. I asked him how he knew this and he pointed out that my retina color was a very light color that most Native American Indians have and that the branches of some blood vessels in my eye are in the area of the eye associated with Dutch/Irish/Scottish people.
My results came back as: 77% England, Wales amd Northwestern Europe; 18% Ireland and Scotland and 5% Norway.
I was shocked that my eye doctor was so accurate! The only thing that I didn't understand was why Native American Indian did not come up in the results. I found out on Ancestry that right now they can only show results for Native Americans that came from Central and South America. They do not have enough data on Native American Indian tribes from the U.S.
This is what Ancestry says:
Anyone with even a single Native American ancestor (no matter how far back) has Native American ancestry, but not everyone with a Native American ancestor has Native American DNA.
I also read that since you inherit 50% of your DNA from each parent if an ancestor generations ago was Native American Indian (or a percent) you might have such a low DNA (from Native American) that it is not detected in the results.
So... this is who I am. A "mongrel" whose ancestors sailed to America and settled in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia and Kentucky. :)
I have a lot more to read on my results on Ancestry... I just haven't had a chance to do it yet. If you're specifically looking to see if you have Native American Indian ancestry, you might want to do some research before doing a DNA test with any company. I was just curious to see WHAT would come up and then my eye doctor peaked my curiosity.
While Mr. Man was grilling some meat.
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Thursday 25 August 2016
Tony's balcony, Long Island City, Queens, NYC
47 years old
In Bergen (Norway) is just *another* windy, rainy and grey day...so let's keep up some ►GOOD SURF VIBRATIONS to survive the day!!! ;))
Some good, warm and sunny SURFBEATS from my trip in El Salvador!!!
Playa El Zonte in El Salvador, surf village...enjoy some good vibes ...
... ► Surfbeat
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Always use the 10 second timer, not the 2 second timer when you are trying to get into one of your pictures and never run on snow and ice to get into it. The other members of the group will appreciate it a lot. --- You would think by this time that the chickens and dogs would stay away when I set up my camera.
The theme this week is "This is me!"... I just did a whole YEAR of "This is me" :oP
Is this me? Sometimes. The pic of me here is without make up and my hair in a pony after a semi-lazy day of staying home and taking care of sick family. (If you know me a bit you know that I deal with sick people when I work too.)
I do spend a lot of time in electronic communication though... and I often wonder at how that's changed our society. I can think of a lot of really spectacular things it's done! For instance? I can check on my sister in Indonesia and even keep up with her Facebook status. I can video chat with my Daughter at college. I can buy camera lenses from far away. I can share pictures and thoughts on "social" websites. I've made friends all over the globe:
Sweden - Hi Moa!
Canada - Hi Chrissy, Mitch and Jeff! (and now Sheena too, but she was in Australia to start with)
Greece - Hi John!
Italy - Hi Nemo!
UK - Hi Macc and Andy and Ciara and Steph and a ton of others....
NZ - Hi Erin! And I'll add JJ because it's where he's from :o) Hi JJ!
Malaysia - Hi Hussein!
And across the US... ALL across the US.
Without the internet in all its electronic glory I'd never have never heard their thoughts, seen their work or exchanged ideas with any of them.
There's so much to love about this kind of communication.
There's a dark side too I think. I'm a person who enjoys being real. I enjoy other people who are real. The net allows for a lot of facade... and leaves us with only our instincts to sift through the information. Who is real? Who is fake? It's hard to tell.
Still writing, and still taking some self portraits. Sometimes it's just some quick window light at home for a fresh shot. Nothing fancy, but still making the effort.
Urbmat fait la part belle aux matériaux urbains, à ces signes multiples qui nous entourent. Au delà de leur utilité, leur dimension artistique est mise à nu pour n'en garder que l'essentiel.
The red shoes were visually striking on the screen. They had Technicolor and, by golly, they were going to use it.
-- Anne Phillips, Oz scholar
Sometimes presenting something on the outside can help work its way to the inside. I've been feeling bad this week, so today i decided to wear red. Bold red, bright red, audacious red. And yes, that includes my red shoes. I love my Speedwell shoes. (I actually have two pairs; not the same color.) They're made for racecar drivers, so they're incredibly lightweight and flexible.
And red.
I'm feeling better already....