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I never have good luck on great sky of sunset.
However when it happens I am spotting a sunset, I will likely take a picture regardless of the light, the sky and the scene.
I know some photographers will only click when everything is right. Get the perfect light, perfect sky, perfect foreground, perfect place.
But I will take whatever I have in front of me.
It is just like life. When life offers you good things, you take it. When you have bad things, you will take it too. You are not going to quit and just live on.
Is this the right attitude of sunset shooting?
Just another regular evening in Steveston after a late afternoon walk.
Wish you a great evening!
Steveston Harbour, Richmond. August 2016.
Fuji X-T1 camera
Fuji XF 35mm F2 lens
PROVIA Film Simulation
"Deep in December, it's good to remember the fire of September that made us mellow." ~ Ed Ames
My parents are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary this week. They became husband and wife on August 19, 1949.
This is a musical composite project, in their honor.
Here are two of my favorite old songs by Ed Ames (who is now in his 80s also) to commemorate this special time:
Try to Remember :
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MY FAVORITE VOICE for this from a younger Ed Ames:
My Cup Runneth Over with Love:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG_8vIEGCXk&NR=1
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My parents love Tony Bennett, Dean Martin, and all of the old classics. In fact my parents love, love, love beautiful, old romantic music. If you don't know these, well . . .
Take my hand and slip silently into the darkened audience of legendary Tony Bennett signing "Because of You" with the gifted k.d. lang.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9sesopGFqA
It may be hard to imagine, but if you are young and this fortunate, this aging and mellowing may happen to you too. My wish for you and yours is that you also be so blessed.
Congratulations on 60 big years of love, Mom and Dad.
Love you,
Nightshooter09
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ADDED MUSIC SAMPLER Young Tony Bennett with Andy Williams:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoV0q_q6VCk&feature=related
[FRENCH VERSION of "Try to Remember" with NANA MOUSKOURI and HARRY BELAFONTE
I ran 18 miles today. These runs are getting more and more difficult. I have reached a point where putting one foot in front of the other takes as much mental and emotional strength as it takes physical strength. I have never been in this place before. Training for the 1/2 marathon that I did in November was so much easier. It didn't tax my emotional energy. It didn't require me to dig as deep or push as hard. It was a challenge, but it was nothing like this. In fact, I've never done anything like this.
It scares me. I find myself looking for excuses to quit; reasons to stop; ways to get out of it. But, I just keep reminding myself that challenge is good. This experience is worth it. And, I am not a quitter.
PS. I stole this from Jacqueline. Thanks!!
MORNING LIGHT THOUGHTS . . . at the Artist's Colony.
My brother is older than me and became a photographer first when he was in high school. He was on the Yearbook Staff; he shot black and white for the newspaper. His friends were photographers; he went to a photography school after high school graduation. People throughout the state knew my brother as a photographer.
As far back as I can recall, my brother took photos. The one I'll always recall was of the Grand Canyon, before he'd practiced much photography and wasn't a professional. My brother is a natural photographer, much better than me.
But one of the things my brother and I share is a great-grandmother who was completely blind and we share an entire series of mysterious vision issues.
My brother was a wedding photographer for decades and use to shoot dances and proms and other things professionally. He knows and knew film and developer and darkrooms. Then his vision began to decline.
I don't know what my brother thinks. Maybe he believes that all of photography depends on the eyes, but I believe photography starts in the heart, in the soul, in the mind and spirit. Those things have only deepened in him as he's grown older; he can now see things with his heart that he could never see with his perfect, youthful vision.
So what, my brother's vision is not perfect? So what?
A art museum curator once told me that in order to become an artist, a person must first live life and have something to truly say about life with their artistic skill. The skill may come along young, but the voice and inner vision matures later.
I hope my brother will begin experimenting with digital photography. As a darkroom/lab photographer, my brother knows more about photography than nearly any youth-filled pixter who owns a digital point and shoot. There's a place for all.
Sometimes, we just need to borrow someone else's vision of ourselves before we can see that tucked within we still have a song yet to sing before we leave this earth. Or in my brother's case, we still have memories to record and visual beauty to impart.
I'm the natural writer, artist, and occassional poet of the family, but my brother is the natural photographer. Whether he picks up another camera again or not, he always will be a natural photographer.
Welcome and encouraging message at the Uniting Church, Chermside.
"in trying times don't quit trying".
Photo-Blog for Char.
"Love as many people as you can . . . then you've got something to show." ~ Gloria Estefan
Dear Char:
You wanted my encouragement for writing, but then you write things which inspire me to write back.
These are photos from grade school on. I have hundreds. My friends threw theirs out; but I've kept them to remind me of how many people come into my life with care and kindness.
They also remind me of Gloria's line, "Love as many people as you can."
The lyrics to this song by Gloria inspire me too . . . in loss, it is so easy to become isolated. She puts this so beautifully from the start of the song. But the song is about cherishing each day, not looking back and finding hope for the new relationships and love we can still find before the last day. It's all here.
This song works whether a person is sixteen or seventy.
I recall the first crush and how those things always turn out . . . the first dates, directions one hopes life will take and it takes another instead . . . I recall the person I THOUGHT I would marry, but elected to say fare-thee-well to in my best interest. Loss in my youth . . .
This stage of my life brings new loss, but also new gains.
You have beautiful goals now, because just like Gloria, you see a direction you want to continue taking: To be as beautiful in spirit as the mother you lost. As the song says, this will lead you to be, still, infinitely better. You are on the right road. Walk on.
Keep your hope and keep writing. Writing doesn't have to be published to move us into the next chapter of our lives and heal the spirit.
"Love is perennial as the grass," someone once wrote.
Without breaking confidences, I know plenty of online readers who have challenges of loss and I know that people read writing - even though they do not comment - who need your message. Your writing is doing something with your life, just as Gloria's lyrics suggest.
You've been hit especially hard, but you have so many gifts that inspire.
Don't quit. You also have a gift of sharing your heart.
Everyone has a special gift, even when they cannot see it. Sometimes we need to be reminded of this. You have that gift toward others too.
Writing is also the "power at your command".
Keep writing ... published or not. Keep sharing it too.
Savor each moment of this day.
And thank you for the love you've brought into the lives of so many, including me.
Blessings my friend.
"N"~
"Always Tomorrow" by Gloria Estefan:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6dhw1IpCt8&feature=related
With video of her singing:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=edjKNZXLZ5Q&feature=related
For Hurricane Relief:
You can have anything you want if you are willing to give up the belief that you can’t have it..
-Robert Anthony
Happy Womens day to all the cheerful and loving ladies on Flickr :) I am sure you have supercool plans for tomorrow. We, in my office had week long celebration with numerous competitions, presentations, a 2-day exhibition by a local NGO. Overall it was a pleasant week and I really enjoyed all the special attention I & my women colleagues got :)
Guys, don't feel left out. Its only yesterday that I came to know that 19th Nov is International Mens Day! So you too will get all the attention and gifts on 19th Nov if you keep the lady or ladies in your life happy! So make sure you dont forget to wish your special lady tomorrow :)
In my comment below, I am copy pasting my favorite lines. Am sure you too will find these inspiring :)
The strongest people have a past filled with chaos, heart break and disappointment. - r.h. Sin
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Do you hear the call of the Earth?
Original photo credit: FindingSR
Navy SEAL candidates train on Coronado Island in San Diego. In an average class 70% to 80% of SEAL trainees fail. The Navy SEAL Program is closed to women.
Persistence implies keeping your head down and continuing to work when things take longer than you expect. - James Clear
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12 Beautiful destinations in Thailand to explore
Original photo credit: aiworldexplore
Navy SEAL candidates throw themselves into the sand as they make their way back to their rafts. There are roughly 2450 active-duty SEALs in the United States Navy.
I have been to my fair share of horse shows. Today four year old palomino mare Celeste made me super proud by wnning BOB (best in breed), BIS (brest in show) and Overall champion. The credit all goes to her breeder and the person who produced her to become a winner. Its team work that produces dream work.
When I reach the place of my dreams, I will thank my failures and tears, They, too, kept me going. - Dodinsky
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12 Top things to do in Okinawa, Japan’s undiscovered gem
Original photo credit: Thiago de Paula Oliveira
No matter how dull and seemingly unpromising life is right now, it’s going to change. It’s going to be better. But you have to keep working. - Maya Angelou
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25 Top landmarks in the world for 2018
Original photo credit: Gabriele Lässer
Never ever give up on yourself! 💚
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Success in life comes when you simply refuse to give up, with goals so strong that obstacles, failure and loss only act as motivation.
www.millionairemindset.net/success-in-life-comes-when-you...
This was projected at the Koret Auditorium, De Young Art Museum, San Francisco, California as part of a lecture on Mission murals and street art on November 6, 2009. Someone tell the stencil artist!
When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you are trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low, and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but DON'T QUIT.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out.
Don't give up, though the pace seems slow,
You might succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man.
Often the struggles has given up,
When he might have captured the Victor's Cup.
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the Victor's Crown.
Success is failure turned inside out.
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar.
So stick to the fight when you are hardest hit,
It's when things seems worst than you mustn't QUIT.
Okay, so my newest "obsession"... "Don't Quit Your Night Job." It's an improv show featuring Broadway performers, so, it's hysterical... but, there's also a lot of singing. SO.MUCH.FUN! Basically, there are three creators/hosts (Steve Rosen, Sarah Saltzberg and David Rossmer... a fourth creator, Dan Lipton, is the music director), about 30 ensemble members who rotate in each show, and then one or two special guests for each show. So far for the special guests I've seen John Tartaglia, Eric Millegan, Andrea Martin, Melissa Errico, Kat Foster and a couple of people from A Chorus Line... some people who I'm not even sure if were ensemble or guests, but, that I know from other shows were Marc Kudisch, Jordan Gelber, Will Chase and Jennifer Cody. And, really, everyone from the guests to the ensemble to the hosts has been awesome.
The show was started as a monthly thing down at Joe's Pub, which I never managed to make it to. Now it's playing 6 times a week at Ha! on 46th Street... way more convenient! (And earlier in the night, which makes it easier... though still late enough that you can do something else first!)
I definitely recommend checking it out! The website is here and the MySpace is here.
(Note: the price on the marquee is not the price for DQYNJ! There's info on that on the site... and there are often specials on MySpace or Goldstar Events. :))