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"I could say almost anything right now. I'm not too good with closed lips. I'm not too good with awkward silences. And, with a slip of my tongue, these nights could turn to shit.. this friendship could turn to shit. Thrown to the wind, every breath, every word, every action defined in a second of my thoughtless emotion. Taking a chance with our time spent sitting and laughing about embellished stories, regaling each other with out most embarrassing moments. You'll chain smoke the night away and I'll keep talking to the point where most would be annoyed, but you never say, "shut your fucking mouth". I would give anything to say what I think right now. Ask me a question and I'll do my best not to lie. But, if I say what's truly on my mind, you are the price I'd pay."
Great meet back in the summer! Wish I had come sooner, but got some night Golden Hour shots before the sun went fully down.
“ 'Anything I learnt would have to be justified by private benefit rather than by the interest of others. My discoveries would have to enliven me; they would have in some way to prove ‘life-enhancing’.
The term was Nietzsche's. In the autumn of 1873, Friedrich Nietzsche composed an essay in which he distinguished between collecting facts like an explorer or academic and using already well known facts to the end of inner, psychological enrichment”
— The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton
Revisited this location. It's been about 3 years or so since the first time I went here. Unfortunately was not able to see much of it back then because of being rushed by an acquaintance.. Got to see the entire place this time.
Took this after a (partially) successful Night Life event at the Cal Academy of Sciences (the fire alarm rang about 3/4 into the event). It was fun being able to stay out and shoot when no one was around with people who loved photography as much as I did. It brought me to the thought that if you want to go above and beyond, and get the shots few get to see, go for broke and work to get that shot, even if it means staying up all night, driving long distances and staying out in the cold.
Trust me, it's well worth it.