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[Young Personal Reflections]
"Search of Self", 3ème photographie de la série.
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Happy New Year!
... now read!
Some of you will read this buried up to your nuts in snow, some of you reading this will be sat looking at miserable wet weather outside whilst tucking down under the blankets, some of you reading this, will still be in smog riddled cities that never really get cold. New Zealand has had a slight downturn weather-wise over the last few days, but nevertheless, on New Year's Day at three minutes and thirty-seven seconds past midnight (watch in my pocket) it was warm enough to take this.
Everyone I know here in Wellington has either gone away for the Xmas break, or has been working. So no wild parties, no days of eating Xmas turkey, no socialising whilst under the influence, just fleeting grasps of the time I could snatch with friends here. So what do you do when you're home alone on NYE and bored out of your head? You go and take photos...
2008 brought a lot of things for me. This time last year I was unemployed and staring down the barrel of having to sell off all my camera gear in order to stay afloat. Who knew that those horrible banks in Britain still want your money, even after you've emigrated!? I was a home owner, but didn't live there. I was enjoying living life in New Zealand and thanking my lucky stars for being so bloody lucky to have been allowed into this country. (Thankfully that hasn't subsided.) I had totally, and utterly fallen completely out of love with taking photographs, and it would be nearly four months before it bit me on the ankles and started getting under my skin again. Those banks could have taken it all really, as I didn't care less if the cameras went. Fortunately I found work, and combined with growth in the idea that I can take photos here, I'm still sat with cameras in my cupboard.
Not a day goes past without me seeing the sea, every single time I crest the brow of the hill beside the airport runway and see the harbour of Wellington in front of me, whether sunny, water like glass, or torrential rain and steely clouds, I smile to myself. Not a day goes past without me thinking about the people I left behind in Britain, very often those who either struggle or can't be bothered to get in touch prey on my mind more. Not a day goes past without me realising that coming here was a gift of monumental proportions. Not a day goes past without me realising the people who are here with me that I knew from back home, are key and integral to every single thing I do.
I've learned to appreciate. To recognise that Wellington being so small isn't a bad thing, and that by walking through town, a member of this city for just over a year, and seeing and recognising a face every day, is a very cool thing. The place is like one little social hub, and it beams because of it. To appreciate the food, the drink, the culture. To appreciate the sun on your face as you walk down Oriental Bay with a Kaffee Eis ice cream in your hand, and to see that look of feint disbelief when the latest cruise ship rolls into town, and the tourists are totally bowled over by the place. I've learned to appreciate the people I met on the interweb, that turned out to be real and not just avatars on a forum, and who have made me most welcome here. Step forward Kirstine, Brent and Bruce Barton and his frankly amazing family. I'm learning to appreciate the wealth of artistic and model-tastic talent here, and to try and find my way and where I fit into it all. And I've been learning to appreciate and how to best soak in and exploit the myriad of Flickr-ites on here who I see or speak to (at least in some way shape or form) on an almost daily basis.
You know when you look back at things, you could never see what was coming. If you'd told me at aged 19, working my ass off in an engineering firm, struggling with personal changes in my life, and trying to break away from the upbringing I had, that ten years later I'd be living the other side of the world and trying to make it as a photographer, several pounds heavier, but with a really fucking cool hair cut, I'd never have believed you. If you'd have told me last year I'd be typing this after an immensely progressive photographic year for me, I'd have told you to balls...
So people, plan your year. But expect nothing. Things come, things go, but life is sure as hell to hit you with some stuff square in the eyes. It's yours to take, live it.
(Strobist info, 580EXII fired via 10m off-camera flash cord at camera left, about 7 o'clock)
American avocet (Recurvirostra americana) in winter plumage at LaRiviere Marsh, Don Edwards SF Bay NWR.
Port.:
Uma simples bolha de sabão refletindo um mundo, meu quintal, em pinceladas ensaboadas que mais parecem uma brincadeira de Van Gogh...
"Ache belo tudo o que puder. A maioria das pessoas não acha belo o suficiente." [Vincent Van Gogh]
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Eng.:
A simple soap bubble reflecting a world, my backyard in soapy brush strokes that look like a Van Gogh fun..
"Find the beauty in everything you can. Most people think not beautiful enough." [Vincent Van Gogh]
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Passira - PE, Brasil.
Assistente / Assistant: Iago Santana
I saw the curious way this building reflected upon itself with differing faces. I thought it created an interesting effect, slightly disorientating
by Samuel Musungayi.
Captured with a Canon A-1 [+ Canon Lens 50mm f/1.4 S.S.C.] and a roll of Rollei RPX 100.
CanoScan 8800F.
Note:
- Box speed : ISO 100
- Shot speed : ISO 100
Poznan, Poland
Winter
Bigfoot Coffee Shop
Literal moment of self reflection. On my way to say goodbye to a wonderful man and support him family, hence the suit. But, I also needed to be at my coffee shop in the morning to take care of some business. Decided to catch the moment in the window. Interesting day to say the least.
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Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it. -Michelangelo
Through this project I have discovered how to see. I also discovered the right side of my brain that went unused until recently.
December 21, 2005
Well, dear people near and far:
BIG DAY! Today exactly one year ago I decided to join the craziness that is flickr.
Had no idea really what I was getting myself into! :)
But here I am, 1 year later - having picked up a thing or two about photography thanks to all of your shining examples, and finally with my very own, real, cool camera! (early xmas present to myself! :P) - so as a one-time only event you get the very first frame shot with my new toy, entirely unedited (and taken on 100% automatic setting! ;)
Thanks to all of you, my contacts above all, for making this year on flickr an amazing ride! Thank you for all of your inspiration and your continuous feedback that have helped me tremendously in at least starting to develop a certain photographic style.
I'm frankly amazed about what cool and caring new friends I've been able to make in this interesting community. Meeting a bunch of you in real life has been a real treat and I'm hoping to meet more of you as time goes on of course!
Thank you for a year's worth of comments, views and favorites! - You guys rock!
And thanks to my dad for letting me use his old 3.3MP Olympus (pictured here...well the camera, not my dad! - most of the photos in this stream up to now are taken with it) to experiment with!
sincerely yours!
phil hilfiker
Note: This post seems to have sparked a series of related photos in various places. Currently available:
more to come?...
The Science of Self Reflection - Desktop wallpaper series No. 20 - 1920 x 1200 px - Digital Collage/Drawing
This piece is also available as a 28"x19" gallery quality Giclée print via Society6 - www.society6.com/studio/marksearcy/The_Science_Of_Self_Re...
.......It's good for you :)
"It is only when we silent the blaring sounds of our daily existence that we can finally hear the whispers of truth that life reveals to us, as it stands knocking on the doorsteps of our hearts." ~K.T. Jong
Well theirs not much to say, I was walking down the river side in Ubud, Bali, and the sky was too bright to take a nice landscape view, so, maybe this will work xD
I hope you will like this HDR self portrait ;)
Have a great year...
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I often think about how to keep everything balanced. Family, faith, work, friends, exercise, leisure, and of course a balanced diet all must be given the proper weight in order to remain surefooted on Life’s path. If one thing takes up to much time and energy, and something else doesn’t give it will lead to disastrous results.
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Ha. See what I did there with the title? Anyways, I've been indulging in a lot of free time on my own recently to reflect on my own life instead of constantly involving myself with the others that I surround myself with. It has been a delightfully healthy change that I think was very necessary for myself. To allow myself to gather my thoughts and beliefs and get them all in order.