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A night trip down to North Queensferry for some fun light painting with Rennos, Bob, Scott, Matt and Adrian. Thanks very much to all of you for the fun and the photos and most of all Scott for walking into the water...mad.. but worth it :) I am only sorry I ran out of battery and had to bail out.... Hope to see you all again soon...
Self reflection taken with horse at Colchester zoo.
Bronica SQ-A
Zenzanon PS 150mm f/4 lens
Ilford FP4+ film
Developed in Rodinal
Day 59.
Another self reflection.
I actually give myself a small reflection everyday, asking myself what I am doing, keeping myself grounded: How is this freelance job going to help me? Where will this part-time job going to land me?
The answer is always "yes, I am moving forward." But half the time I actually feel like I am running in circle. Doing all these things but I still standing at the starting point.
Then there is this quote that I love:
"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever."
A little faith is all I need.
Who do you see when you look in the mirror? Who are you looking at? Who is looking back at you? Who are you looking for?
On some level or another, all of us are seeking ourselves whether we know it or not.
We all have beliefs, ideas, thoughts and attitudes which govern our thinking, our knowing and our living. Changing our thinking, our long held beliefs can dramatically change our daily lives.
Try looking at it this way.....
We live in a house of mirrors and think we are looking out the windows. (~ Fritz Perls)
Take a moment to think about what self reflection means for you. It is talking about how we perceive ourselves and our surroundings - how we fail to see that life reflects us back to ourselves.
Because we keep on looking out the windows, many of us take forever to realize that we are looking at ourselves mirrored back to us by others and by the events of our life.
Changing our perception of the problem by seeing the reality as it is reflected by us and to us, brings empowerment, change, discovery and consciousness.
The pathway forward towards happiness and authenticity is not determined by something outside ourselves. It’s determined by our own thinking, our own inner process, our self perception & reflection.
Taken: Trekking into Margala Hills with Emran (Memorial Power), Islamabad, Pakistan.
A defining feature of the northern California coast is a large bulge that protrudes westward into the Pacific Ocean. Along this bulge are two points, separated by roughly eleven miles, which extend farther west than any other points along the Golden State's lengthy shoreline. The northernmost of these points is Cape Mendocino, and the southernmost is Punta Gorda, Spanish for substantial point. As ships hugged the California coast traveling northward, it is understandable how several ran aground on Punta Gorda. Between 1899 and 1907, at least eight ships met their end in the area. The initial request for a lighthouse to mark Punta Gorda was made in 1888, but it wasn't until after a fog-induced collision between the SS Columbia and the San Pedro on July 21, 1908, which claimed 87 lives, that congress appropriated funds for the Punta Gorda Lighthouse.
Materials to build the station arrived at the point by schooner in 1910. After being highlined to shore, they were loaded onto horse-drawn sleds, and dragged less than a mile south to the construction site. Within a year, three substantial dwellings, a blacksmith/carpenter shop, three storage sheds, a barn, and the fog signal building were completed. The fog signal began operation on June 22, 1911, but it would be approximately seven more months before the small 27-foot-tall lighthouse with a 23 by 12 foot base was completed. The flashing light from the lighthouse’s fourth-order lens was first exhibited on January 15, 1912. F.A. Harrington, Paschel Hunter, and W.E. Greer were the first three keepers to serve at Punta Gorda. The light station sits on a narrow bench bordered by hills rising abruptly to the east and the ocean spreading out to the west. The station was far from civilization. It was an eleven-mile journey by horseback or wagon to the small town of Petrolia, and the trip was only possible when the weather and tides permitted. The first oil wells drilled in California that produced crude to be refined and sold commercially were near Petrolia, hence the name of the town.
Wayne Piland, accompanied by his wife, a son, and a daughter, was transferred to Punta Gorda in 1934. Piland had served at three offshore stations, but he rated the task of getting supplies to Punta Gorda as “the toughest job you ever saw.” During the summer months, a team of horses could pull a supply wagon to Petrolia, but when winter set in, rushing streams and high surf limited travel to horseback. For several decades, “Old Bill” served as the stations four-footed link to the outside world. Old Bill was well acquainted with life at a lighthouse. He was born at a light station, served at Point Reyes, and arrived at Punta Gorda aboard a lighthouse tender. Wayne Piland’s daughter Nancy described Old Bill as “mean and ornery.” The horse also had a quirk that made him difficult to ride. Whenever he approached a puddle, no matter the size, he would try to jump across it. Fortunately, keeper Piland was experienced with horses, and after he braided a small whip, Piland and Old Bill got along just fine.
Like many other light stations along the California coast, Punta Gorda was used by the military during World Ward II. Several Coast Guard recruits were sent to patrol the beach south of the station towards Shelter Cove. The station's population was increased for a few years, but at the end of the war, the beach patrol was discontinued. The Coast Guard eventually built a road from the Mattole River along the foot of the bluffs to Windy Point and another section from Windy Point to the lighthouse. Outfitted with a jeep and a tractor, life at the station seemed much easier, but then the winter storms arrived. After heavy rains, water would stream down the canyons, severing the road in several places, and powerful, storm-driven surf would deposit large logs and other debris on the roadway. It was a good thing that Old Bill was still on hand for an occasional supply trek to civilization. Electricity eventually did reach Punta Gorda, but the power line was unreliable and multiple generators had to be kept on hand. The remoteness of the station made it one of the more costly to maintain, so when improvements in navigation lessened the need for a manned lighthouse in the area, the Coast placed a lighted buoy offshore, removed the Fresnel lens, and boarded up the structures. After having spent more years at Punta Gorda than any keeper, Old Bill was sold to a lady in Ferndale.
When the Coast Guard left in 1951, control of the station passed to the Bureau of Land Management. During the 1960s, a counter culture group took up residence in the dwellings. After chasing them off several times, the Bereau of Land Management decided to burn down all of the wooden structures at the station. All that remains of the station are the concrete lighthouse and oil house, and a few concrete pads where other structures once stood. The lighthouse and oil house were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, and shortly thereafter the Honeydew volunteer fire department spent time at the station repairing cracks in the masonry, welding breaks in the lighthouse's staircase and railings, and sandblasting and painting the structures. The station received further attention in 1989 when the California Conservancy Corps restored and painted the structures. Hikers along California’s Lost Coast are a bit surprised to encounter a couple of rustic cabins near Fourmile Creek. Had all of the picturesque structures at Punta Gorda remained standing, one can only imagine what a contrast the craftsman-style buildings would be to what is otherwise very remote and unspoiled territory.
Photo of what remains of the Punta Gorda Lighthouse, the "Alcatraz of Lighthouses," captured along the King Range via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens at Mattole River Beach on the Lost Coast. Humboldt County. Late November 2013.
A along exposure, panning, AND glass reflection shot. This one had several very distracting "squiggly snake" lines of light that scream "panning"... so I removed them.
Self reflection shot at the counter of one of the billions of 'Coffee Company' shops that have sprung up all over the best city in the world, like pimples on the face of a teenager when hitting puberty...
I had 'Tiny' with me and we were both excited to learn that free WiFi comes with the coffee...once I was outside, with my extra creamy cappuccino, I wasn't sure which wireless network was the CC's (you'd think they'd call it 'Coffee Company Network' or something, but no such luck!), so I just logged on to one of the many unsecured networks in the area and had a great time Flickring open-air style...it's so good to live in the 21st century :))
P.s. For some strange reason, the Netherlands are one of the very few countries without 'Starbucks'...I'm wondering why that is?! Obviously, you can't make a Dutch person pay 5 euros for a coffee, but still, what's the deal here?!
52 week 2014 Challenge: reflection
there was/is so so much more that I want to do with this theme. I will definitely revisit it when I can grab some more time. I do however like the simple concept here. Fun to play!
by Samuel Musungayi.
Double exposure captured with an Olympus OM-1 [+ Olympus OM-System G.Zuiko Auto-S 55mm f/1.2] and an expired roll of Agfa HDC Plus 200 from May 2005.[*]
CanoScan 8800F.
Side notes :
- Expiration date : 05/2005
- Box speed : ISO 200
- Shot speed: ISO 160 - ISO 400
[*] 'Random results ; I've simply shot the same roll two times for fun/experimenting purpose (...) #quarantine #lockdown
-Pay Attention to Your Immediate Situation. ...
-Think About Your Future Plans. .
-Keep a Gratitude Journal. ...
-Step Away from Distractions. ...
-Connect with Nature. ...
-Appreciate Your Loved Ones. ...
-Make an Effort to Meet New People. ...
-Continue to Learn Throughout Your Life.
Physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual self.
"Every one of us is shadowed by an illusory person, a false self. I wind my experiences around myself and cover myself in glory to make myself perceptible...as if I were an invisible body that could only become visible when something visible covered its surface....But there is no substance under the things with which I am clothed. I am hollow, and my structures of pleasures and ambitions have no foundation. I am my own mistake.....The secret of my identity is hidden in the love and mercy of God."
-Thomas Merton, "Seeds of Contemplation"