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this is pierre, an aspiring model. it was a client shoot, which I normally don't publish, but he was awesome and I really liked the photos, so I'm using it as my weekly photo :)
Branch Week at West Point - Cadet have the opportunity to learn more about the various branches in the Army - what the future may hold once they have completed their training and education at West Point.
We had a trip to Prague in January – for Jayne’s birthday - we don’t buy Christmas or birthday presents, we travel instead. We left snowy England for a very, very dull and grey Czech Republic. Yet again I was on a photographic downer looking at the weather forecast, grey is the colour that haunts me. Fortunately it was dull grey and not burnt highlight inducing bright grey.With the grey sky acting like a big diffuser I was going to have deep shadow and contrast to deal with. We had three very short spells of broken cloud which gave us a bit of sun and colour, which I managed to more or less anticipate so we managed to be in decent locations every time – generally somewhere high.
We had been upgraded to a five star hotel, apparently our original choice was flooded. We got compensation and five star hotel upgrade– a first for me. The Art Nouveau Palace has a beautiful interior, with beautiful rooms, the breakfast room was fantastic, as was the breakfast it has to be said. We were able to have an early breakfast so were out on foot just after eight. It was very cold – and dull! We spent the whole week well wrapped up. It drizzled for a day, but never really wet us, it snowed for a day, again we didn’t get wet and the snow didn’t settle. We walked 65 mile, spending plenty of time checking buildings and their interiors out – and coffee shop and bar interiors it has to be said. Although it was dull and sometimes wet I decided that the Camera was staying in my hands for the whole trip. Whenever I put it in my backpack for one reason or another I regret it.
Again, I didn’t look at any photographs of Prague before we got there, I like to just walk and discover, with the DK guidebook in my pocket (which is full of photos it has to be said). We like to get off the beaten track and see the grittier side of the places we visit – within reason! Prague has an incredible tram network, over 1000 trams – with many of them Tatra Eastern Bloc machines. The system seems chaotic but in reality it is incredible with one of the largest networks and highest usages in the world. The trams and cars frequently share the same road space with very little in the way of drama, none of the inexplicable and pathetic constant horn blowing one finds in many countries. Once it became apparent that buildings with a grey blanket as a background were going to be a bit un-inspirational I decided that the trams would be a good focal point instead. Where I have photographed one of the older trams against a background without clues it is easy to imagine that the photos were taken fifty years ago.
The train network also provided photo opportunities. The rolling stock ranges from old Eastern Bloc to very modern double decker’s and pendolinos. There are three stations although we visited the main station and Smichov. The main station interior is art deco and has been renovated by a private company. The exterior and the platforms are very rundown with a grim eastern bloc 1950’s feel –but it works! We discovered to our amusement that we could just walk across multiple lines, no health and safety, just keep your eyes open and don’t walk under a train – you’ll make a mess. Smichov station was grim, it didn’t help that it snowed all day and was grey and bitter. We felt like we were in a 50’s film set in Russia, broken concrete platforms and dereliction. With both stations there was another world underneath them. The underground Metro is running seamlessly and efficiently away beneath your feet. I didn’t have any problems taking photos anywhere but I was very open and obviously a tourist, I didn’t act covertly or suspiciously. There was only one occasion I was stopped and that was in a shopping centre – full of CCTV cameras filming everyone else!
We discovered old and beautiful- and very large- shopping centres hidden away in quite a few places. Brass framed windows and doors, shops thriving, there was a massive camera shop with thousands of second hand cameras, too much to look at. Many of the landmark buildings prevent photography, some make a small charge, some encourage it, the DK guide book gives a good indication regarding camera use. Nothing stops many people though, they just shoot away regardless, usually wanting a picture that includes their self. Prague is surrounded by low hills and has a fair few towers that you can pay a few pounds to go up, so viewpoints are plentiful. I think we visited most of them. I read about the Zizkov Tower, which looks like a Soviet rocket on the horizon and we headed straight for it - after crossing the rail lines! Set in a quiet residential area, there wasn’t a soul about. Two beautiful girls on reception and we parted with a few pounds, into the lift and were on the observation deck with no one else up there. There are fantastic views over the city, but! It is through two layers of not very clean glass so you go for the view rather than sharp panoramas. Still a fascinating place, with a nice café bar and very clean toilets – there are toilets everywhere, usually manned with a fee. Places are well staffed compared with home were three students are supposed to run a 20 screen multiplex cinema.
Graffiti was prominent, no matter how grand the monument, some moron would have daubed it. How do they get away with it in a 24 hour city centre with a strong police presence? The place is very clean, constantly being swept. What did surprise me, was that many buildings, that looked grand and built of stone, from a distance, were actually rendered with very low quality brickwork concealed. When restored the building look very impressive, others are missing the outer render from ground level to a fair height.
I need to cut this short really, I like to put a background story to the photos and although it would be better to individualise it to a specific photo or group of photos I don’t have the time to do that. I do try to give specific detail in the title bar after I have uploaded, this is time consuming enough although I’m pretty proficient at it by now. There are many things I would like to write that should be of interest to anyone thinking of going to Prague but I’ll have to let the pictures do the talking. As usual I am unlikely to be selective enough with my uploads, I’m not very good at leaving photos out so I just upload and be damned.
Green Green Green and COLOR!
kohlrabi, romaine lettuce, curly endive, euro salad mix (about 1/3 of what we actually got in a bag shown), carrots, collard greens, beets w/tops, radishes, and garlic
I have been spending a few days here and there getting ready to sell my mother's home when I stumbled upon these two miniature boats. My mom always collected beach-type items like lighthouses, boats and sea shells because it reminded her of her time spent in Ocean City, MD.
While it's been very difficult cleaning out her house to prepare to sell it since she passed in June. I have enjoyed finding some gems in her house that I plan to keep and display in my own home and pass on to my children one day.
26 weeks pregnant - 6 months! Not officially in the third tri-mester until next week but I have less than three months to go now.
Another year done and dusted. This is my second year in the group and I have enjoyed it immensely. On a bit of a sad note I must mention that there will not be a third year. At least not in 2015. Next year I have a couple of "projects" outside of photography that will make it very difficult to work within the weekly timetable. However, I don't plan to let my camera gather dust. I will look for a different photography goal for 2015 (another scavenger hunt, 100x project etc.) so expect to see me posting elsewhere on Flickr. For those of you that I follow, I will still be checking in when time allows too. A big big thank you to those of you that have followed my efforts up until now and especially to those of you that have commented, encouraged and inspired me within the 52 Week group. Your words and the motivation to try and lift my work to your high standards have been invaluable. Thank you so much to the small group of administrators that keep the project moving. The themes this year have been both fun and challenging. For those of you embarking on the 2015 edition, I wish you lots of creative energy and perfect moments. Happy and healthy New Year to you all.
finally getting around to uploading my week 10 pic.
here again is my lovely slaine :)
busy week this week, mr weather stayed nice for me and claire on sunday for our mothers day mini shoots, had such fun doing them, still trying to get through all the pics eek!!
had a bit of an accident on thursday when i accidentally put nail varnish remover on my pads, instead of eye make up remover!! it hurt!! :( then i climbed on the cabinet to get my nail varnish and fell off, hmm.....
at work a little boy made me laugh after his dad sprayed him with some aftershave and asked him what he thought, his reply "it smells like when you pee in your pyjamas" haha :)
Picture Of USS Kearsarge - (LHD3) A Wasp Amphibious Assault Ship From Norfolk Virginia Participated In The 2017 New York City Fleet Week Parade Of Ships On Wednesday May 24, 2017. Photo Taken Wednesday May 24, 2017.
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Week 8/52
Getting to see my bestfriend after getting to spend time with her in a while was really nice. Went to a park, and took some photo's, then went and got a piercing, some coffee and food. That was a good day. Oh how I wish they lasted.
I'm so tired of disappointing people; oh well, life right? :b Easy come easy go.
Side note; In the background you can see two small figures. Those small figures are two young girls, who appear to be really great friends, just laughing and having a good time, without a care in the world. Being silly, spinning around, laughing and having fun. It makes me really happy. And even though you cannot see them clearly, or really make out what they are, I know, and to have captured something like that, is just rare beauty.
Taken on 02/22/2014
Posted on 02/25/2014
Hot sun alternated with big thunder storms again this week. The ants' aphid business is flourishing on certain bean plants and the two ladybirds I put there didn't seem interested (although one of them cleaned up a few greenfly from the lettuce).
Three other plot-holders took Brussels sprout plants off my hands and I gave the last two to my mum in exchange for the pretty yellow snapdragon (there for beauty and to attract beneficial insects). I started another batch of dwarf beans inside, 'Cantare' this time, and again most of them have declined to grow - too much water, perhaps?
Top row, L-R: French beans 'Cupidon', Asturian tree cabbage, Brussels sprouts plus baby kohl rabi, golden beetroot, climbing French beans 'Cherokee Trail of Tears' plus climbing flat bean 'Helda', peppermint.
Middle row: French beans 'Aquilon', Asturian tree cabbage, pointed cabbage 'Greyhound' plus a row of radish 'French Breakfast 2', breadseed poppy 'Sokol', pea shoots, dwarf runner bean 'Hestia'.
Bottom row: French beans 'Minidor', calendula 'Indian Prince', lettuce red iceberg, land cress 'Belle Isle' (still nothing) plus snapdragon, cultivated rocket, nasturtium.
Only mint harvested this week but the pea shoots are ready for cutting again now.
I actually had a few I liked this week, but I chose this one for my project. I'll probably be uploading one or two more from this shoot though!
Thanks to my sister Angela for holding the camera and tolerating my instructions on angling, etc. I promise I will get a remote soon.
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The other half of my closet.
I still need to replace the clothes rod with a metal one, and I need to hang a shoe rack in there too... I should also put in some hooks in the back and get two small battery powered light to stick on the ceiling for some light.
Here's a "before": www.flickr.com/photos/elissamae/2858002493/
I should probably post last week's shot before I take this week's, eh? :) Taken last Saturday, at 31 weeks, right before going for a day of shopping and yummy food with my step-mom. Scores for the day: lots of cloth, a yoga ball and yummy, yummy Thai soup! It was the same day M had to get up early and go to this bootcamp for new dad's class, which he loved. (Yay!) He said it made him even more excited to be a dad. :)
I uploaded a version of this to my stream a couple of weeks ago, but it was so perfect for this theme I had to use it. I have edited it a bit and gone with a black and white version this time. It is a sculptured chair from our Botanical gardens that has arms, legs and even a head.The previous image and an outtake are in comments.
Love his youthful looks
Not the best of weeks, lots of coughing and he started coughing up blood yesterday, not much but enough to worry :( But moments like this and he's still chasing Jäger around so he can't be too bad! Just enjoying every day
I've been joking with my friends that with Easter approaching, I was having post traumatic stress flashbacks. Last Easter Olive was 10 weeks old and I'm pretty certain it was both when we hit rock bottom and when things started to turn around the tiniest of bits.
She weighed a little over 8 pounds and her reflux was getting worse. She rarely slept anywhere but on one of us. I remember the next week asking her new gastroenterologist if it was normal for a baby to cry so much. I tried to sound nonchalant when I squeaked out, "We have to hold her when she's awake or she'll cry. That can't be what normal babies do, right?"
Of course the doctor told us politely that all babies were different. No comfort to this mama who was nearing the end of her rope. Before we left for Marion, Olive and I had reached a nursing regression. What had become pretty comfortable and routine now was something that was painful and that I dreaded. I thought that once you got over that first month, nursing was no longer a struggle. No one had warned me that there would be setbacks and frustrations along the way.
For our trip to my parent's at Easter, I went out and bought a Rock n' Play because I heard it was a miracle worker and I really needed a miracle. It didn't help our "sleep only on a living being" nap situation but it did give us much better nighttimes. And best of all, she wasn't waking up to crib sheets covered in spit up.
But the one thing I'll always remember about last Easter is my mom and I getting into a near argument about what sort of baby Olive was. Grandmom said she was somewhere between "textbook and angel". I said she was grumpy and high needs. I guess my mom saw Olive's potential and knew what the future held.
A few weeks later Olive was on a new reflux regimen. She stopped spitting up quite so much. She could tolerate a little more solo time. She stopped taking every nap on us. We made mom friends. And just a month later she was unbelievably more happy, smiled all the tim and was always ready to play or be read to. It all changes so fast.
A year ago I could not have envisioned this Easter. Our happy, beautiful daughter playing in the sun, splashing in her water table, digging through her basket. She runs from room to room. She walks up to everyone, tilts her head, waves her hand and says "HI!" She signs and says stop and then a few seconds later yells "Goooooooooooo!"
I was overwhelmed this year with gratitude. Lucky to have such an amazing daughter who makes our lives so much richer. Thankful to have a fabulous husband who is also a great father. Awed to have grandparents who are so involved in our life and who love Olive so very much. My dad worked for weeks to clean out my brother's old room and make a nursery for Olive. My mom put together the cutest basket ever for her and had lots of her favorite foods on hand. My brother and his family made the long drive from Atlanta to be part of Olive's second Easter.
We are lucky beyond description. If you ever have a baby, and find that those first few months are harder than you expected. Or that maybe you didn't get the baby you had imagined. Don't be fooled into thinking that your today is also your future. Your future will surprise you in the most wonderful ways.
Al-bin and LUDU.
Al-bin and LUDU.
And yeah, LUDU got a boyfriend. FYI, he came from Muscat. :-D
Thanks to Bijoy Jacob for gifting me her boyfriend.
It has been a long time since I've come up with a tabletop. I traveled with LUDU and Al-Bin all around the terrace to get a good shot. But the harsh lighting didn't produced good result. So, I ended up in tabletop. But now, I think that this looks better on a tabletop.