when i lived in california i used to go to the lake 3 to 4 times a week in the early morning hours with 4 lbs of peanuts. i loved spending my mornings with these guys, they're so friendly and social.

Shooting a short film in 16mm,

TINTA and Kodak wanted it, but we used Fuji FIlm, so technically, they couldn't include it in their festival. Unfortunate. :(

I was given the privilege to shoot in film thrice (twice in 16 and once in 35) and it's so much more satisfying than video, though less affordable. I'd give up anything to shoot in film again. Darn.

Three years ago.

Fotografías tomadas en un taller en Cabo de Gata con Pedro Javier, un fotógrafo buenísimo y mejor persona.

Sony a7rII + Fotodiox adapter + Canon 24-105 f4 L IS USM

(When the storm wants to come)

Lifted up sun-curtain at night

Marina di Ascea, Salerno, Italy

When you're dead, you're dead. That's it.

Marlene Dietrich

Réservoir Baskatong, Québec - Juillet 2007.

Repost.

when there is fog

when i took this photo of christine a few weeks ago, i liked it...but felt it was a shoot i could do better so really never planned on editing it. i kept thinking about this particular image...just not knowing if it was good enough.

i lost my dear brother to suicide just over 2 weeks ago. it has been the worst weeks of my whole life and i'm thankful for those who have shown me so much support and love. i started thinking about this image again...and felt it was now poignant and...you only live once. who cares if it's not the best image i've ever taken? who cares if people don't respond to it? it's just a picture. life is too short. i've decided to stop thinking so much and being so hard on myself and just live.

this is dedicated to my brother, rich.

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When I was in my twenties, I had a studio apartment with a closet that was really the space where a Murphy bed was supposed to go...but they'd taken it out, so it was a large rectangular hole in the apartment. I'd put my clothes in there, yes, but also I'd put up photos I'd ripped out of magazines, almost always portraits I'd found, of celebrities, artists, people who'd had their picture taken and placed into major magazines.

Got even "worse" when I started working at the shop under my apartment, they had, in addition to every porn video and magazine known to man, a healthy newspaper stand, where I could get free copies of Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, Premiere Magazine, Esquire, Spin, Vanity Fair. Peppered the walls of that closet with photos. Almost always portraits. Closer the better.

When I got more serious about photography, I was drawn towards the close-up, to the point a lot of my early photos are blurry, because the camera couldn't actually focus as close as I'd want to go.

I look at this shot of Calethia, from our second shoot over a decade ago, and I'm fascinated by the way wanting to get close, and allowing that instinct to guide me in each shoot, provided the direction of my artistic journey.

Here in the highest places in the area south of Lake Toba. Hills named Hutaginjang. When my friend was playing an etnic Batak bamboo flute... it was like seeing clouds are dancing in the wind and it was quiet to hear the sounds of blowing wind.

The time I spend in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee has always been a time of searching out those intimate details in Nature. My vision is constantly evolving and your feedback is vital to that growth. Thanks in advance for your feedback, it is greatly appreciated.

You can also see my Blog posting on this trip here:

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When the music's over

When the music's over, yeah

When the music's over

Turn out the lights

Turn out the lights

Turn out the lights, yeah

When the music's over

When the music's over

When the music's over

Turn out the lights

Turn out the lights

Turn out the lights

For the music is your special friend

Dance on fire as it intends

Music is your only friend

Until the end

Until the end

Until the end

Cancel my subscription to the Resurrection

Send my credentials to the House of Detention

I got some friends inside

The face in the mirror won't stop

The girl in the window won't drop

A feast of friends

"Alive!" she cried

Waitin' for me

Outside!

Before I sink

Into the big sleep

I want to hear

I want to hear

The scream of the butterfly

Come back, baby

Back into my arm

We're gettin' tired of hangin' around

Waitin' around with our heads to the ground

I hear a very gentle sound

Very near yet very far

Very soft, yeah, very clear

Come today, come today

What have they done to the earth?

What have they done to our fair sister?

Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her

Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn

And tied her with fences and dragged her down

I hear a very gentle sound

With your ear down to the ground

We want the world and we want it...

We want the world and we want it...

Now

Now?

Now!

Persian night, babe

See the light, babe

Save us!

Jesus!

Save us!

So when the music's over

When the music's over, yeah

When the music's over

Turn out the lights

Turn out the lights

Turn out the lights

Well the music is your special friend

Dance on fire as it intends

Music is your only friend

Until the end

Until the end

Until the end!

When Pakistan beats South Africa

When the sun goes down

When new day begins, when the sun gives you the first light. When you look east and think about things ahead of you. Another day in paradise, another battle to fight. It is too early, our sight leaves the sun and we leave to work. There's just a glimpse of hope that maybe today... No. It's not gonna happen.

It was raining when this photo was taken but it did not stop people from enjoying the view.

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When you enter the courtyard, stress and anxiety disappear for one moment in time with the soothing monastery energy that falls like a blanket of peace over everyone and where negative thoughts disappear like cold snow in the burning sun.The buildings around the courtyard date from the seventeenth century. Through the gate you look straight at the old home of the provost. The ‘Besloten Hof’ was founded as a cloister in 1410 and inhabited by Norbertine nuns. In 1797 they were expelled by the French republicans. In 1836 the Franciscan sisters moved into the monastery. I took this photo in spring 2021.

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A late upload for Halloween, I've been away at work for the last couple of weeks without wifi.. I'll catch up with everyone this week. Another one that will be best viewed in a dark room!

For this I reactivated my good old and battered 50D again. Definitely need a bigger Tele lens for my full frame camera

When I walked a friend's dog on the Petrisberg hill in Trier, Germany.

So of course, I don’t have a willing model. GP hates me taking his photo - it’s a throwback to when his dad would line up the four kids to practice his portrait photography I am sure. Our little dog of course has now long gone to the rainbow bridge (still sad face) and, he too, hated me taking his photo.

The Lensbaby is a manual focus system so this was a hit and miss for me with the sweet 35 in the composer pro at f2.5 and natural light in the kitchen from the window. Arms stretched out I took the shot.

I don’t mind it so much. I see my dad looking back at me in this and that makes it easier for me to look at and like LOL.

I really need a haircut and I need to practice this more with the Lensbaby system especially in taking self portraits. I tried reading how people take self portraits with the system but have not figured it out. I am not giving up.

.. when I came upon these two vultures, they were watching two (full size) plastic swans which had tiny motors allowing them to cruise around the pond. The vultures seemed totally confused.. not knowing if those things would be a nice meal, or not. The pond had alligators which made real swans out of the question!

Thanks for looking in! - Have a great day!

EXPLORED

+....i used to rule the world,

seas would rise when i gave the word;

now in the morning i sleep alone,

sweep the streets i used to own...+

[Coldplay]

...I visited the Goddess of Mercy temple over 3 days and this man is always there sitting at his spot staring off to space...

- outside the Goddess of Mercy temple, Penang, Malaysia -

When we arrived early in the morning, the fog was so thick we could hardly see a car two car lengths in front of us. But within an hour, we were able to see the outline of the trees in Corkscrew Swamp.

When you have to settle scores with the ubiquitous enemies everywhere there is always the need for the final action!

Location Naturally Naughty Studios

Costume and weaponry from Contraption.

Happy St. Patrick's Day! ☘️

When Irish Eyes are Smiling

Bing Crosby

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFdn5YBrqOg

When Irish eyes are smilin'

Sure it is like the morn' in spring

In the lilt of Irish laughter

You can hear the angels sing

When Irish hearts are happy

All the world seems bright and gay

And when Irish eyes are smilin'

Sure they steal your heart away

When Irish hearts are happy

All the world seems bright and gay

And when Irish eyes are smilin'

Sure they steal your heart away

When are we eating? I'm hungry!

Mésange bleue

Cyanistes caeruleus -

Eurasian Blue Tit

When I was in the Yukon last September, I observed this kinda sunset every day, I called it the Yukon moment, red clouds, colorful bushes, and rocks, lots of lots of rocks.

Mi ero messo vicino a questo palo con i cartelli per appoggiare lo zaino e la mia attrezzatura, sul versante sud est del cratere che culmina con la Roque. Guardando le indicazioni, però, mi sono detto... che manca il cartello più importante, quello che indica la Via Lattea :)

Buona serata

#milky #way #vialattea #roque #los #muchachos #canarie #islands #stelle #starparty #cartello #sign #segnale

**View On Black**

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When I look into your eyes

It's like watching the night sky

Or a beautiful sunrise

Well there's so much they hold

And just like them old stars

I see that you've come so far

To be right where you are

How old is your soul?

I won't give up on us

Even if the skies get rough

I'm giving you all my love

I'm still looking up

I don't wanna be someone who walks away so easily

I'm here to stay and make the difference that I can make

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... the city comes to life.

The final chapter of the series. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

Note: I'm pretty busy for the past few days and haven't got the chance to visit your flickr streams. I'll do just that when time permits me to do so in the coming days.

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HSS

Double exposure

A thrill he hasn't felt in ages courses through Dev! A lesser being is lurking nearby! He knows he should inform the city's Commander and put the city on red alert, but he is blinded to his duty by the opportunity to finally kill again!

After so many years it is an opportunity he does not plan on letting slip by!

When he defeats this invader, he will have proved his worth to the Emperor - surely he wouldn't leave behind for the second time the Dalek responsible for saving the city ?

Dev: I - SHAAAL - DE-STROOY -THE -INTRUDER!