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This second picture here helps the first picture make more sense:

Basically, I was trying to create “one thought” between two objects that were separated and very different. I did photoshop the volcano out of the original picture.

I wouldn’t say it was a complete success. I would have spent more time on the shot itself if it wasn’t 1 in the morning when I was taking it.

Here are some other pictures from last night.

Usually, when I photograph, I look around and think about how I want to portray something. What lens to use, what angle, what depth of field, etc. But last night I picked up my 50mm and stood with it to my eye walking around my room until I ran into an image. I wouldn’t say its the most effective method. Just thought I’d try it.

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Tangled, Dangled, Angled.
I have felt, for the past 48 hours, a way I can only explain as "uncentered". I dont know what it is, if it’s winter finally hitting or dinner the other night, or what, but my soul kinda feels like this string.

I walked home for lunch today and it was cold and windy. I didn’t see anyone outside of a car and everything was gray. I got home and all my roommates were at work. And inside I feel tangled.

Tonight I’m going to clean my apartment though. Maybe if I untangle that I’ll begin to untangle myself.

Outtakes:

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and just for fun-

Sorry. I didn’t post yesterday so my pictures got clogged. I picture it like when you pinch a hose and the water builds up, and when you let go, a bunch of my pictures fly out.

Day 35:

Day 36:

Outtakes:
Day 35:

Day 36:

I’m apparently getting more picky about the number of pictures. That’s probably good because I usually keep firing and then slim down a ton instead of really focusing on the ONE shot I really want to get. I hope this is not laziness or over-confidence, but actually learning precision and focus.

I had a great weekend. I don’t really believe this weather we’ve been having in mid November. I am by no means complaining about 60 degree/50 degree days, Keep ‘em coming!

Edit: I just looked at them all in the post and I really like the way these 4 pictures work together. They were all taken in my loft and when I look at them they remind me of the quirkiness of the architecture and the house itself, that is really reflected in the people who live there (all 14 of us). Yay team Cottonhouse.

I’ve been trying to do things differently. To show things in a way that I haven’t seen them before. I stuck my super-wide angle lens in a bowl and really liked the variations of light it created. I figured I could try to make it into some sort of self portrait. I like that during this experiment, I wasn’t able to get 2 of the same picture. Even clicking the shutter twice within the same second would yield variance with reflection.

This set got me to thinking about a conversation I had with a friend of mine about the plasticity of life. Apparently, there was an experiment where people’s excitement was rated at three different points, before, during, and after a specific event. If “before” they said they were very excited, but “during” said things were just ok, when they were asked again significantly “later”, they remembered being really excited during. People shaped their recollection of an event by their previous emotions about it.

Also, I’ve just been thinking about self control a lot. Not self control like “stop eating those damn cheetos” but rather going into a situation with a positive attitude even if I’m not excited about it. To always want to be a light and pursue that requires more self control than I have right now.

Anyways, enjoy my variants of self.

Alternate versions:

I had some fun putting this together. I taped the back of the camera to the monkey so it would stay there.

Last night it was really difficult to motivate myself to take a picture before bed. I was really tired and just needed to sleep. It doesn’t even take me that long to take a picture, I should probably just learn to take it earlier in the day.

I think I’m still adjusting to work life. Living with a house full of guys that are still in school, its hard to not try to live the same evening schedules as them even though my day schedule is different. I’m learning though. I love my job and wouldn’t really trade it for undergrad right now.

Outtakes:

Look closely at this one. I call it “Disappointed Light Bulb”.

Day 32 of 365.
I got this shot by putting the lens cap a little bit over the front of the lens, distorting the bokeh.

Here are a couple of shots with the bokeh regular.

I had been thinking about making this image for a while before getting around to doing it.
Time is something I’ve felt is abstract and concrete at the same time. Its relative and absolute. Its two worlds colliding. We give it solidity with clocks and watches and are lorded over by it with aging. At the same time, it’s invisible. It is passive. It constant.
Its weird how at the end of one day I can look back and say, “Wow. Where did the day go?”
and another sit it silence and feel the day drag into infinity.

Oh time, you will make fools of us all.

She seems indifferent.

This shot wasn’t quite what I was hoping it would be, but it was late and I rushed it.

I do like how “encased” this picture feels. Almost like peering into a box while or diorama.
It’s dark in there.

The tiger on the back wall is distracting to me though.

outtake! Posted Large!