Something my brother brought to my attention, because he knows my love of photography & National Geographic.
Remember, most of these images were taken with film! We are so fortunate to have all this technology these days, & often forget how technology has changed our lives. Photography is still an art; the digital darkroom requires skill & patience just like the traditional darkroom... but to really limit your exposures, the capture your vision with the correct settings in a few shots that you wouldn't see to verify that you got the image you want until you developed the negatives (& really you never know the true potential until you make a few prints)... that's devotion to your art. True talent & skill.
What's inspiring you today?
xo
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Monday, October 1, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
The Honeymoon Saga: Day 1
Bear with me. This may take forever. I will just pepper these in with normal posts as we go along the road into the future...
It all began with a train ride. I was super excited, because Bear surprised me with the tickets. I hate to fly. I hate being suspended in mid-air in a gigantic metal tube with climate control and pressurized air. It's just... not natural. I get vertigo and then in my mind I go through all the horrible ways it could go wrong. Last time we boarded a plane, a "confused" stow-away in the bathroom was escorted off the plane by security while officials found and confiscated the various plastic bags he had stowed in multiple compartments. It was terrifying. So, the gist is, I HATE flying.
BUT my dad is a model train guy, and I grew up going to the occasional train museum or model train convention, and as a hangover of the experience wound up romanticizing the rails myself. This is something Bear has known for a while. So he splurged and got us a roomette on the Silver Star. I was way too excited about it.
We got a lift to Union Station with my dad, and had a couple hours to kill. We were let into the VIP Lounge, which was pretty awesome and offered the bonus of free coffee. Some people would sneer at free Folder's from a pot, but I prefer it to Starbucks anyway (although if it had been Dunkin' Donuts coffee I would have been ecstatic!). There was a plethora of snacks in 100 calorie baggies, too... so naturally, I ate four bags of Goldfish like the sophisticate I am.
Eventually we decided we were hungrier than snacks, and drifted off through the Station to find sustenance. And we stumbled upon an Uno's. So we got some pizza and beer (you know, because those things go together). Our departure was in the afternoon, so I felt a little better about the early beer.
Finally, it was boarding time. The VIP Lounge was kinda crowded when we returned from lunch, yet we were the only people headed to Orlando. We found our car, boarded, and began what I felt would be the adventure of a lifetime! After all, it's the journey rather than the destination, right?
Well, I learned that it is a pain to be a smoker on a smoke-free train that has maybe two smoking stops in 17 hours. I also learned that the sensation of moving is hard to shake when you leave the train and are back on solid ground. There was also a fiasco with the rental car once we arrived that wound up costing us almost twice the original quoted price, but... we had our romance on the rails! The last lesson: bring a good book. And make sure you have an alternate, in case you get bored with Austen.
Finally, never let boring hours confined to a small space stifle creativity. Write, read, doodle, photograph, and make it into a music video!
It all began with a train ride. I was super excited, because Bear surprised me with the tickets. I hate to fly. I hate being suspended in mid-air in a gigantic metal tube with climate control and pressurized air. It's just... not natural. I get vertigo and then in my mind I go through all the horrible ways it could go wrong. Last time we boarded a plane, a "confused" stow-away in the bathroom was escorted off the plane by security while officials found and confiscated the various plastic bags he had stowed in multiple compartments. It was terrifying. So, the gist is, I HATE flying.
BUT my dad is a model train guy, and I grew up going to the occasional train museum or model train convention, and as a hangover of the experience wound up romanticizing the rails myself. This is something Bear has known for a while. So he splurged and got us a roomette on the Silver Star. I was way too excited about it.
We got a lift to Union Station with my dad, and had a couple hours to kill. We were let into the VIP Lounge, which was pretty awesome and offered the bonus of free coffee. Some people would sneer at free Folder's from a pot, but I prefer it to Starbucks anyway (although if it had been Dunkin' Donuts coffee I would have been ecstatic!). There was a plethora of snacks in 100 calorie baggies, too... so naturally, I ate four bags of Goldfish like the sophisticate I am.
Eventually we decided we were hungrier than snacks, and drifted off through the Station to find sustenance. And we stumbled upon an Uno's. So we got some pizza and beer (you know, because those things go together). Our departure was in the afternoon, so I felt a little better about the early beer.
Finally, it was boarding time. The VIP Lounge was kinda crowded when we returned from lunch, yet we were the only people headed to Orlando. We found our car, boarded, and began what I felt would be the adventure of a lifetime! After all, it's the journey rather than the destination, right?
Well, I learned that it is a pain to be a smoker on a smoke-free train that has maybe two smoking stops in 17 hours. I also learned that the sensation of moving is hard to shake when you leave the train and are back on solid ground. There was also a fiasco with the rental car once we arrived that wound up costing us almost twice the original quoted price, but... we had our romance on the rails! The last lesson: bring a good book. And make sure you have an alternate, in case you get bored with Austen.
Finally, never let boring hours confined to a small space stifle creativity. Write, read, doodle, photograph, and make it into a music video!
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Wedding Wednesday: Films and Sniffles
As promised, I am posting a really short film I put together for a couple friends who got married a little while ago. Okay, a long while ago. Like, January of this year. I am a slacker.
I am also not the best cinematographer, as you will notice by the shaky quality of the video. I tried to save it in editing, but you can really only do so much...anyway, it is what it is and I think it turned out MUCH better than my initial belief!
The sniffles bit is just because I have been stricken ill, for the first time in years, and I hate it. I actually am not very sniffly at all... it's all chest congestion and difficulty breathing. Ugh. I hope this passes soon. If you don't hear from me for a while, it means I am wrapped up in blankets sleeping through a drugged haze until this illness passes.
I am also not the best cinematographer, as you will notice by the shaky quality of the video. I tried to save it in editing, but you can really only do so much...anyway, it is what it is and I think it turned out MUCH better than my initial belief!
The sniffles bit is just because I have been stricken ill, for the first time in years, and I hate it. I actually am not very sniffly at all... it's all chest congestion and difficulty breathing. Ugh. I hope this passes soon. If you don't hear from me for a while, it means I am wrapped up in blankets sleeping through a drugged haze until this illness passes.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Film Friday
Here's a couple favorites from around the internet! Have a wonderful weekend!
A clever stop-motion animation involving stencils and light by Pahnl on Vimeo:
Nowhere Near Here from Pahnl on Vimeo.
The world's biggest stop-motion animation! Don't know what I mean? Watch the making of it! Not enough to blow your mind? It was shot on a phone!
It's time for Burning Man again in the desert (Bear and I have always wanted to go but never make it). Lauren Lemon's video compiled of thousands of photos from Burning Man '08 always makes me smile!
Hope you enjoyed those! See you on Monday!
xo
A clever stop-motion animation involving stencils and light by Pahnl on Vimeo:
Nowhere Near Here from Pahnl on Vimeo.
The world's biggest stop-motion animation! Don't know what I mean? Watch the making of it! Not enough to blow your mind? It was shot on a phone!
It's time for Burning Man again in the desert (Bear and I have always wanted to go but never make it). Lauren Lemon's video compiled of thousands of photos from Burning Man '08 always makes me smile!
Hope you enjoyed those! See you on Monday!
xo
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