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Self Portrait (sorta)

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

This was taken years ago, on an older camera that was (sadly) stolen.  The predecessor to my sd500, I took it everywhere.  In this case, it was a semi-cloudy day (foggy, when up high), where my old man & I went hiking.  I handed off the camera, hoping for the best.

In this case, it came out well.  The ambient light was bright enough to not fire off the flash, and the fog came out beautifully.  The view from the peak wasn’t obscured at all, either.

Semi-self portrait at the base of Ptarmigan peak.  7 years ago and 20 pounds lighter.

Semi-self portrait at the base of Ptarmigan peak. 7 years ago and 20 pounds lighter.

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A note on abstracts

Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Indian Pass - a hike to the south of Anchorage on the New Seward Hwy

Indian Pass - a hike to the south of Anchorage on the New Seward Hwy

When I originally started this blog, I had a stated purpose.  I believe it’s on my “about” page right now: to learn.  Well, I’m learning.  For example, I’ve learned that I like to take abstracts.  I never really thought about it before, but they’re always there.  Even when I take landscape photos, it’s not about the obvious subject, but the way the subjects trace lines in the picture frame.

For example, when I took the photo to the right (in hindsight), I was seeing the sloping lines to the sides of the photo.  Blame it on my (old, long in the past) background in economics.  I like graphs, and I saw one in this photo.

I just didn’t know it until I started this blog.

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