365, week 34
232 of 365: The low key monochromatic treatment makes this common marigold from the front yard look much more dramatic than it really is.
233 of 365: We drove to the snow. We ended up at the beach (twice) and the mountains in the same week...only in So Cal.
234 of 365: Kids have the BEST expressions!
235 of 365: This imperfect photo perfectly captures an honest moment. Sometimes, I can't believe how much joy photography brings me.
236 of 365: I didn't realize until I was processing this frame that her shirt reads "Flowers". Happy coincidence!
237 of 365: He has a mouth full of food. And I'm shooting down on him--they say never to shoot down on kids. And yet, I dig this photo so much. Okay, it might have something to do with the fact that he's my son.
238 of 365: A little bit of my old life (a well-worn pharmaceutical promotional product) and a little bit of my new life (the coffee within said product that keeps me from collapsing into a narcoleptic spell during the day).
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By the way, the Seroquel
By the way, the Seroquel mug-thing is hilarious. (Just finished my class on psychopharmacology a few weeks ago.)
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I still have pharmaceutical
I still have pharmaceutical sticky notepads coming out the wazoo! I may never need to buy a Post-It ever again. Oh, speaking of which, (this is slightly random), did you ever see Dead Like Me? It was a series about reapers who would receive Post-Its with the name, date, and place of the souls they needed to collect.
I love the drama of the
I love the drama of the flower photos--I think you're right about the B&W treatment making the marigold more dramatic than it really is--or maybe it emphasizes the inherent drama?
The other photographs are likewise beautiful. I'm so glad photography gives you such joy!
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I always liked the therapy
I always liked the therapy itself, but the conceptualization afterwards was often more fun. Same thing in photography--the session itself is nice, but processing the images is where I really have fun. Did you ever process in a darkroom? I wonder if that process is just as magical (maybe even more so!).
Yes, I processed B&W photos
Yes, I processed B&W photos in a darkroom. It was fun, and I remember it being less tedious for me than using Photoshop--but then again, if I had a really comfortable setup for photo processing and a huge screen, I might feel differently about that.
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Cool! It was more than just
Cool! It was more than just print film onto paper...you were stylistic about it, right? Dodging and burning and whatnot? I'm jealous that I never got that exposure (um...no pun intended). My 27" screen took a lot of getting used to...I have to back up because it's like sitting 2 feet from a huge TV. But now I go on my laptop and I can't imagine how I could process on something so tiny!
Yep, stylistic. I love that
Yep, stylistic. I love that Photoshop has hand icons in various gestures to show burning and dodging, because I remember having to do that when I was printing!
It's definitely a cool experience being in the darkroom, with the smells and textures...I won't miss the chemicals, though.
A 27" screen sounds marvelous! I just got a new laptop that's got a screen 3" bigger than my previous one and now when I use my old one it feels tiny! It's like going back to a high school campus and being surprised how small it is (or revisiting a traumatic memory and reprocessing it within the context of one's life, according to a recent interview I heard via psych podcast).
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Can you use your old laptop
Can you use your old laptop as an auxiliary monitor for the new laptop? I really enjoy the large screen because I get to have multiple applications visible in different quadrants simultaneously.
I really like the notion of contextual reprocessing! Like, a lot!