I have a few things on my schedule today, but I wanted to post one up before I left! :D
So this is another night posting, but I did manage to post my picture during the day!
I spent most of my day running errands and making phone calls because I’m changing my address. It’s been a little hectic with that, but I’m sure it’ll all be done by next week. Yay!
This picture is one that I took with my Coolpix. The reason I like this picture is because the pink on the flower turns dark and it looks like it’s a hole almost. I thought that was cool. I named this, Leopard Skin is Portable, from a line of a poem I wrote. It’s called The Blue Mist.
The Blue Mist
Leopard skin is portable
Television, black and white
A city in a box
Importing and exporting
It’s good to feel at home
It’s bad to be at home
Honesty arise
The blue mist is enough
The blue mist is my leopard skin.
This poem is open to interpretation. I’d love to read any thoughts on it. :) Sometimes I find that I write a lot less than I used to and I wonder if that’s because I’ve run out of ideas, or because I don’t want to write them down anymore. I was talking to my best friend the other day about musicians and songwriters. I was wondering how these artists can keep writing music and not just lyrics, but melodies too. And the most incredible part is that even after 20 years they can still write new things.
The strangest part is when a band or an artist stops making music forever. Then when you go on your iTunes and you listen to them, you know that that’s all you’re going to hear from them… ever. Unless for some miraculous reason they come back and decide to make music again. So we’re lucky that we have Paul and Ringo to keep the legacy alive, but as for the Beatles? All we have is what we’ve already gotten of them.
Well I’m not going to drag this on, just something to think about. I’m looking forward to the weekend. Thanks for reading!
Almost 6:30 PM. I guess this is more of a night post than a day post. It was still raining today, but there was less lightning and thunder so that’s good.
The exciting part about today was that I went to a coffee factory! That’s right. A place where they make coffee. Now I’m not a coffee person… actually I don’t drink coffee at all, but this place was really cool! The bad news is that I didn’t have my camera… The one day where I’m not carrying my camera around and something exciting happens.
You’re probably wondering, well if you were going to go to this factory why didn’t you bring your camera Romina?! Well quite frankly because I didn’t know I was going to go! And much less did I imagine that I would be given a personal tour around the workings of this humongous location. It was an impromptu thing. I know… random right? Usually when you think of impromptu you think of jumping into the pool with whatever you have on or going to the cinema without knowing what’s playing. Nope, I went to a coffee factory.
Well, the good news is that the owner said I could come back any time that I want! And I really do want to go back so that I can take pictures of this amazing place for you guys. It was really incredible and I think most of you would be in awe with the history of how this company began. I promise that I will return and take those pictures.
The thing is that it’s easy to forget to be spontaneous. I’m terrible at that and the worst part is that I know I am, but I don’t do anything about it. Being able to get up and do something every day takes a large amount of courage. I wish I could live my life like that every day. Life should be about doing things that you’re afraid to do sometimes. I don’t mean jumping out of a plane or anything, but simple things. Like going to an amusement park one weekend or taking a road trip to a place a few miles outside the city.
Maybe my new years resolution should be to take more risks? Well, let’s not get ahead of ourselves… See? I’m scared already.
It’s still raining here in Los Angeles. Actually there’s lighting and thunder too.
This is a pretty old picture. I took this with one of my Nikon Coolpix cameras. (See I told you fake cameras aren’t all that bad). Previous to taking this picture I had never seen another flower like this. I don’t even know what it’s called. My favorite part about it is how complex it looks and how each color fades into the next. I like taking pictures of flowers because there are so many different kinds. And some types of flowers aren’t found anywhere else in the world. Anyway, I find that interesting and I hope you like this flower as much as I do!
I decided to post two pictures for today. This is my first intentional attempt at bokeh. I got a camera (Nikon D90) for Hanukkah/Christmas. It’s my first “real” camera. Yes, all of my other cameras were fake. But I can’t complain because both of my Nikon Coolpix cameras that I have owned have both been amazing fake cameras.
On the other hand, I am very excited about owning the heaviest thing that I will ever carry around. Unless I have a baby, but even then… I think the Nikon D90 wins the weigh-in. Sorry unborn baby!
I figure that I am going to fumble, mumble, and stumble through every shot I take with this contraption, but it’s exciting. I’ve never been happier with a camera and I certainly have never felt more serious. Now when I go to parties or get togethers people wonder “Is she the official photographer or does she just really loves taking pictures?” I’ll be the Inspector Clouseau to their evening, the James Bond to their day, the Sherlock Holmes to their… well you get it.
I hope you enjoy these pictures. And if you have any tips on Photography 101, I’d appreciate them greatly.
