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.
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.
It’s raining in Los Angeles today. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
What drives us to be leaders? Is it other leaders? What drives them? Is it justice? There’s always a certain calm when a good leader is involved. There’s order and people follow the rules because they feel inspired to. Sometimes I wonder how much strength is needed to be in charge. Not just of a department store, a company, or even a nation, but of people.
I look at Haiti and I think of how unfortunate it is that catastrophe brings us together. We always wait for the last moment to help someone or change someone’s life. What makes a leader is someone who instigates that kind of change in the world without waiting for the catastrophe to happen. It’s noticing what needs improvement before anyone else does and doing something about it. I think that is what makes a good leader. It’s not the speeches, or the way they dress. It’s being able to turn thoughts into words and words into actions. So I don’t think that today is just about Martin Luther King, Jr. I think that today should be about all of the leaders, both known and unknown who have stood up for what’s right and just and have done something about it when no one else would.
