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When I feel this pressure

July 29, 2008 in Personal · No comments

Every so often I joke about how I missed my calling in life to be a psychologist/therapist. I love to analyze people. I love psychology. I love trying to figure out why people are the way they are. But today I was reminded of why such a field is not even remotely my calling: I lack patience for people. As much as I might love taking pictures of them more than any other subject, for the most part, I find people to be extremely infuriating.

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A Photographic Affair

July 28, 2008 in Art, Media & Design, Photography · One comment

After a week of camp and using my camera extensively and often, I have finally been formally bitten by the photography bug. I adore taking pictures of people. For a while in high school, I was smitten by landscape and nature, and while I still try to take pictures of that, I feel there is so much more to capture and so much more challenge in portraiture photography. You have to try to catch the best and most interesting moments that show a relationship, you have to get close, but not so close that they clam up and it’s just another smiling face. There’s emotion. There’s a story. There’s all the complexity of the human tapestry that you are challenged to capture in an instant.

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Pictures of Caleb

July 24, 2008 in Art, Media & Design, Photography · No comments

I mentioned pictures of Randy’s nephew Caleb were coming. And here they are! Down from 355 to 12. Not bad, I say! And I’m quite fond of them to boot! I still have to go through birthday pictures, but I’ll do that at a later time.

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Camp Aletheia 2008 Pictures

July 23, 2008 in America, Art, Locations, Media & Design, Photography, Washington · One comment

So, I mentioned that I was cook/camp photographer… well, here are my best shots of just camp-related things. 28 shots out of about 2200.

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All the stars were crashing round, as I laid eyes on what I’d found

July 22, 2008 in Personal · 4 comments

Last week I went and worked at a church camp as a cook / photographer. While I don’t currently consider myself a Christian, I still thought a lot about faith and what I put my faith in. It’s a subject I have been considering a lot in recent months, actually.

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