Hammer 365 |
365 consecutive days, at least 365 shots, just 1 camera, my iPhone. |
Nothing really special about this shot it's just a place I keep my head must of the time. I do. I look up often just to see what's going on, to escape, to ponder, to get ideas and to pray. Is this just me or is this what most people do?
App: TiltShiftGen.
Wow, this one almost looks like an oil painting. How about that contrast between the beautiful blue sky above to the blinding white with a hint of pink from a setting sun down to the depth of the heavy, thick black clouds below. In just a matter of minutes the sunny blue changed to the green ominous sky that just precedes a torrential Spring downpour filled with electricity. This will make the grass grow 3 inches over night.
App: TiltShiftGen
What a beautiful Easter weekend. It was just perfect.
App: Live FX then TiltShiftGen.
From the front steps of my home I can see the Garmin building (not this view, however). I really like the design of this building and the wave of glass that captures a really cool reflection that is always there but more vibrant with more sun.
App: Cropulator and TiltShiftGen.
My mother's mother passed earlier today and I was trying to find a shot to commemorate her and I found it on my friend Wayne's photoblog. When I looked at his picture for today I saw an old tree, weathered and standing lonely but still reaching. You wonder what stories this tree could tell. Then I see the other trees growing off in the distance and the new growth all around.
Most of us never will know what it's like to live and raise children in a third world country where all you know is war and poverty. Most of us will never know what it's like to loose your soulmate at a very young age and be so loyal and faithful to that soul that you would never even consider replacing him/her. Most of us will never know what it's like to leave your home land to a country where you don't even speak the language.
I have very fond memories of my grandmother. When I was very young she lived with us for a while. She was great at Rubik's Cube and Uno, she had the most wonderful laugh and could whistle a whole lot better than my brother. I loved listening to her sing in Vietnamese even though I never understood what she was singing about.
I do remember so well playing the grandmother game. You know the one? Where when you didn't get what you wanted from your mom you'd go get it from Grandma? Oh yeah, where she could she would. And anytime I was in trouble (which was maybe twice) she would protect me and defend me. She and Mom would go full throttle in Vietnamese and I knew she was getting me off the hook.
I remember sleeping in late on Saturday mornings and hearing her and Mom telling stories from the kitchen and the only thing I could understand was my name and the belly laughs that followed. I'm really surprised I didn't get a complex from that now that I think about it.
App: shot of my laptop monitor then Cropulator and TiltShiftGen.
Chau thuong Bà Ngoại!
The distance between the inner sides of current rails is 56 1/2" and have been that way pretty much for ever. That is, ever since trains have been in existence. One theory says the measurement actually goes back to the days of Julius Caesar when Roman Chariots were made to that scale. It was determined that 4 foot 8 1/2 inches was the space needed for two standard horses to pull a cart and navigate the narrow streets. Because of the ruts created by frequent traffic a standard size was needed to keep a cart level with both wheels in the rut rather than one in and one out. Interesting huh?
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