In which the author committed to making and posting a photo every day in 2010.
I plan to continue this 365 project in the coming year.
If you want to tag along, the address will be foto-oneaday2011.blogspot.com.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
California Dreamin'
It's the Staples Center in LA...game 7 of the 2010 NBA championship. Celtics and Lakers tied 3-3. It's a big game. We're here. Ah, but check the angle of the photo: we are not inside the building. We are on the freeway. Of course we're on the freeway. This is LA. We have been on the freeway a very long time. And this is as close as we're ever gonna get to a big championship game.
"It's not all about taking pictures. It's about appreciating this world we live in for such a brief amount of time."
--Steve McCurry, the photographer who recently shot the last manufactured 36-exposure strip of Kodachrome film
You Could Say the Same Thing About a Good Photograph
"Good writing does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else's head."
--Malcolm Gladwell, What the Dog Saw
I Wish I'd Said That
"...keeping a (photo) journal...makes me more aware than usual about my surroundings, and has me keeping an eye out much more carefully about potential photos in the world around me. They're not always great photos, and sometimes they're quite bad from a strict photographic standpoint, but it has me paying attention more, and I'm enjoying that..."
-- Tim Grey, digital imaging guru. Check outtimgrey.com
Recognizing Abundance
"If your everyday life seems poor, don't blame it; blame yourself; admit to yourself that you are not enough of a poet to call forth its riches; because for the creator there is no poverty and no indifferent place."
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