Uncharacteristically, I am out of things to say at the moment (a possible side effect of feeling obligated to write something.) I think I’ll focus on my new fascination with my digital camera. I never knew what the little ‘flower’ setting on my camera was (I subscribe to the “manuals are for losers” school of thought) until I ran across a mini explanation of the function on lifehacker. Macro setting! I never knew my little fuji digital camera, one I thought to be on the lower end of the spectrum, could produce such cool effects.
My faithful subject displays a particularly ‘un-phased’ expression at our Panera breakfast. I also took many pictures of the styrofoam cup and the receipt, but no one really needs to know how much I paid for my chai latte.
I don’t know much about developing photos the old school way with chemicals and dark rooms, that’s why I always hesitate to say I’m anything but average with photography. It’s something I love to do, something if I had loads of money and free time I’d invest in some better equipment and the introductory knowledge. I am my father’s daughter when it comes to photography; we both love the line structure and geometry of photographs, can appreciate color in image just as much black and white (I scoffed at a former roommate who insisted that black and white developing makes everything so much more dramatic.) To be honest, I think that it takes a lot more talent to make a color-image dramatic.
