Seeing the world through my viewfinder.
Self-portraits during my lunch walks in 2006 (Arrowhead Park in Maumee), 2008 and 2009 (both downtown Toledo).
I always seem to be scowling in my self-portraits, except when I’m being deliberately cheery (or cheesy). Makes me wonder if I always look like that, and if everyone around me always thinks I’m pissed off.
Thanks to the dedicated flash that Aaron bought me for Christmas, I can now take photos of my kitty Mei without weird shadows and otherworldly glowing eyes. I also love the soft catch-light in Mei’s eye, from the bounce-flash off the ceiling.
See Mei larger-than-life on Flickr.
On Christmas Day, Aaron’s cousin Sophie was playing with my iPhone, checking out the photos I’d posted to Flickr from Thanksgiving.
Quote found in my saved mail from Nov 2005: “Luck favors the patient photographer.” -Brooks Jensen
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