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minervacat at 10:13am on 18/12/2008 under personal:photos
minervacat at 10:13am on 18/12/2008 under personal:photosBoss: "How about a 9:30 meeting?"
Min: "Okay!" *trundles upstairs at 9:25*
Boss: *not here*
Boss: *still not here at 9:45*
Boss: *still not here at 10:00*
Min: ......... you know, working in the office was supposed to help me avoid this kind of scheduling. *face*
Last week,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
riverlight asked me if I was planning on doing a end of the year photo wrap up, and I told her I wasn't -- but then I started looking at my photos, the ones stashed in my "personal favorites" set on Flickr, and I found that I wanted to to talk about them. A lot of these y'all will have seen before, but there's a couple of words to go with most of them, and I hope it's interesting to somebody.
This is one of my favorite photos for capturing sheer joy. Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, in February, shot with my Coolpix.
Chatham County Line at the Cat's Cradle, March. These guys are so joyful when they play, it's hard not to capture that in photos. Shot with my Nikon F65, 800ISO film.
This one, from the Carolina/Duke baseball series, is not one of my technical best photos, but there's something about the contained motion of the whole thing that appeals to me. Also, best viewed in large size, wherein you can see the Carolina second baseman picking his nose while the pitcher goes into his wind-up. Because Kyle Seager is the sort of guy who, you know, adjusts his junk on national tv. I know. I have a text message in my phone about it. Shot with my Nikon F65, 800ISO film.
The Princeton baseball team. I love the lines in this one, especially of the steps and the shadows on top of the steps. also, the asses aren't bad. Shot with my Nikon F65, 800ISO film.
Jason Isbell, Berkeley Cafe, March. This is quite possibly my favorite photo I took this year. it has technical issues, the Berkeley is sort of a crap place to try and shoot film blind, but I love it. I'm ridiculously obsessed with shoes on stage, shoes standing in line -- I think the way that people stand is hugely revealing about them. I love the colors in this photo, the focus on the label on electronic equipment at the left, the beer cup at the right. Shot with my Nikon F65, 1600ISO film.
Mike Cooley, Drive-By Truckers @ the National, Richmond, March. This is the best picture I took this year. Nikon F65, 1600ISO film.
American Aquarium CD release party, the Pour House, Raleigh, April. The overexposure on this one is what makes it for me. It looks otherworldly, which that whole evening sort of was. Nikon F65, 800ISO film.
A lot of my baseball photos -- the ones I liked best, of players, at least -- seem to be categorized by motion, or contained motion. Motion about to happen. I caught the Carolina back-up catcher in a rare moment of stillness during the NCAA regional this year, and if I was going to have a single one of my photos printed in a size larger than 4x6 and framed, it'd be this one. Nikon F65, 800ISO film.
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Norfolk, June. Browan's hair kills me in this one. Again, motion, contained in a single shutter click. Nikon F65, 800ISO film, with my 70-210 zoom.
Outside the Duke Gardens, before a Bowerbirds show, June. Shot with the macro function on my Coolpix. Blind luck.
Durham Bulls, Durham, July. Such a beautiful night, and the sun setting at the Bulls' stadium is always breath-taking. For me, just a moment of small town baseball captured in near perfect. Coolpix.
Another Coolpix macro shot, from the Carrboro Farmer's Market in August. The light on the leaves blows me away.
North Carolina State Fair, Raleigh, October. An example of where the instability of my Coolpix is not always detrimental. And again, captured motion. The sky was prettier than that, but it's pretty accurate otherwise.
O'Death, the Local 506, December. One of the first really spectacular photos I took with the d60. The difference between the focal point -- the drum -- and the barely constrained motion of the drummer is my favorite thing about this. The ability to capture that difference.
The Old Ceremony, the Local 506, December. The smile, the shadows, the way his hand is out of focus but the expression is captured.
The Trekky Yuletide Orchestra, the Cat's Cradle, December. For this one, it's the way that there's motion and stillness all in one picture. Right hand blurry but left hand clear. And also his stupid faaaaaaaace.
American Aquarium, the Pour House, December. The clarity of this one more than the composition. And, of course, the beauty of anybody playing pedal steel, and playing it well.
American Aquarium, the Pour House, December. Tthis is in here not because it's a particularly extraordinary photograph, as far as photographs go, but because it's a lesson in content -- this photo is serviceable, there's some good things about it; the light, the focus, the way none of them are paying remote attention to me and my camera -- but mostly it's just a standard picture of guys on stage playing. But I love this photo, this photo is one of my favorites, because I love the guys on stage playing. They are people who mean a huge amount to me, I taught myself to use the SLR and now the dSLR taking pictures of them, and they've been patient and funny and kind to me while I stumbled around, often drunk and frequently embarrassing at their shows, and I love this picture because I love them.
And that makes a good photo just as much as technical brilliance makes a good photo, I think. That photo has soul in it.
And those are some of my favorite photos I took this year. You guys take any you really loved? Put 'em in the comments, tell me why you love them. I like to talk about pictures.
Min: "Okay!" *trundles upstairs at 9:25*
Boss: *not here*
Boss: *still not here at 9:45*
Boss: *still not here at 10:00*
Min: ......... you know, working in the office was supposed to help me avoid this kind of scheduling. *face*
Last week,
riverlight asked me if I was planning on doing a end of the year photo wrap up, and I told her I wasn't -- but then I started looking at my photos, the ones stashed in my "personal favorites" set on Flickr, and I found that I wanted to to talk about them. A lot of these y'all will have seen before, but there's a couple of words to go with most of them, and I hope it's interesting to somebody.This is one of my favorite photos for capturing sheer joy. Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, in February, shot with my Coolpix.
Chatham County Line at the Cat's Cradle, March. These guys are so joyful when they play, it's hard not to capture that in photos. Shot with my Nikon F65, 800ISO film.
This one, from the Carolina/Duke baseball series, is not one of my technical best photos, but there's something about the contained motion of the whole thing that appeals to me. Also, best viewed in large size, wherein you can see the Carolina second baseman picking his nose while the pitcher goes into his wind-up. Because Kyle Seager is the sort of guy who, you know, adjusts his junk on national tv. I know. I have a text message in my phone about it. Shot with my Nikon F65, 800ISO film.
The Princeton baseball team. I love the lines in this one, especially of the steps and the shadows on top of the steps. also, the asses aren't bad. Shot with my Nikon F65, 800ISO film.
Jason Isbell, Berkeley Cafe, March. This is quite possibly my favorite photo I took this year. it has technical issues, the Berkeley is sort of a crap place to try and shoot film blind, but I love it. I'm ridiculously obsessed with shoes on stage, shoes standing in line -- I think the way that people stand is hugely revealing about them. I love the colors in this photo, the focus on the label on electronic equipment at the left, the beer cup at the right. Shot with my Nikon F65, 1600ISO film.
Mike Cooley, Drive-By Truckers @ the National, Richmond, March. This is the best picture I took this year. Nikon F65, 1600ISO film.
American Aquarium CD release party, the Pour House, Raleigh, April. The overexposure on this one is what makes it for me. It looks otherworldly, which that whole evening sort of was. Nikon F65, 800ISO film.
A lot of my baseball photos -- the ones I liked best, of players, at least -- seem to be categorized by motion, or contained motion. Motion about to happen. I caught the Carolina back-up catcher in a rare moment of stillness during the NCAA regional this year, and if I was going to have a single one of my photos printed in a size larger than 4x6 and framed, it'd be this one. Nikon F65, 800ISO film.
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Norfolk, June. Browan's hair kills me in this one. Again, motion, contained in a single shutter click. Nikon F65, 800ISO film, with my 70-210 zoom.
Outside the Duke Gardens, before a Bowerbirds show, June. Shot with the macro function on my Coolpix. Blind luck.
Durham Bulls, Durham, July. Such a beautiful night, and the sun setting at the Bulls' stadium is always breath-taking. For me, just a moment of small town baseball captured in near perfect. Coolpix.
Another Coolpix macro shot, from the Carrboro Farmer's Market in August. The light on the leaves blows me away.
North Carolina State Fair, Raleigh, October. An example of where the instability of my Coolpix is not always detrimental. And again, captured motion. The sky was prettier than that, but it's pretty accurate otherwise.
O'Death, the Local 506, December. One of the first really spectacular photos I took with the d60. The difference between the focal point -- the drum -- and the barely constrained motion of the drummer is my favorite thing about this. The ability to capture that difference.
The Old Ceremony, the Local 506, December. The smile, the shadows, the way his hand is out of focus but the expression is captured.
The Trekky Yuletide Orchestra, the Cat's Cradle, December. For this one, it's the way that there's motion and stillness all in one picture. Right hand blurry but left hand clear. And also his stupid faaaaaaaace.
American Aquarium, the Pour House, December. The clarity of this one more than the composition. And, of course, the beauty of anybody playing pedal steel, and playing it well.
American Aquarium, the Pour House, December. Tthis is in here not because it's a particularly extraordinary photograph, as far as photographs go, but because it's a lesson in content -- this photo is serviceable, there's some good things about it; the light, the focus, the way none of them are paying remote attention to me and my camera -- but mostly it's just a standard picture of guys on stage playing. But I love this photo, this photo is one of my favorites, because I love the guys on stage playing. They are people who mean a huge amount to me, I taught myself to use the SLR and now the dSLR taking pictures of them, and they've been patient and funny and kind to me while I stumbled around, often drunk and frequently embarrassing at their shows, and I love this picture because I love them.
And that makes a good photo just as much as technical brilliance makes a good photo, I think. That photo has soul in it.
And those are some of my favorite photos I took this year. You guys take any you really loved? Put 'em in the comments, tell me why you love them. I like to talk about pictures.
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