A photo taken whilst driving down the road. I learned from a person I would consider a friend, that should you see something you think is picture worthy, it is most likely best to stop and take the photo.
I nearly missed this one as I thought, "I should stop and get a photo." Yet kept driving, I did this for about a half a mile, which seemed like next to eternity, since the voice of Trey Ratcliff was in the back of my mind repeating, "Stop and get the photo, it will be worth it." In some sort of Steven King of nightmarish chant… Sorry Trey, but that is really what happened. Needless to say, I took the advice and avoided the slippery slope that might have been a missed photo.
Now, having said that, this is a bit of an abnormal photo for me, as I do not use Photoshop unless someone specifically requests that I add/remove something. Yet for this photo, I opted to use PS, since again, there was a nagging voice claiming that will a little love this could be a great photo. I am very pleased and will likely add it to my top 5 photos ever captured and processed.
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It has been my longest lapse in a post in some time, it seems that I have not really wanted to write much as of late. There have been good days and bad days, and through them all, I have had nothing to say. I have plenty of photos to work with, just nothing to say and no way to say it… Which seems counterintuitive at first glance.
This photo was kind of taken impromptu, I was just sitting there for a few minutes, and it seemed kind of ironic how I do not really let people in, while I was sitting in front of a door in a way that would disallow a person entry. It is a dirty looking photo because it is late, I am tired, and I do not feel like cleaning it up right now… Perhaps another time… Plus I am guessing that everyone is experiencing issues seeing the full size photos on my site, which sucks, because I have to renew my flickr pro account, which is one more thing I am not terribly excited about doing…. Where is my motorcycle and endless supply of food and gas money…
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This is a photo taken when my friend Andrew and I went to William O’brien State Park. I kind of wandered a little closer to the river and a small ledge of rocks and looked up and found that this was a fitting pose for Andrew. I did very much like the angle, with the tree and the roots in the foreground I think the photo turned out very well. Andrew is clearly far more photogenic than I am, no matter, this is my photography site, not “My Photograph” site.
And please, let’s keep the ratings based on photographic quality and not something like “Hot or Not”…
Thanks! 
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“The Artist”, as titled by my friend that both took and processed the photo, Steve (http://www.srmartinez.net).
Steve and I were able to spend a little while together at Quarry Park in St. Cloud, MN and I feel that we both took some great photos that day, some of which I have already posted. This particular photo is a very rare photo I would say, though I may love taking photographs, I am not exactly fond of having my photo taken, so typically they end up being candid shots, as this one shows.
I will state that, in my defense, I do usually notice the faint clicking sound of the mechanics of the typical SLR firing away, and order the photo of me to be deleted, however, for some reason or another, Steve’s Nikon SLR and lens are the quietest combo I have ever heard, or not. Not sure if it is just a fluke that his is so quiet, as I have used them in stores, and a friend (Andrew) also has a Nikon and I have not heard one so magnificently silent as the one Steve owns. Regardless, I am confident that the next SLR I purchase will be the Nikon D90, as it has every feature I could dream of, and still uses a relatively small form factor, so when I have a spare $1,200 to spend on a camera, and a fairly good reason to do so, oh yes, it will be mine….
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There are two sides to this photo I suppose.
There is the positive side that is the fact that it is my first client, and this could potentially open many doors of opportunity for my business. I am confident that the client will be extremely happy with the photos, including the poster size photo they are interested in.
On the other hand, the other side is the truck itself. It is a terrible thing that one would have to devote their truck to a cause that in some cases, should never have happened. Some wars, not saying which ones I feel specifically, should never have happened, and the lives lost were unabashedly lost for what would seem to be no reason at all, I suppose one example is The Civil War.
Regardless of your standpoint on any particular war, I hope that you would feel that the loss of life in most wars could have been prevented. Though I am mostly anti-social, I have discovered recently, that above most things, I value life as one of the most important things ever, not only human life, but the life of all things, it is a precious, and fragile thing that should be valued by all. Not to say that taking a life is not sometimes necessary, it should always be a last resort…
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