How disappointed

I thought once my friends sign up to "follow" me, they will automatically receive an email notice from Blogspot whenever I post a new entry. It's not true. I will still have to do it manually.

So disappointed.

All three of Us

This is an image stuck in my head during shooting with my D300. The those northwestern giant trees seem even bigger in the reflection of sunset. Because it's so vivid, this piece didn't take me too long to finish. I call this piece "The Three of Us" - one tree is lonely, two doesn't look right, three is unbreakable. That's why.


I like the multiple layers of the tree trunks. I also like the similar-color patch arrangement around the roots – to give it depth and flow.

I added the very tiny blue lines in the center to catch eyes. Did it work?

Off to my next piece now.

Dock in Sunset

When I was making this piece, my mind was extremely busy.

1. I wanted to try something more abstract with collage. I wanted to be able to paint on my mat board freely without thinking "does this look like a boat? Does that look like the post?" I just wanted to dance (so to speak) with the flow without thinking too much...

2. At the same time, too many other things in real life also were fighting over their territories in my head. Options in life sometimes can be so messy and muddy...

3. And two images came to mind in turns: one is a fully packed dock resting in the sunset I saw in Olympia. The pinkish sunset glow on the packed boats hitting the rush hours before. One is the big orange sun in Northwest last week. I tried to capture it with my camera, four attempts, but I was either too late or too slow or too clumpsy...

So there you go, the dock, the sun, the pink, the heat, the business and the silence... all in one.

As for this piece, this is how I look at it. Don't ask what's this or what's that, just step back, try to only look at what most prominent is to you in the picture, and let the rest take care of itself. This way, a beautiful and peaceful image shall merge out of the chaos. (See it?)

And that's good enough for now.

D300 - on my way to becoming a serious photographer

I bought this Nikon D300 DSLR with Nikkor AF-S 17-55mm f2.8 G ED DX on Craigslist. It comes with:

Sigma EF-500 DG ST flash

2-Extreme III 4gb memory cards

B+W 77mm UV Haze filter

Tiffen 77mm red filter

Domke camera bag

battery & charger

remote

lens hood

Very excited!!!

A different angle

 Tunnel to a dream land.

When we see something from a different angle, everything about it changed.

A note to remind myself.

Meeting

My imaginary meeting with mom. Something I long for. The distance between us makes me miss her more, like a romantic longing that could never be filled.