The World According To My Camera » Color http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com Photos, random thoughts and musings... Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:10:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Nom nom http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/08/nom-nom/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/08/nom-nom/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:10:26 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=537 Lately I seem to be drawing a blank when it comes to naming my photos, so for lack of a better title and/or description, here’s a dragon eating a Swedish sun…

photography blog, Stockholm, Sweden, Eurotrip, travel, sunset, sun, silhouette, sea

Jalapeño-ey!

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/08/nom-nom/feed/ 0 Fly away with me http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/08/fly-away-with-me/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/08/fly-away-with-me/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:50:58 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=532 Kids, it’s that time of the year again, when Auntie Poppins returns loaded with goodies from her two week stint as a nomad, gallivanting around Europe. I have indeed met the Vikings and they are… well… a mixed bag of truly awesome and really really weird (and I can’t stress the “really really” part anywhere near enough). But hey, to each their own. Either way, I officially decree that Eurotrip 3.0 was a resounding success, and that Copenhagen “rulz”. Also, visiting eight countries in two weeks means I shall probably be sleeping all of this week. Way worth it.

And now returning to our regularly scheduled program, here’s a pretty little Swedish sunset, topped with hot air balloons…

photography blog, Stockholm, Sweden, Eurotrip, travel, sunset, ballons, sun, silhouette

In other news, since I can’t resist the urge to brag, meet my new baby, a.k.a. the latest addition to my tiny, but precious collection. Ain’t it cute? Cheers!

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/08/fly-away-with-me/feed/ 6 Peek-A-Boo! http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/07/peek-a-boo/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/07/peek-a-boo/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:11:27 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=527 Yup, boys and girls, it’s that time of the year again… With less than a week to go till Eurotrip 3.0 (code named “meet the Vikings” this year), your dearly beloved blogger is busy making lists upon lists, shopping for fur-lined bathing suits and implements of ice fishing (or whatever it is one shops for before a northern holiday), and generally bouncing off the walls with impatience. So yeah, there’ll be silence in the ranks around here for a couple of weeks (maybe three, depending on the amount of sheer laziness piled up by the time I return). In the meantime, though…

photography blog, Paris, Notre-Dame, cathedral, architecture, telescope

…playing peek-a-boo with the gargoyles on Notre-Dame de Paris.

So assuming I don’t fall off a ferry or some excellent, flaxen haired, cello wielding specimen drinks me under the table, I’ll be back in a few weeks. Skål!

P.S. I was supposed to do this last week, but obviously I forgot. So cheers and kudos to the lovely lady in the leather jacket a.k.a Geo, for figuring out why my bikes are traditionally called Freddie. Hoorah!

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/07/peek-a-boo/feed/ 2 Rise and shine II http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/07/rise-and-shine-ii/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/07/rise-and-shine-ii/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:14:08 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=519 Well, I’m back… In the country and in town. And not that I wouldn’t appreciate our average scalding summer just as much the next guy, but I was pretty quick to run to the hills (literally and figuratively) this past weekend and go hiking, tenting, and getting sunburnt to a crisp, through the Parang mountains. This may just be my heat-induced rotten streak, but there’s nothing quite like enjoying a cool alpine breeze while knowing the rest of the poor bastards, a.k.a beloved friends and family, are roasting in the asphalt jungle. Bonus points if you can do so while gnawing on gummi bears at over 2500 m altitude.

Returning to our little photographic endeavors, there’s still plenty of photos to share from the land of baguettes and snooty people with weird accents, but I thought I’d celebrate my coming home with a more local shot. So here’s pretty much what I saw this Monday morning, crawling out of my tent at 7AM…

photography blog, mountains, trees, conifers, silhouette, haze, morning, sunrise

In other (sadder) news, after a long and fruitful service above and beyond the call of duty, I have finally decided to retire my (now former) hiking shoes. They shall be missed. Hopefully, though, they’ll go out with a smile…

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/07/rise-and-shine-ii/feed/ 0 Here be dragons http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/06/here-be-dragons/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/06/here-be-dragons/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:16:41 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=507 …Because having felt somewhat more adventurous than her usual self this past weekend, your dearly beloved blogger has ventured into the unknown and treacherous (to the untrained urchin) land of cooking. Well not exactly, seeing as I don’t think home-made Gyros is technically cooking, and what should have been home-made Hummus ended up as chickpeas nibbled over a movie, popcorn style, but still… Voilà: Gyros with extra tzatziki on the side (photographic evidence for two particular non-believing infidels who shall remain nameless). Also, who would’ve thought rolling a damn tortilla with stuff inside would require so much dexterity?!

Either way, moving on… Today’s photo-of-the-week comes from, obviously, the infamous Notre Dame de Paris. Sadly, though, Quasimodo lookalikes weren’t part of the tour. C’est la vie…

photography blog, candle, bokeh, light, cathedral, Notre Dame, Paris, macro, church

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/06/here-be-dragons/feed/ 0 Hell hath no fury… http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/04/hell-hath-no-fury/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/04/hell-hath-no-fury/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:26:04 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=476 …like a tiny Asian chick with a rejected conference submission. I swear to the almighty, no other woman scorned has a thing on this one.

Anyways, moving along past observations of university wildlife to a more Zen mood, d’you know that awesome ukulele version of “Over The Rainbow”, by the Hawaiian dude with an unpronounceable name? No? Look it up, best antidepressant ever… Or… Yes, I know it’s a “medley actually”, ya freakin’ accuracy Nazi!… As the case may be. Either way, that’s the kind of song that was ringing in my head on the fine, fine singing-birds-buzzing-bees sort of Saturday afternoon when I took today’s photo-of-the-week. And then I decided to fire up Photoshop and mess it up, because it was just too damn cheerful…

photography blog, high key, mist, white, island, trees, vegetation

In other, unrelated news, I had a brief moment of royally-pissed-ness on my way to school this morning. It was then that I decided that next time I see a rollerblader thinking that just because he’s endowed with some pathetic excuse for a set of wheels he is defined as a vehicle and therefore entitled to walk (yes, *walk*, go away) through the middle of the street, so help me I will run him down and shove a spark plug up his bum. Or bike spoke… One can never get too creative… Cheers!

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/04/hell-hath-no-fury/feed/ 2 Dream within a dream http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/04/dream-within-a-dream/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/04/dream-within-a-dream/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:03:23 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=472 By popular demand…

photography blog, sunset, blur, bokeh, lens flare, grass, birds, park

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/04/dream-within-a-dream/feed/ 0 Once upon a Monday dreary… http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/03/once-upon-a-monday-dreary/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/03/once-upon-a-monday-dreary/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:01:33 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=466 …Whilst I pondered dazed and teary, over many a dull and dusty volume of forgotten bore, I found myself quoting gothic literature out loud in the computer science lab, because for the love of God, Mondays are the worst possible use for approximately one seventh of a person’s life. Rainy Mondays in particular are probably nature’s twisted sense of humor right there.

On a different, more positive note, today’s photo of the week is some glowy eye candy of the Notre-Dame de Fourvière basilica here in Lyon, which in all honesty, and all jokes aside, is a thing of beauty. Will try to get an inside shot as well sometime.

photography blog, basilica, Fourviere, Lyon, France, contre-jour, sunset, silhouette

As always, even on Monday, cheers!

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/03/once-upon-a-monday-dreary/feed/ 0 The Loner http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/03/the-loner/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/03/the-loner/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:20:46 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=463 Joy to the world, the state of France has finally acknowledged that your dearly beloved blogger is willing, able, and allowed to ride a bicycle through the streets of Lyon… Scrapes, boo-boos, and Gatorade all ’round!

Returning to our regularly scheduled program, today’s photo-of-the-week is in the shape and size of another fine feathered friend of mine, found in Annecy, this time…

photography blog, bird, seagull, profile, water, waves, depth-of-field

A delightful fellow and dare I say, most cooperative subject.

Cheers!

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/03/the-loner/feed/ 2 Wonderland http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/03/wonderland/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/03/wonderland/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:34:03 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=459 Well hello again, boys and girls, my camera is back from holiday, all wound up and ready to impart more wisdom on its view of the world. Sadly, the photo goodies from my most recent travels outside of Lyon aren’t quite ready yet, but fear not… there’s plenty more Lyonnaise eye candy to make up for it. And this week’s sugary goodness is, what else, cotton candy flavoured…

photography blog, carousel, merry-go-round, lights, night, carnival, colorful, kids

Come one, come all…

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