The World According To My Camera » long exposure 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 Urban Jungle http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/11/urban-jungle/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/11/urban-jungle/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:20:20 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=417 Getting back to the Balkantrip series, today’s photo-of-the-week is a gloom-and-doom-ey shot of Belgrade, taken through the raindrop-ridden window of our hostel…

photography blog, urban, dark, street, cars, black and white, contrast, raindrops, bokeh, night

I’m also proud to announce that The Photo Argus has once again found it fit to include one of my photos (this particular one, as a matter of fact) in their selection of the weekly challenge contenders. Thanks again to the (by now) infamous pink-shirted-dude, who strikes again as the bearer of good news.

In other, more trivial news, I don’t know about idle hands being the devil’s playthings, but as I’ve come to realize, boredom, soldering irons, and illusions of craftsmanship definitely do not go well together. Your dearly beloved blogger was in quite a pickle last night when her laptop charger, after much deliberation, decided to up and die. It’s roughly at this point that a normal person would take the high road and just replace the damn thing, but nooo… not the polytechnical grad student. Long story short, armed with a soldering iron and oodles of misguided enthusiasm, I decided to perform open-cable surgery on the unfortunate bastard… Hilarity ensues… Which is why I now have a brand new shiny charger, and a smoking, mangled, mess of plastic, copper, and duct tape. The end.

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/11/urban-jungle/feed/ 0 Stop the world, I want to get off… http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/10/stop-the-world-i-want-to-get-off/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/10/stop-the-world-i-want-to-get-off/#comments Sat, 02 Oct 2010 10:32:54 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=390 …Which is a pretty good description of my state of mind at the moment, seeing how your dearly beloved blogger is nursing a royal hangover right now. Screwdriver flavored, if I remember correctly, and yes, the epic get-together was way worth it…

Anyways, in completely unrelated news, it’s bragging time yet again, as ‘The World According To My Camera’ (or more precisely, my Flickr upload of ‘Rise and Shine’) has made it to the final selection for the ‘In The Shadows’ challenge on The Photo Argus. Yay! By the way, a big thank you to everyone’s favorite pink shirted dude, for the good news. Couple that with the fact that my plucky little bike has been miraculously resurrected in what seems like a better condition than it was even when brand new (again, thanks where thanks are due), and I suppose I can say it’s been a pretty good week.

Moving on, today’s photo-of-the-week is a bit of eye candy from Split, Croatia (which is stunningly beautiful, by the way, especially at night, strolling along the coast)…

photography blog, landscape, sea, highlights, light streaks, palm trees, cityscape

Now if you’ll excuse me, I think I’ll go take a brief nap for a couple of days or so. Cherry-oh!

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/10/stop-the-world-i-want-to-get-off/feed/ 0 Raindrops… http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/02/raindrops/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/02/raindrops/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:45:02 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=301 …Are falling on my head…
Well, not anymore, but I do wish the weather around this part of the world would make up its damn mind between snow, rain, sun, warm, cold, and everything in between. Anyway, here’s this week’s weather inspired photo…

photography blog, bokeh, lights, rain, raindrops, window, macro

In other news, in case there’s anybody Twitter-inclined in the audience who’d like to keep up with the updates around this place, here’s mr. linky. Enjoy!

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/02/raindrops/feed/ 5 Back in town… http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/01/back-in-town/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/01/back-in-town/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:46:37 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=278 …and reluctantly washing the ‘Techno Red’ highlights out of my hair. I kid you not, that’s what it said on the box.

New year’s vacation (the term ‘party’ would be much more appropriate, but writing about a continuous five day party makes me question things) was a riot and beautifully surreal (as expected from said company). Among the highlights were the traditional epic snowball fight (with Wagner playing in the background… in my head), someone disinfecting their butt with whiskey (for a sledding related cut, you perverts!), me putting on my new year’s eve make-up by the light of a headlamp (thank heavens for backup generators), a private guitar concert in the snow, various party-goers attempting to sleep in said snow, a food fight beginning with what shall remain the motto of the trip – “Put down the polenta, man!”, never going to bed before 6 AM, and enough alcohol fumes to cause the entire house to spontaneously combust. I should’ve mentioned the Eurotrip crew being a small part of the new year’s mob, but then none of the highlights would’ve been surprising.

On the photographic front, there’s really not much to ‘show and tell’, seeing how I only took a handful of photos (and most of those should not be unleashed upon the unsuspecting world), after my camera caught a glimpse of the two other cameras around and, feeling in the presence of greatness, went and cowered in shame in a deep dark corner of my backpack. I will, however, share a photo I took a couple of months ago, of another campfire, reminding me of this vacation’s campfire, which, in the good spirit of the trip, was built on the first night, rather than the last…

photography blog, color, abstract, fire, light trails, long exposure, camp, night

In other news, Eurotrip 2.0 is already pretty much settled route-wise (for the most part, anyway), and now in the process of being settled financially-wise, for the purpose of which I am willing to make the ultimate sacrifice (oh, the horror) – not go to *both* the AC/DC *and* the Chris Rea concert within the next few months. Deciding to which one I *shall* go is a whole other matter, so I’m having an actual ‘Sophie’s choice’ moment here. Either way, enjoy the photo and a happy new year to everyone!

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/01/back-in-town/feed/ 0 Ho, ho, ho… http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2009/12/ho-ho-ho/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2009/12/ho-ho-ho/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:02:10 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=272 …Meeeerry Christmas, all you happy, happy people! (And an even merrier one to any unhappy ones out there, since you probably need to make up for more ‘merry’). This week’s post is a bit early, since I’m obviously not going to spend my Christmas updating this place. You will pardon the cliche greeting card photo, but it’s been sort of a cheery week and I suppose I let myself go with the flow…

photography blog, color, Christmas tree, decorations, soft focus

And now if you’ll excuse me, I have a gingerbread man massacre to attend to. Can’t keep the little ones waiting, you know… Muahahaha!!

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2009/12/ho-ho-ho/feed/ 1 Walk on by http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2009/11/walk-on-by/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2009/11/walk-on-by/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:59:55 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=223 This was taken at a manga/anime convention I went to a while ago…

photography blog, black and white, long exposure, convention, motion blur

And now if you’ll pardon my briefness, I’ll go back to nursing my after-birthday-party hangover. Cheers!

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2009/11/walk-on-by/feed/ 2 Come one, come all… http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2008/12/come-one-come-all/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2008/12/come-one-come-all/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:00:21 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=129 …Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, watch and be amazed!

I was quite literally stunned a couple of days ago to find a real-live Ferris wheel just sitting there all bright and pretty, right next to, of all things, a shopping mall. Sadly, I didn’t have my camera with me at the moment (indeed, shame on me, I should know better by now), but I did manage to right the wrong earlier this evening. Armed with all necessary things, I returned to immortalize it in all its picturesque beauty. And get a bird’s eye view of… the mall parking lot.

Photography Blog, ferris wheel, carnival, amusement park, night, long exposure, light trail

Not surprisingly, even parked cars look pretty when viewed from the top of a Ferris wheel.

P.S. As always, click the image to view full size.

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2008/12/come-one-come-all/feed/ 4 Facing my Nemesis http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2008/11/facing-my-nemesis/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2008/11/facing-my-nemesis/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:52 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=145 I’ll start by saying that I’ve always had somewhat of a phobia of taking portraits, mostly because I was never quite sure what to do with my subject, and I suppose on some level, because I’m also not much of a people person.

But then again, my grandpappy used to say – or someone else’s, I forget – that one should try everything at least once. And I, being the good granddaughter that I am, now find myself facing what has turned out to be my greatest fear as far as photography is concerned.

The result…

Photography Blog, black and white, film grain, portrait, people, daydream, bubbles, light trail

Should one find oneself wondering about the nature of the funny looking light streaks – wonder no more, they are soap bubbles. And no, I am not five years old. I dare you to claim otherwise.

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