The World According To My Camera » milestones 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 Penny for the ferryman http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/04/penny-for-the-ferryman/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/04/penny-for-the-ferryman/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:52:05 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=347 …Because passing through this wreck of a subway station looked eerily similar to what I suspect descent to hell would look like. What can I say, I love my city. At least it’ll hopefully look good after they’re done renovating it.

photography blog, subway, underground, construction, mess, chaos, renovation

In other (joyous) news, ‘The World According To My Camera’ (not to mention the owner) is positively glowing with delight since Onexposure (which is probably the most awesome multi-artist online photography gallery around) published my first photo. Not only did this make that particular photo doubly significant to me, but I also couldn’t believe the feedback and warm welcome I got from both screeners and commentators alike. I definitely hope this to be only the first of several such events.
Cheers!

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/04/penny-for-the-ferryman/feed/ 6 Making a list, checking it twice… http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2009/12/making-a-list-checking-it-twice/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2009/12/making-a-list-checking-it-twice/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:24:27 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=275 …and then forgetting to pack half the items on it, in all the pre-holiday excitement and bounciness. Or in other words – the day before departure for yours truly. Aren’t holiday preparations lovely?

This is going to be my last post this year and obviously early, since no, I won’t be anywhere near within reach of the blog – which is probably for the best, seeing how my new year’s holiday promises to be a fairly insane one, and I shudder to think what the imminent inebriation and likely ski slope induced contusions would drive me to write. Either way, photo of the week and hopefully an appropriate one for this time of the year…

photography blog, color, clock, midnight, night

In other news, my little arts and crafts project is coming along nicely. With any bit of luck I should be able to finish it shortly after getting back in town. Yay!

So anyway, a happy new year to everyone, have the time of your life, and do mind those firecrackers (by which I mean “don’t forget any unlit”)! Cheers!

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2009/12/making-a-list-checking-it-twice/feed/ 0 Champagne time! http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2009/11/champagne-time/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2009/11/champagne-time/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:00:40 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=32 Time to break out the fancy champagne glasses, boys and girls (not literally, you vandals!)… In celebration of my camera having imparted wisdom pertaining to its view of the world, for a whole year now! That’s right. It was exactly one year ago that this deeply procrastination-inclined student found a new promising way to put off homework, all for a noble, artistic cause. I think I might just print out some more of those infamous W.A.T.M.C stickers…

Anyway, celebrations aside (don’t mind the clinking glasses and drunken slurs in the background), this week’s photo is a pretty sunset over Berlin…

photography blog, color, sunset, Berlin, cityscape, travel

Yes, dear, I know. I promised no more sunsets. The champagne drove me to it, I tells ya… Cheers!

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2009/11/champagne-time/feed/ 0 Four bottles of the Apocalypse http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2008/12/four-bottles-of-the-apocalypse/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2008/12/four-bottles-of-the-apocalypse/#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:00:16 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=133 For some strange inexplicable reason, I’ve always been fascinated by the grungy, chaotic scenery of urban decay, and this town provides plenty of it, as long as you know where to look. The problem, however, is that you’re usually likely to find more than just good photo opportunities in such places, and the expensive camera and dorky look don’t do much for one’s safety.

Which is why I was beyond delighted earlier this evening to find something along those lines, hiding in plain sight. If anyone has any doubts as to the integrity of the scene, I assure you the empty bottles were there to begin with. I found the entire decor simply too priceless to meddle with it.

So without further ado, I give you Urban Decay… with a twist.

Photography Blog, urban, decay, bottles

As a side note, I have now officially vandalized the first public place with one of my infamous stickers. I kept it decent enough, though, no harm done.

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2008/12/four-bottles-of-the-apocalypse/feed/ 0 Critiques and news galore http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2008/12/critiques-and-news-galore/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2008/12/critiques-and-news-galore/#comments Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:00:42 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=183 Once again, I find myself apologizing for having fallen off the face of the Earth. And again, due to homework, exams, and all that. Soon enough I shall begin to sound like a broken record.

But now that I’m back here (eventually), we might as well get down to business. In this week’s news… I’ve been getting some new critique, mainly on the soap-bubble photo and the wire photographer (Note to self: Do start naming your photographs). And sadly, I don’t really know what to make of it, considering how mixed the opinions were. Some liked them with great enthusiasm – even amusement, in the case of “the photographer”, some found them bland, uninspiring, and downright bad. So either I’m smack in the middle of the fuzzy line between sublime and ridiculous, or one “side of the fence” is biased – “which one?” being the million dollar question here. Which brings us to a bit of a dilemma. Although I can’t help but agree with some of the points made (on “soap-bubbles”, for instance – too much noise, the bubbles should have been actual bubbles, instead of light trails), I wouldn’t go so far as to name either of the two photos “pointless”, and they have been named so. But then again, I would be the very definition of “biased” in this situation, so I suppose I’ll just have to wait for the scales to tip in one direction or the other.

And now, having concluded this week’s equivalent of handing over one’s report card to one’s parents, I’ll proceed to the “In other news” section.
So in other news…

A couple of days ago I received my first actual post comment. Which – being proof that some are kind enough to stop and read for a second, and not just hit the StumbleUpon button again – naturally caused a most childishly giddy reaction in yours truly. Reaction that I will refrain from describing, for the sake of my dignity.

Also in other news, I’ve been spending the little spare time I’ve had lately, on designing some stickers to promote this place. Once I’ve come up with a draft I’m happy with, I’ll shamelessly resort to sticking these around town – hopefully, not so shamelessly that it’ll be called vandalizing public property. I should find some charitable and morally impeccable soul to drag around with me, just for the occasional reality check. But more on that in next week’s “other news”.

And last, but simply not least, I have just yesterday received a darling little present that I’m really excited about, in the shape and size of an ant farm. Which can only mean that over the course of the following couple of weeks or so, one will have the opportunity to observe a dorky little person with a big camera around her neck, going around chasing ants and slapping “home-brewed” stickers on ant hills. Twist my arm hard enough and I might even let you know how that turned out.

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2008/12/critiques-and-news-galore/feed/ 0 Milestones, statistics and critiques, oh my! http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2008/11/milestones-statistics-and-critiques-oh-my/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2008/11/milestones-statistics-and-critiques-oh-my/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:00:54 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=179 Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and what a fine morning it is! The sun is shining gleefully in the sky, birds are singing perched up in the trees, and the joyful presence of unique visitor number one hundred was bestowed last night upon my humble little corner of the Internet. Joy to the world, I have an audience! Gosh, I suppose I’d better watch what I say from now on.

And we now return to our regularly scheduled program. Today’s happens to include critique report for Sunrise. It was generally well liked, mostly due to the colors and the framing, and basically the only thing people seemed to find wrong with it (or at least would comment on) was its lack of sharpness. And now the more I look at it, the more I tend to agree.

Someone once told me – and I’m starting to think this is the best photography advice I’ve ever received – that the final result is all that counts. No one cares if I had to do a somersault or stand on my head to take a particular photo and nobody is going to cut me any slack if it’s still a bad photo.

So far from it that I’m saying this as an excuse rather than a simple explanation, but no, I didn’t have a tripod and it was also a little too chilly for comfort. It’s actually quite a funny story – I did technically own one, only it was a present and I wasn’t going to receive it until a couple of days later. C’est la vie… There’s always the next photo.

Anyway, despite the generally positive critique, none of those who commented were overly vocal about it, which confirms my original suspicion that my Sunrise falls within the category of “close, but no cigar”. I suppose that’s a critique in itself and a very constructive one at that.

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