The World According To My Camera » portraits 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 Heavy night last night… http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/06/heavy-night-last-night/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/06/heavy-night-last-night/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:32:43 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=503 …blah blah blah Monday blah blah photo blah…

photography blog, black and white, portrait, tired, hangover, steps, stairs, candid

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/06/heavy-night-last-night/feed/ 0 Sittin’ on the dock of the bay… http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/06/sittin%e2%80%99-on-the-dock-of-the-bay/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/06/sittin%e2%80%99-on-the-dock-of-the-bay/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:07:12 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=499 Hello, boys and girls! Color me surprised, I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth… I won’t bore you with how I’ve been trying to maintain the home-sweet-home tradition of painting Easter eggs, while living in a country where major Christian holidays get about as much hype as your average Tuesday (well fine, maybe just a bit… hilarity and beet juice stains ensued)… Or how I flew back home for the traditional spring break in Vama (particularly demented this year) and got the extra perk of motherly culinary pampering, being the returning prodigal daughter and all that… Or how I got back to France and was pretty much a lazy bum for a couple of weeks, waiting to finally get around to seeing Paris. Which I did… eventually. Damn thing took me surprisingly long, seeing as I’ve been here for over three months.

That pretty much sums up all that stuff I’ve graciously decided not to bore you people with, so without further ado, I give you this week’s (long overdue) photo-of-the-week:

photography blog, black and white, portrait, guitar, player, quay, water, beer, river

Alright, so it’s not exactly the dock of the bay, but the French really do seem to have the sitting part thoroughly covered. Anywhere. Any time of day. Takin’ their sweet time… Gotta love latin peoples. Cheers!

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/06/sittin%e2%80%99-on-the-dock-of-the-bay/feed/ 0 Natural beauty http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/04/natural-beauty/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/04/natural-beauty/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:57:58 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=485 These past few days, your dearly beloved blogger has been finding herself to have what must be the famed attention span of your average goldfish… With less than a week to go till Easter and then less than another till that magical time of the year known in my sweet mother tongue as “1 mai in Vama”, a.k.a. “betie crunta cu boschetii”, work is finding it more and more difficult to find its place in my thought bubble real estate. And in case you’re not from my neck of the woods and need a translation for those two phrases, my raging hangover-induced incoherence in the blog post directly following this little spring break should be translation enough.

In other news, my camera and I had the pleasure of attending a Renaissance festival this weekend, here in Lyon, and dare I say, it was lovely! Photos to come once I get off my lazy butt and skim through the 400 or so I maniacally snapped away. In the meantime, enjoy some porcelain-faced “natural” beauty I found while perusing a local antique “yard sale” of sorts…

photography blog, black and white, doll, face, porcelain, antique

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2011/04/natural-beauty/feed/ 0 Ghouls of concerts past http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/10/ghouls-of-concerts-past/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/10/ghouls-of-concerts-past/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:48:20 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=412 In yet another break from the Balkantrip series, The World According To My Camera is slipping into the Halloween spirit, or as I’ve affectionately dubbed it, “American holiday that makes its way into other unsuspecting countries’ cultures and makes itself at home, like that annoying uncle that just won’t leave already”. I kid, I kid… pumpkin pie is a pretty damn good redeeming quality.

Either way, the ghoulish imagery du jour is brought to you in the form of an older concert photo, with a black and white treatment, and a bitchin’ new texture overlay (because I’m confident, like that)…

photography blog, concert, show, light, music, guitarist, silhouette, contre-jour, dust, black and white, texture overlay

Bat shaped pumpkin cookies for whomever guesses what concert this was…

P.S. Don’t be ridiculous, no cookies for anyone, they’re all mine!

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/10/ghouls-of-concerts-past/feed/ 3 Escape http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/04/escape/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/04/escape/#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 07:03:48 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=355 photography blog, portrait, black and white, homeless, sleep, DOF, blur, street

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/04/escape/feed/ 4 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 The Fighter http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/03/the-fighter/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/03/the-fighter/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:40:23 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=337 A few days ago I had the surprisingly interesting experience of viewing (live) the national ‘Quingda’ championship (which I hear is a form of light-contact kickboxing), tagging along with a couple of friends who practice it and were there on research purposes, so to speak. Luckily, it being light-contact, I didn’t get to witness any teeth flying about or anything along those lines, and I did get a few interesting photos. One of them was of this little guy, looking a bit nervous before his fight…

photography blog, fight, fighter, kickboxing, equipment, Quingda, championship, child

For the record, as I recall, he did win that one.

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/03/the-fighter/feed/ 0 Alter Ego http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/03/alter-ego/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/03/alter-ego/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:47:14 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=326 This image has no alt text

Well, what can I say, I got my hands on some face paint…

photography blog, portrait, face paint, mime, contrast, expressions, composite

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2010/03/alter-ego/feed/ 6 Deck the halls… http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2009/12/deck-the-halls/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2009/12/deck-the-halls/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:48:37 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=265 Having spent the entire afternoon and the better part of the evening running around town snapping photos of all the Christmas lights and decorations, I find myself in quite a cheery, bouncy and impatient mood… Of course, it might also have something to do with the glass of Christmas punch I had a bit earlier, but either way, I can’t wait for the holidays!

However, the photos I took today aren’t ready to be posted just yet, but I will leave you with something (almost) equally warm and fuzzy…

photography blog, color, macro, cat, fur, nose

]]> http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2009/12/deck-the-halls/feed/ 2 Cheers http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2009/11/cheers/ http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/2009/11/cheers/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:14:38 +0000 Catalina http://the-world-according-to-my-camera.com/?p=216 The World According To My Camera was in a bit of a rut a couple of days ago, when someone must have decided that last week’s celebratory mood was a bit too long lived… What happened, you ask? Fine, I’ll tell you anyway. Not only was my web hosting account suspended without prior notice or subsequent explanation, but all the content was definitively and irrevocably deleted. Apparently, as I later found out, this is pretty much what 000webhost.com does for a living. Anyway, long story short, thank heavens for Google cache and good friends.

Today’s photo-of-the-week will be the last in the Eurotrip 2009 series, and one that I thought I’d save for last. So without further ado, enjoy the goofy mugs of the Eurotrip crew (well fine, mine’s behind the camera), over beer, in Bratislava…

photography blog, color, reflection, abstract, beer, portraits, Bratislava

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