January 2014

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I'm playing fast and loose with the format for my photo updates. 

Also, I don't really intend for this blog to be a photoblog, regardless of the evidence of the past year. I do have a few ideas for non-photography related posts, but photography has dominated my thoughts and free time for quite a while. That's going to change this year, due both to impending life changes (and consequently, schedule changes) as well as a stubborn desire to work out my thoughts on current events and culture in this public space (it's my blog, after all).

But as I mentioned before, I do intend to continue making semi-regular posts absent a formal "Project 52" structure this year, and the format will likely be via monthly posts displaying the photos I think best show what I saw or what I wanted to see or what I want t the viewer to see. 
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Dinosaurs Overhead

I've always loved dinosaurs. (Well, that's not entirely true. I didn't really love Jurassic Park as a kid. I was interested in dinosaurs as fossils and pictures and facts on a page; I wasn't really so much into the Discovery Channel on crack-infused steroids.) And AMNH is a must-see whether you're visiting NYC or if you actually live here.

Land of the Free

 I'll admit, there's a lot going on in this photo; probably too much. I camped out in front of this video American flag and caught this guy looking over his shoulder as he went by, just past the security cameras.

Winter Jam 1

Winter Jam 2

Winter Jam returned to Central Park (link to the 2013 Winter Jam "52 Project" Post). I came this year with the intent of measuring my improvement at tracking and focusing and capturing snowboarders. But the new camera body rendered that exercise moot, since I was mostly unfamiliar with my gear, still.

I got to focusing on this one little kid (in "2"), who was clearly a beginner. He didn't get a ton of air, and seemed to be still learning somewhat to snowboard, let alone pull off any tricks. You could see him get frustrated and pout every now and then; but he would always get back up the hill, either trudging or hustling. No one magically becomes Shaun White; there's a lot of hustle and trudge in the interim. Giving me a smile and a metaphor would probably have meant nothing to him; but I hope he gets it right, and rocks on, soon.