20 Quick Storm

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Time: 4pm
Location: Salisbury
Mood: astounded

The neighborhood kids heralded the storm with toy megaphones. Droning repeatedly to the empty marsh " A storm is coming! A storm is coming!"

The preamble was great; a black and white bank moving quickly right at us. Lightning and thunder interspersed and a struck so quickly it was hard to keep track of which report corresponded to each strike. It got overhead of us before the rain. It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. No wind, but these crazy, giant folding patterns all around.

Then it hit hard; rain drops were the size of silver dollars. But within minutes the bulk of it it hid slid out to sea, taking the gleeful drama with it and leaving the sky a flat pewter. Now the cold and now the wind. The price of the show.

19 More Rain

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Time: 8:15pm
Location: Salisbury
Mood: Mostly positive but restless

It's been raining a lot and my mood has been up and down. I'm going a little stir crazy I guess, but who do I really have to blame for that?

Summer is almost over and what have I done?

That's not totally true, I've done a bunch of stuff. But still I'm restless. I need to fix things.

18 Back to the Well

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Too much of the same? Hurm. I haven't shot many skies lately. I thought the season has passed. But it was back tonight. I have to say I'm a tad surprised to learn how much different lenses play in the colors you get. I knew when I changed bodies, I'd get a different palette. Different lenses seem to describe different palettes as well. Switching from the Nikon 200 to the Tam 300 gave a different palette. This is the 50mm. I had to push the raw a bit in development to get this depth. I think I went a little too far, but I was trying to invent new things. Oh well. Sometimes you're the bear.

17. Construction Site

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Time: 7:30am
Location: Boston
Mood: Excited

I'd say overall I screwed this up. My friend's neighbor was a foreman ay a construction site and was cool enough to take us up. We shot from the 33rd floor of this building they are makibng into condos.

This shot will be the view from the penthouse I imagine.

I went into it with a plan, but when I got there, I didn't think, didn't look, didn't slow down. I thought about the view I was seeing, not the picture I was making and they really arent the same thing.

Don't get me wrong: I'm still psyched. I just wish I had a stronger outing.

16. Long Weekend

It was a pretty good weekend. Family was in town, we took the little boat for a couple spins, we toured Portsmouth and had a pretty great time all around. I met my Aunt for pretty much the first time.

Weird to be around someone who looks so much like my Moms. Strange to think of her as a sister, too I guess. Today was a lazy Sunday. Took some bird photos in the morning, watched the game and slept in the afternoon, did some work this evening. Easy. Peaceful. Nice.

15. Around Me

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Yeah, so. I bought a little boat a couple days ago. I spend too much time indoors and when I bought it I was thinking, it will be good to get out and interact with my surrounders more.

Careful what you wish for.

I can't tell what anyone is really thinking. Who knows. I get vibes and I trust them, but goddamn. I'm pretty harmless, but I am forgetful and I can be distant. If I have pissed them off I'm sorry, but gawd, I hate this oblique shit.

I'm not guessing or thinking anymore. Fuck it.

14. Lately

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The first part of this week was a tough one. Just emotionally exhausting. But gradually I've been coming out of it.

I sometimes carry my camera into work. Lately I've been actually getting it out and taking snaps here and there. Some of them got nice notice and I like that they feel completely alien to me. The photos look like nothing I've done and thats comfortable. I like it when things are neat and comfortable but nothing seems too familiar. Like in hotels.

Lately I've been too familiar so I'm trying to get out of that. I bought a boat, too. Nothing big, but I hope to see some new things from it.

And then the same sky and the same copse of trees.