Once upon a time, I was a musician. A clarinetist, if one needs to put that fine of a point on it. It was, among many wonderful things, a creative outlet for me. After college graduation, though, I found myself in need of a new way to be creative; a way to be moved, a way to share a view not otherwise articulated in daily life.
And so it began with an old Pentax Spot-o-matic film camera The Count's father gave me. I knew nothing, NOTHING about taking photos, so I just started doing it. If it looked good through the viewfinder, then that's what I shot. And in those first few years, I actually managed to take a few pictures I'm still proud of today (newsflash: I don't mind taking credit for dumb luck). Fast forward a few more years, and I acquired a DSLR camera (a Nikon D300, if you're wondering), a few lenses, and a little bit more knowledge about photography.
While I still know Not A Whole Heck Of A Lot about it (I'm only up one community education class and lots more trial and error), I love and enjoy taking pictures. So I figured I might start a semi-regular addition to my little corner of the interwebs and show you a few photos I took that week. Sound good? Good. If not, avert your eyes now.
And next time? I promise not to navel-gaze so much in the preceding post - just pictures... and short captions, if the spirit moves me (sue me, I'm a writer by trade).
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| Morning frost in our backyard |
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| I hope the neighbors didn't think I was a stalker when I was standing in their front yard. But look! Berries and frost! It was too pretty to pass up. |
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| Downtown Minneapolis, practicing with my new (to me) fisheye lens. |
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| Red door on a vacant building, fisheye style. |
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| The entire side of this building in downtown Mpls is painted to look like sheet music. Also? I think graffiti is kind of lovely. |
Very cool! Way to take advantage of a state that experiences so much frost!
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