Mel'z Dezines

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Do I Like It or Do I Not? I'm Still Not Sure

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Texture and light and abstract. All things that I really enjoy when photographing. I've been going back and forth on this one for quite some time. I want to share it and then decide against it. I like it, but find it a little distracting. While quickly scrolling through my images that are in my "holding area", I was drawn to this one again. And, well, that was it. Tonight was the night I was going to quit talking myself out of sharing it and going with my initial gut instinct. So, here it is. Not sure what you all will think. Is it art, is it not? I don't really now, and honestly that is for each of you to decide. For me, there is something about all that texture and the playful light, it just keeps pulling me in. I'm not going to tell you what it is, at least not yet - can you tell me what it is?

I was also wondering something. Is there anyone out there that is interested in learning some tips on taking better photos? Not that I'm an expert by any means, but just some tips. Let me know if you are. I'm thinking about setting up some easy ideas to improve your photography. Nothing technical, just very simple things. And, I have also been asked to share how to use an SLR camera and am putting that together too. So, if you are interested in something like that, please let me know.

All art requires courage. ~ Anne Tucker

Monday, August 8, 2011

Oh Those Lazy Summer Days

Lazy Summer Days

Not sure what those are really, lazy summer days, since we ended up being pretty busy from beginning to end. I can hardly believe that the summer is almost over - or at least the summer break for the kids. Well, and that means for us adults with kids still at home too.

I took this picture from a very strange angle. I mean, I was physically leaning and stretching to get myself into the right position. It was not very comfortable. All in the name of getting the shot I guess. That is not why the angle is so crazy though - I did take several "normal" angled shots. You know parallel to the skyline. And then, just for fun, decided to tilt my camera. I like that the image is not so normal. Gives it a little zest or something. What do you think? Would you like to see one of the un-angled images?

I may have shared this quote before, I can't remember. It is a good one, one that applies to this image and one that deserves a second or third reading.

Is not amusement the very soul of life? ~ Frances Milton Trollope

Oh and before I forget . . . so either you all are super nice and have gotten used to my lack of spell check at times, or you did not notice either. I was expecting a correction on my title from last night. As soon as I hit submit, I noticed that the title was misspelled. Instead of two g's in goggles I had put two o's. Don't worry, it was corrected last night immediately on my sight, just went out wrong on my email. So . . . did you notice that?

Sunday, August 7, 2011

The Goggles

Tonight will be a short one. I hope you all had an enjoyable weekend. And, since we are down to a few last days of late evenings, we enjoyed it at home catching up on one of our favorite TV shows. Even though the weather might say differently, our summertime is quickly coming to an end.

I never think of the future. It comes soon enough. ~ Albert Einstein

Thursday, August 4, 2011

I Really Had a Blast with This One

Blast

No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye. ~ Elizabeth Bowen

And so looking at this image, I must say I had no idea how many sparks come out of one of these things. They do seem to go on for longer than you would expect, but wow, look at all those sparks. And those are the ones that my camera was able to capture. Pretty cool. Maybe next year I will try to take some photos with the shutter open during the entire time and see what that looks like. Too fun.

I do believe this is the end of my fireworks series for the moment. On to new fun things in a few days. Have a great weekend everyone. This is our last weekend before my son starts school again. And how does that impact you? Well, that means we will be back on a schedule and my posting's will be a little more regular again. That will be so nice.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Whirly & Twirly

I love how the camera captured this moment. I mean, we can see those flashes of light and I think on some level we know that they are twirling around. But to see it like this? Pretty darn cool (in my humble opinion.)

I fell in love with photography long before I really even knew what it was. I fell in love with photographs. I can remember looking at old photographs of ancestors and such and just loving everything about them. Loving the look and the feel, the image, the moment frozen in time. I fell in love with the idea of capturing life, and all the things in it, as they happened.

And so my journey, with a camera in hand, began. I loved capturing things just as I saw them. Almost documenting things as they were at that exact time. Never once thinking about the possibility of capturing things in a new way, not exactly as I see them. It's fun to see what "manipulating" can be done with your camera to create a new effect. It certainly does not mean that this firework did not happen this way, it most certainly did. It's just that my eyes could not see it that way. Of course, there are many of you out there that would probably argue with me and tell me that I tend to show you images in a way that you had never seen it before - or had never looked at in that light or angle before. Perspective - it's such a wonderful thing.

The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. ~ Henry Miller