A Scenic World

A wise person once said, “The camera captures light, you capture the moment.” Today, I woke up with a raging sore throat, so I wasn’t feeling very keen to take a self-portrait. I knew that this was going to be one those days where I needed to find some prop to make my photo interesting. I headed outside (still in my pajamas, naturally), and looked for something to use. With the warm weather we’ve had, the wild flowers are in full force, so I started looking for one to incorporate.

I turned the corner of my apartment building, and a rose bud caught my eye. One flower had just one petal left. I snapped a photo of it quickly and realized that I had photo gold on my hands, but I couldn’t get the focus quite right just holding the camera. My 365 was instantly forgotten as I ran inside to get my tripod.

I returned moments later, turning the corner with my tripod in one hand and camera in the other.

It wasn’t there. The petal had fallen.

My neighbor chose that moment to come out of his apartment. I’m fairly sure I was standing there open-jawed, still in my pajamas.

At least I’d caught that moment before the petal fell, if imperfectly.

I decided to update the “Photography” section of this blog. Just having the section within the blog construct seems still a big incongruous to me, but since it’s primarily about photography, I feel like I can’t leave it out. All of the photos are now (basically) the same sizes, and I changed the categories, deleted old photos, and added new ones.

I also added a dedicated section to my 365. I don’t see that link staying there forever, but since the project comprises roughly 75% of all my picture-taking, it makes sense to place a spotlight on it (I think, anyway; it might just be vain). At any rate, I categorized my favorite SPs. Lots of the photos work well in multiple categories, but the three “Laundry” photos seemed different from the others. I’m not entirely comfortable having that category, and I wish I had more than three photos in it, but it’s there for now.

Things I wish I could do that I can’t figure out:

• Display the titles of the photos when the photo is clicked on.
• Have a nested system so that the “Back” button doesn’t have to be used.
• Have the option to display data for some sections (the “Great Books” series comes to mind), but not all.

Please feel free to throw any suggestions out there!