January 1, 2012

on resolutions and failure

I have a love/hate relationship with New Year’s Resolutions. I make them, I break them, I feel like a failure. So, this year I am going to make them but I am going to make them not so hard to reach. I wrote myself a list in a notebook and put it in the top [...]

December 13, 2011

because my dear schmutzie is here to save the day, if what you need to be saved from is hipstamatic confusion and/or frustration

So. I’m a bit of an iphonography addict. It’s so much easier to pull out my iphone than to grab my big camera and I am very lazy and I think apps are swell. I really like the hipstamatic app, but I usually have to take five or so shots before I find the right [...]

February 23, 2011

the sun is out, the sky is blue

I went for a walk today. I was feeling claustrophobic, I had a craving to take some photos, and my legs needed the exercise. I swear my muscles are nearly atrophying lately. They needed to get out. I didn’t walk far, only about two blocks. I got to these train tracks and was going to [...]

January 18, 2011

on content and painfulness and a photo walk

Noah was on the couch beside me last night as I was going through my Facebook news feed. He saw a status by a fellow blogger followed by a link to her latest post. The status before her post was such that Noah did something he never does. “Click on that post! I want to [...]

January 17, 2011

in a rut

It’s winter. It’s COLD outside. I like taking photos outside. I don’t like being cold. ARE YOU GETTING WHAT I’M LAYING DOWN? I’m in a photo rut. I just went to my Flickr stream to find that the last 21 photos I’ve uploaded (including the one above) came from Noah’s phone, not my camera. I [...]