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September 22, 2005
My Skills
I never claimed to be the best photographer. I heaven't quite learned the art of using a camera just yet.
I know on most there is a little button you need to push to take the picture. I fairly clear on that. What I'm less clear on is what the picture will look like once taken.
I think I know. I mean I know what I see in front of me. I know what I see through the view-finder (or whatever it's called). But when the picture comes out it often looks a lot different.
I finally gave in and bought a digital camera and now I can see almost immediately how wrong I was about what my picture would look like. I used to have to wait for my un-gratification, but now it's instant.
This morning I was walking my dogs through the neighborhood park - the one littered with broken forty bottles and spray painted from top to bottom where the Hondurans stage their 24/7 summer volleyball tournaments - and someone popped out of nowhere. I recognized him from around the neighborhood, so I wasn't too alarmed. Still I had no idea where he could have come from. He just appeared.
There was nothing around the jungle gym, and then there was this guy doing his junkie version of walking right under it. Sure, he was wobbling back and forth and could barely stand up, but I was pretty confident it was because he was "geeking out" -- a term the neighborhood junkies introduced me to -- and not because of the stress on his body from teleporting or soemthing like that.
I was wondering what he was doing, or more accurately what was going on -- were my eyes deceiving me? -- so I kept an eye on him. I watched him climb up and stand precariously on the swing, near the bottom, by the "e" in "T-Bone." What the hell is he doing? I thought to myself.
Then I noticed two people sleeping at the top of the slide. Then a second person appeared. I recognized the guy, standing at the top of the slide, as another junkie from the neighborhood.
The slide was a newer one, a big fat, happy, bright red slide with a covered top. Apparently two junkies slept overnight in it while I thrid roughed it sleeping on the slide itself. I was just lucky enough to walk by as they stirred. One was still asleep, wrapped in a blanket, inside the slide.
I decided I needed to take a picture as some sort of documentation. Maybe someone will believe me if I have pictures. Luckily I had my camera with me.
I ran into the bushes and snapped this shot.
What the hell is that? That is no proof!
The picture is awful. You can't make anything out. I thought. Then it came to me that maybe I just couldn't tell because the lcd screen was so small; that I'd be able to tell when I uploaded them.
Sure. I could tell.
Because I was there.
This is the guy stumbling around.
This is where the other two are sleeping
Now I'm sure you can see why I don't claim to be the best photographer. My pictures look like bigfoot sighting pictures.
Still I'm taking pictures when Emma and I kayak out to the island fort Carrol.
Posted by calculatoronfire at September 22, 2005 12:47 PM
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BoRian, is that your kitchen? It looks very Ikea-esque, although I do like the paint and i'm glad you are staying true to the schlitz.
Posted by: genevieve at September 22, 2005 04:02 PM
I saw them! I saw them!
Posted by: schmutzie at September 24, 2005 11:49 PM
Genna V Ev - Yep, that's my ikea-esque kitchen complete with SChlitz, though I have to admit since moving to Baltimore I've been mainly drinking natty boh.
Posted by: brian at September 28, 2005 11:04 PM