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Porthole into someone’s world

June 30, 2007 · By Ann ·

Portholes soccer fan black and white B&W

Porthole tableau

I made this image last year on a rainy, no-pretty-picture day in Galway, Ireland. The juxtaposition of the portholes and the soccer symbolism, the perfectly placed circle within a circle, the repetition of the geometry are what caught my eye. It doesn’t really fit into any theme or project I’ve got going, I just like the picture.

I haven’t figured out how to integrate my photography archives into my Getting Things Done system. A lot of images are in the “someday” category, as in “I like that, I might have a need for it someday.” They are organized into a reference system in 100% GTD approved methodology, but I haven’t worked out the triggers to remember, “I might like that in B&W” or “that would be interesting sometime to blog about…”. Actually, I try to upload images I might want to blog about when I have the thought (the 2 minute take action rule). I just might make a “someday” image file and toss small jpgs in it, review it occasionally as part of my weekly review. Or solicit some input on the GTD forums.

Another thing I like about the picture is it seems like an apt metaphor for blogging: a porthole or two into someone’s life. Right in the center we see the one thing this person is publicly passionate about, and just glimpses of the rest of his life through the curtains. It’s up to the person inside to decide how much to reveal. Except the metaphor falls apart, because portholes are mostly for looking out at sea, where there is no audience. I still like the picture.

P.S. On my way to Flagstaff for another round of work on the book. First of three picture-foraging trips this month. Will try to post from the road.

Filed Under: Singles Tagged With: B&W, blogging, GTD, Ireland

Church Building – Ovid, Idaho

June 27, 2007 · By Ann ·

Ovid Idaho LDS ward church abandoned wooden structure

A former LDS ward building, now privately owned, in Ovid, Idaho

When I was wandering about extreme southeastern Idaho last weekend, I had a chance to photograph this old church building. Last time R and I drove by, we fantasized about buying it and fixing it up. Apparently, plenty of people have had that idea, but the owners, according to my friends on the Scenic Byway tour, don’t want to sell.

By extreme southeastern Idaho, I am referring to this section of the “Mormon corridor, ” which was settled by an organized LDS expansion effort in the 1880s. The pioneers who made homes in St. Anthony and Paris thought they were still in Utah, only to find out their mistake when the Idaho tax assessors came a’collecting. Yup, a proper survey showed that the state line was further to the south, and that’s how Paris got to be the county seat instead of St. Anthony.

Like everywhere on the highway, it’s changing, maybe faster than the residents want. Heard a Four Seasons resort is going in, or trying to get permitted to do so. Lot of winter in Bear Lake Counties, both the Idaho and Utah versions. They are making hay right now, drying in neat green rows under the proverbial sunshine. One guy I met said that summer is two days long and not in a row. Now would be a good time to get out on the road, especially highway 89.

Filed Under: Trip reports Tagged With: Highway 89 project, Idaho, roadside relics

Martha Casanave

June 25, 2007 · By Ann ·

I really enjoyed reading this first-person account by Martha Casanave about her transition from studio nudes and portraits to outdoor photography with a pinhole camera. And I can definitely identify with the “slovenliness” she describes in the process. Martha has a website where you can see more of her work. Especially check out the flaming letters, very cool.

Here’s a primer on pinhole photography from Photo.net.

Filed Under: Inspired by … Tagged With: women artists

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