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Wednesday, August 1, 2007

My view on the way to San Diego Comic-Con

For four hours.

I hear San Diego is scenic, but sorry, I'm not seeing it. (Literally. )

Also, on this trip I took this picture of myself behind the wheel:

Coincidentally, my friend Tom took this picture of himself driving the same route:

The pain of the 5 freeway, she is universal.

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How Not To Be Seen

I tend to hang back from my subjects, trying to keep out of the way so I don't change their behavior. That and I don't really have the confidence to announce I'm taking a capital-P PICTURE, or the willingness to forgo the picture if I ask permission and they say no. :P I have boundary issues.

So I decided to turn what I thought was a weakness into a theme: pictures in which no one (or nothing) is aware a moment is being recorded. (And I've decided animals don't count.) Sneaky, underhanded photography, but hopefully, honest.

I live in L.A. I don't have a 'spensive camera (a mere Canon SD600 Sure Shot) or any particular training. Even discounting their quality, my shots are CERTAINLY not the most eye-catching or groundbreaking of all the thousands of other photo blogs you could choose from. But I challenged myself to take a picture a day for a year. And what's the use of taking if you don't show?

However, I often have a terrible time choosing just one. Sometimes I'll probably use one picture to represent a set, which you'll be able to see if you click the "read more" button.

We'll see how it goes.

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

My view on the way to San Diego Comic-Con

How Not To Be Seen

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