Friday, December 12, 2008
photographic reprieve
i miss summer! scratch that, i'd take any weather warmer than +10!! here are a couple of photos that reminded me of how nice it is to be outside and not get icicles up your nose...
Friday, December 5, 2008
This One's For Amanda O
Yesterday something tremendously funny happened. A somewhat ridiculously tragic occurence that instantaneously changed my life, followed by a perplexing series of choices, evolving from the point where funny and logical meet, to disturbingly frantic phobic mania.
After eating lunch (approximately 12:42), I dove head first into analogue fun. Typically when I do this, I block out the world and become completely absorbed with my subject, which yesterday, was the door to my unheated sunroom on the second floor of my house. After taking three frames of my door (all magical, evocative masterpieces btw), I decided to try shooting my elusive subject from the other side...
This is where some contextual groundwork is important:
Age of House: 100 years
Average heating cost in winter (keeping house at 20 degrees C): $600
Degree Celsius we actually keep our house at in an attempt to save money: 15 (during the day, 12 at night)
Degree of Obsessiveness Craig and I maintain to conserve heat: very high
The nature of my temperament: excessively optimistic, albeit VERY impatient
Keeping the context I have given you in the forefront of your mind, let me move on through the events of the afternoon. Intending to scout my location before shooting, and attempting to conserve heat in the main part of the house, I entered the sunroom and shut the door behind me. Afer deciding that I could shoot the handle and the hallway very nicely from this vantage point, I turned the handle to reenter the "warm" part of the house...
This is where my day falls apart.
As I turned the handle, I made the horrific discovery that this particular 100 year old door handle only works from the INSIDE of the house. Great. I chuckled. I thought it was hilarious. Here I am stuck inside a room of my house that is about -10 degrees, I'm wearing regular clothing and a pair of slippers.
Choice No. 1: Attitude
At this point I decided I was not going to get impatient, as that could only make the situation worse. I was determined to stay positive and to maintain a very calm presence of mind.
To be continued...
(photos to follow in the new year)
After eating lunch (approximately 12:42), I dove head first into analogue fun. Typically when I do this, I block out the world and become completely absorbed with my subject, which yesterday, was the door to my unheated sunroom on the second floor of my house. After taking three frames of my door (all magical, evocative masterpieces btw), I decided to try shooting my elusive subject from the other side...
This is where some contextual groundwork is important:
Age of House: 100 years
Average heating cost in winter (keeping house at 20 degrees C): $600
Degree Celsius we actually keep our house at in an attempt to save money: 15 (during the day, 12 at night)
Degree of Obsessiveness Craig and I maintain to conserve heat: very high
The nature of my temperament: excessively optimistic, albeit VERY impatient
Keeping the context I have given you in the forefront of your mind, let me move on through the events of the afternoon. Intending to scout my location before shooting, and attempting to conserve heat in the main part of the house, I entered the sunroom and shut the door behind me. Afer deciding that I could shoot the handle and the hallway very nicely from this vantage point, I turned the handle to reenter the "warm" part of the house...
This is where my day falls apart.
As I turned the handle, I made the horrific discovery that this particular 100 year old door handle only works from the INSIDE of the house. Great. I chuckled. I thought it was hilarious. Here I am stuck inside a room of my house that is about -10 degrees, I'm wearing regular clothing and a pair of slippers.
Choice No. 1: Attitude
At this point I decided I was not going to get impatient, as that could only make the situation worse. I was determined to stay positive and to maintain a very calm presence of mind.
To be continued...
(photos to follow in the new year)
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