Photos

Sorry been very busy slinging the code as of late so I have not had time to write much of anything. However, I just want to draw the your attention (all four of you) to a few things.

1) A Softer World is a kind of weird mash up of photography and poetry website. Not really sure what to call it, but you should check it out.

2) While checking it out the other day I stumbled across this, this, and of course this. It is a three part series on the year in photos and is nothing short of amazing. Some of the photos are VERY graphic, but all are work safe (at least IMHO). The Obama picture in the rain is amazing. I had seen it before but forgot how much I loved it. Also, I am 99% sure none of this photos are digitally altered. See below for what I thought was going to be a quick thought that turned into something more.

Quick tangent on Photos. Safeguy and I have a bit of a disagreement on the topic of digital modification of photos. While, I don't think there is anything wrong with it, I am more a fan of trying to get the exact look and feel of what I want while actually taking the photo. I will of course create my own custom color balances and do really weird stuff like block off my pop flash with my finger to achieve different lighting effects. He tends to do more the digital altering stuff. I don't really know which is the right side of this debate to come down on, but for some reason I love the doing it on the fly as oppose to touching it up later idea. Of course I also take crappy photos, so there is that.

Oh and of course there is no real reason why anyone must choose a side of this debate, for everything must not have answer. Or at least that's what I keep trying to tell myself.


p.s. Photo site back up.