All is Quiet
Although it’s taken me a little while to get around to posting these, I did start taking them yesterday, as was planned. It’s been an interesting exercise so far, and one that I’ve seen a number of others do. I just hope that I can keep with it.
The first image is of Eastern Market in Southeast DC (near the Eastern Market Metro – natch). I took it relatively early on the morning of New Years Day. Well, not relatively early in an absolute sense, but in a it’s early if everyone is hungover sense. I had to lay in the middle of the street in order to get it, but I really like the way that the brickwork comes out and how you can even see the random little specks of snow.
It also wasn’t as quiet as it appears in the photo, there were people around, but a careful angle selection, a little bit of patience, and a little bit of luck made it happen. I think that it works. It’s not exactly worthy of the met, but, for a first day’s effort, it’s not too bad.
Sleeping Beauty
The second photo is of my wife, Christina, sound asleep. She had had a late night the previous night (hound related), and was catching up. Our bedroom doesn’t get a ton of light, but there is almost always great early morning light. She hates it when I take pictures of her, but she’s actually quite photogenic, despite what she may think.
Of course, the issue now is that I’m fresh out of ideas. Tomorrow being Sunday, I’m sure that I’ll be able to come up with something. But Monday frightens me. First day back working in almost two weeks (yay Christmas vacation) but also a much, much busier one. I’m kinda wondering where I’ll be able to find take to take the photo(s), or of what I’ll take them. There will certainly be plenty of fodder around town as people go about their daily business, but I fear it will be cumbersome to lug the camera everywhere I go.
I’ll make it work. That’s why it takes effort.