If you're reading this, you've most likely read my regular blog, Latitudinally Speaking, or have succumbed to my shameless self promotion via facebook. If you just happened to stumble across this blog, take off your coat and stay awhile! Those of you who read Latitudinally Speaking are probably wondering why I've got two blogs. Although the direction of my first blog is changing slightly, it remains largely focused on travel and my major, work and school life, and impending off campus study. This blog, If You Give a Mouse a Camera, is for photos. In March of this year, after months and months of searching, I purchased a Fujifilm X10 digital camera to upgrade from my old point and shoot. I love the camera and have been lucky enough to receive generous praise from family and friends on many of the photos I've taken. Photography is quickly becoming a passion of mine and being able to share my photos is part of what makes the experience so wonderful for me, hence this blog. However, there's a twist. This blog is primarily dedicated to macro shots, shots taken up close, focused on the intimate details rather than the broader context, the kind a mouse would take if it were handed a camera. Of course there'll be days when I share photos from a trip or of family and friends and those will probably incorporate some full picture shots but the primary content of this blog will be macro shots, the up close details that often go over looked as we go about our lives. Dries Van Noten sums up what I'm trying to do here better than I can when he says, "It's more interesting to have just a picture of a small detail-then you can dream all the rest around it. Because when you see the whole thing, what is there to imagine?" So please, imagine, dream, fill in the blanks in the stories of these photos, but most of all, enjoy!
No comments:
Post a Comment