Susan Barrett Price's Blog, page 55

Whose Got Your Back?

Playing around with some ideas… liking the thought of combining the cartoon "me" with photos. This didn't turn out like I envisioned (what does?), but just doing it is progress.

(Photos top: Catherine Martin Dunne [ggmo:], Maggie Keville Flanagan [ggmo:]; middle: Bridget Dunne Price [gmo:], Mary Barrett Hohmann [aunt:], Nellie Flanagan Kraleman [g'aunt:]; bottom: Kathleen Barrett Price [mo:]; Kitty Flanagan Barrett Curran [gmo:].)

Zuzu Shows Hotei the Moon

Playing. Testing macro lens. Wishing I could draw.

Sunday Multiculturalism

Hotei (Japanese Netsuke)

I went to Church this morning and Jesus told me that I would commune so much better with this Hotei carving* if I proceeded directly on line to B&H Photo (shalom) to buy a macro lens for my camera. Arriving on Tuesday. Praise Be.

*about 1″ tall

Week In Review: Foto Fun

Hermanita Watches The Storm

Diverted myself from productive project focus and ebay panic with snow-watching, photography-play and much, much more!!! Continue, if you dare>>>

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Snow!!!

from the bedroom window

By Rochester-Buffalo standards, it's not much — only a foot or so, but the temp is up around freezing, so it's very slippery-slidey. Jim ventured out but couldn't get back up the hill. Neither can the snowplow. Everyone seems happy to declare a snowday and stick close to the hearth.

Playing With My Camera

I haven't figured out yet why I need a camera to take such gigantic pictures, where the figurine is in focus but you can see the mesh in the screen behind her.

But it's cool.

Above is a detail from the photo (left) taken from our bedroom window yesterday. Snow on the ground. Lots more in progress as I write this.

Below is the same view (no figurine), at night — the local strip mall looking like Broadway in the distance.

Follow the Bouncing Ball

I've been working hard this year to maintain focus on a limited number of things. Avoid swimming on the surface; go deep. Fine. But now a little bored with myself. Need to loosen up. Boing!!!

This week I'm pinballing between "bible studies" and "techno-obsession" — with some cooking and some vacation planning in between.

When I listen to "The Bible: A Biography," I feel like I'm partaking of the whole of Western civilization as seen through the eyes of religious scholars and sages. Then I find ...

And When I Say "Never," Pay No Attention

Wasn't I just telling somebody that I would never get another fancy camera again — that they were too heavy, too complicated, and an impediment to my taking pictures at all? Wasn't I just saying how I loved my point-and-shoot?

So why did I find myself in a fevered state yesterday morning buying an SLR online from BestBuy and rushing down to Henrietta to pick it up immediately?

Why do I get in a fever about anything? A little restlessness? An addiction to the learning curve?

The most photography ...

My Bible Kick Continues: Sue-pocalypse II

I was in kind of a seventh-grader twist over Genesis when my cousin Tracy gave me her perspective and led me to take a step back to see the big picture. I listened to an audio version of The Bible: A Biography by Karen Armstrong. It was a little overwhelming to get a history of the Bible covering about 2500 years. But it is comforting to know that people have been arguing about and tinkering with the text during that whole time. It's a great testament to how humans tend to overthink...