Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Houston fountain


My new adopted home - Houston. I have come to appreciate the town that is Houston, TX. I moved here over a year ago thinking that maybe I wouldn't stay here that long. My mind and heart were torn as to where I wanted to be. Still really a big part of me doesn't want to be here, but each day shows me some more of this city. I took this photo from the Museum District of the city. I had spent most of the morning in the Houston Museum of Fine Art. I had thought possibly I would meet some of my friends there to hang out, but as what happens most of the time I spent the morning exploring the area. As I was walking around I saw the fountains at the traffic circle of Montrose and Main. The fountains are cool, but the time of day and sky were not perfect for the picture. I don't know too much about the 'perfect picture' but I seem to take some decent pictures. I am working on a portfolio, but I do not know much about making one. This computer is not great, but has some editing software.
I planned on getting a new computer but I am actual trying to save money. I don't go on a lot of dates, so that is a bonus for saving money. But I still hang out with all my friends a few times a week. Maybe if I stayed home more then I would save it faster, or it I actually tried to sell some of the photos I take I could make more money. Seriously though, are my photographs money worthy? Do I have an eye for what makes a good photo? It is one thing to take nice pictures, but will someone pay for them? I had a thought of a poetry/photo book but that seems so cliche to me, and everything I write seems not good enough for putting in a book. Most of what I write is from a skewed perspective. It is from the same mind, and eye that takes the pictures that I think represent life. I remember a picture I took on the way to Vegas. It was late afternoon at a roadside in New Mexico with the sun past the horizon. The abandoned roadside vegetable stand in the picture seemed as if from another time. I took the picture in black and white for an extra effect. It is a good picture, but I have taken better now. An Olympus E510 is my new camera. I have to buy some new lenses, but I am waiting till I get a new car. A car it seems I will not be getting right now.

Maybe I'll get one this week. Bye.

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