Jacques’ Brain Drain

Starting today, I’m planning a bit of an experiment. Since I haven’t made my photography a priority in recent years for a number of reasons, I’m trying something that’s eerily similar to NaNoWriMo—that is, I’m trying something that has a focus on quantity rather than quality. For the next 24 days, I’m planning to shoot and post at least 24 frames a day. They won’t be good pictures – that’s not the purpose of this exercise. Instead, it’s an exercise in mindfulness – to change the approach to this art from a position of scarcity to a position of abundance. What will be interesting is to see what the results are.

The pictures from Donna’s wedding are up on my photo page. Slideshow is below the fold.

Just got back from a trip to New England to visit relatives and friends. The first of my pictures are up, and more will follow soon rather than later.
I have photos from the wedding on CD, but haven’t put them up yet because they need to be sorted and post-processed first.


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One of the more serious problems facing us in the United States is defining the scope of government. This is not a matter of defining what the government can do, but rather what it should do. Much of the current backlash against the existing federal system – whether by marijuana advocates, (medical and other) sex educators, free speech groups, privacy groups and others is a response to a perceived change in the scope of government.
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