Monday Morning Special: Picnic Photos!

[tamaranth]

It must be awful, having a Job and having to go to it on a morning like this. </sincerity> These should cheer you up!



Captions on mouseover, probably. Larger, non-blotchy versions available on request. swisstone, did you want that photo of the temple paving?

Oh, did anyone take any reasonable photos of me? Those shades are remarkable. (They come from America, you know).









Ah yes, I was going to ramble on philosophise about why I take photographs. Not very interesting. Some of them are aids to memory, and some are attempts to capture a particular way of seeing something (these latter are the pretentious arty shots of chopped strawberries, blurred fireworks, wave-rippled sand with a sun-dazzle of reflection). Most of them, though, are so that I can say 'look at this, it's beautiful / interesting / amusing / worth looking at': the impulse to communicate, to share, which is what LJ is all partly about.

Oh, and I only keep about 20% of the shots I take. The digital camera is a great boon in this respect: you wouldn't believe the number of printed photos I've thrown away ...