Month: February 2014

Bannack Reverse Shallow Depth

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BE Design and Photography

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Boardwalk – 2.14.14 – Late Afternoon – F/4.5– 1/1600 – Rexburg, ID –  NIKON D3100

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Stove – 2.14.14 – Late Morning – F/3.5– 1/8 – Rexburg, ID –  NIKON D3100

I didn’t edit either one of these because I really liked how well they looked coming right off the camera. Boardwalk was a fun shot because I was able to capture the snow falling in the foreground and then show the buildings in the background. Stove was focusing on the detail of the door and the wear and tear handle. It’s amazing how different a photo can look when you change the focus.

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The Kiss

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It all started with a kiss, but doesn’t it always. There’s lots of different kinds of kisses, like a hurried kiss or a slow kiss, a kiss hello or a kiss goodbye, a passionate kiss or a dispassionate kiss, a sweet kiss or an angry kiss. A wet, sloppy kiss or a kiss of death. I’m not sure what kind of kiss it was. I think it was probably a hopeful kiss more than anything, if there is such a thing. Maybe a blind kiss of idiocy is closer to the truth. Like I said there are all kinds of kisses. The kiss I remember seems to oscillate between various incarnations, like it may have been every type of kiss at the same time. And just as it was the beginning, so was it the end.

I suppose there were promises involved, implied though mostly unspoken. Promises I made to…

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Endearing Tiny Human.

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Sangam“What is her name?”

“Sangam. Her name has a story. Her God Father was at a place named Triveni Sangam (confluence of the three rivers, Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati) when he got the news that she was born. It seemed fitting to name her so.”

And since then, she’s been called the most endearing tiny human by everyone who has ever met her.
This is for Sangam, on her birthday as she spreads joy and nests in everyone’s heart. 
Happy Birthday, Sangam 🙂
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Movie Wisdom – Lee Marvin Edition

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SBI: A Thinning Crowd

The other day, my dad and I watched a Western that I had never seen before. Seven Men From Now starred Randolph Scott as the hero and Lee Marvin as one of the various villains. After watching the film, I read that John Wayne produced the film and planned on starring in it. However, John Ford wanted him to be in The Searchers.

As it turns out, this was a good move for everyone. John Wayne played one of films most iconic characters in a movie that many feel is the greatest Western ever made. Randolph Scott credited Seven Men From Now as the movie that revitalized his career.

That is a lot of information to throw out without writing about what is really on my mind. Lee Marvin was great in the movie and watching it brought to mind the other great films he was in. That means…

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