Life Through the Lens: August 2010

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Lighthouse love

Photo © Christina Saull-All Rights Reserved

I need to move to an area of the country with more lighthouses.

Monday, August 30, 2010

Hot Summer in the City

Some scenes from a New York City summer day

Friday, August 27, 2010

1. Wohoo! We're back! Okay, actually that is not really something to celebrate, since it means we're no longer on vacation. But I guess you gotta work sometime, huh?

2. Our vacation to Maine & Canada was amazing! Really, amazing doesn't even cover it. The weather was crisp & cool the entire time (except for you Boston, what's with that heat?). The nature & scenery were gorgeous. We ate & laughed our way through New England & Canada, & threw in a sea kayaking trip of epic proportions along the way. I can't wait to share pictures with all of you - editing down the 1200 we took has been a bit of a bear!

3. As a gift from the vacation-gods, the weather in D.C. has been nothing short of fall-like this week. It is the only thing that made coming back from vacation a little easier. We'll return to summer on Sunday though, when it's supposed to be 90 degrees - ouch!

4. Honestly, who isn't excited about the football season being, literally, right around the corner? Our evenings have been filled with NFL pre-season games & college games start next week. There is nothing I love more than a Saturday tailgate!

5. One of the hardest things about being back from vacation is getting my sleep schedule back on track. For 10 days we went to bed when we wanted & (mostly) got up when we wanted. I have not been able to shake the grogginess this week. Hopefully a restful weekend will cure all ills.

Happy weekend people!

P.S. I know you've missed my 52 lists project - they'll be back next week!

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Strolling the Brooklyn Bridge

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For all the times I have been to New York, & all the touristy stuff I have done, there was one thing I hadn't done: walked the Brooklyn Bridge.

So I picked the hottest day of the year to do so! Armed with my camera, a tank top & a $2 bottle of water, I headed from Manhattan across the river to Brooklyn.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Squares

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Spotted this fabulous building coming into Brooklyn by foot on the Brooklyn Bridge

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

New York Holga Love

In mid-July, I took a long weekend up to the greatest city in the world with the hopes of getting the creative juices flowing again. To help enhance the creative energies, I took two cameras: my D200, with only a 50mm lens, & an old fashioned, good ol plastic Holga.

This Holga is life changing, let me tell you! The lack of control over your image, the "what you see is what you get" when shooting with film, the light leaks & the imperfections of each image make each image, to me, all that much more perfect. These were all shot on Kodak Black & White 120mm film & are straight out of the glorius camera.

I'm in love.