Writing With Light: Slow Shutter Photography

Here are some pictures from last weekend. My batteries ran out but I managed to snap some nice flix. Here I was having some fun with slow shutter photography. Small point and shoot cameras tend to suck at night and with no tripod it can be hard to get a nice photograph. Might as well play with the settings to get something a little more abstract but still interesting and compelling.

I am very interested in nature, design, architecture, and city planning. So I tend to take pictures of highways, roads, bridges, tunnels, buildings, and nature (in a huge metropolis). Here is my BQE series highlighting my 2nd most favorite expressway in NYC. The Grand Central Parkway is my favorite because I drive it all the time and has generally less traffic than the super congested BQE, but not nearly as nice views.

Time To Face The Strange: Changes or WTF Is Happening To Me?

Lately I've noticed that my voice has been changing. I think I may finally have hit puberty like I read about in the books. I can't really be sure why it is but its different at least for now. I like to sing along to music, usually at home when no one is around or in the car by myself. I've noticed that certain songs I used to be able to sing along to are now out of range. My voice will just crack or altogether disappear. I suspect it may have something to do with smoking cigarettes but no other smokers I know has ever experienced such a change in such a short amount of time. Well it has also allowed me to sing along to a bunch of songs I previously could not. So here is my cover of the new Foo Fighters song off their new record Echos, Silence, Patience, and Grace, Come Alive.

Lyrics and guitar tab

Foo Fighters - Come Alive