Steven L. Taylor is a retired Professor of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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This reminds me really distinctly of a photo I took when I was 16 or 17. One I was proud of. One of the first I was proud of. Playing with the concept of thirds. Golden ratios.
I didn’t have access to fancy filters. HS Photography class with a loaner camera. A Pentax. My first SLR!
My foreground was early winter cattails on the edge of a half-frozen pond. I lucked out and had a perfect day with a high, thin scrim film of high cirrus clouds in front of the sun. A natural filter.
I shot three rolls of film that day and after I developed them I had 4 or 5 solid, decent shots and one really good one. That one good one looks remarkably like this, but in B&W.
I kinda miss analog cameras and actual film and chemical developing. That mechanical “click”. The chemical stink, the red light, those cool-ass countdown clocks.
I like.
This reminds me really distinctly of a photo I took when I was 16 or 17. One I was proud of. One of the first I was proud of. Playing with the concept of thirds. Golden ratios.
I didn’t have access to fancy filters. HS Photography class with a loaner camera. A Pentax. My first SLR!
My foreground was early winter cattails on the edge of a half-frozen pond. I lucked out and had a perfect day with a high, thin scrim film of high cirrus clouds in front of the sun. A natural filter.
I shot three rolls of film that day and after I developed them I had 4 or 5 solid, decent shots and one really good one. That one good one looks remarkably like this, but in B&W.
I kinda miss analog cameras and actual film and chemical developing. That mechanical “click”. The chemical stink, the red light, those cool-ass countdown clocks.
Definitely a winner!
Love it
Beautifully composed.