“When he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.” ~William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

Ok...

Here is the first batch of color photos from the BLINK Light Festival here in Cincinnati. 

(There are a few more posted than I intended, but I want load everything into only 2 posts.  Sorry.)

Enjoy.

We see-sawed!

I have such an enormous backlog of photos to post.  I need to get off my duff and get crackin'!

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." ~Helen Keller

So...

Mara and I visited the Ohio Renaissance Festival today.  This year, instead of watching the jousting and shows, we window shopped in all of the little storefronts.

AND...I didn't take very many photos - shame on me.  I still can't find my camera bag (last seen - stuffed full - at Emily's wedding reception) which has my favorite, albeit injured, lens.  I'm going to start saving up for a replacement, I hope.

I was truly suffering by the end of the day.  We had a FULL weekend of walking - and I'm feeling it tonight. 

Well...here are the few nicer ones I managed to take.

Enjoy.

Holy crap! ↓ WTF?

Nightmares for days.

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“Treat a work of art like a prince: let it speak to you first.” ~Arthur Schopenhauer

So...

Here are a couple of photos from the BLINK Light Festival in Downtown Cincinnati. 

I'm too lazy tonight to process and post any in color (too many color corrections for my brains) so I chose a few really cool ones for B&W.  I was also shooting at 6400 ISO so EVERYTHING is noisy.  Extremely noisy. 

One of these days, I would like to be able to afford a really nice lens - you know...one I have to sell a kidney to purchase.  Until then, I'll just be "artsy".

Enjoy.

“In my own opinion, the average American's cultural shortcomings can be likened to those of the educated barbarians of ancient Rome. These were barbarians who learned to speak--and often to read and write--Latin. They acquired Roman habits of dress and deportment. Many of them handily mastered Roman commercial, engineering and military techniques--but they remained barbarians nonetheless. They failed to develop any understanding, appreciation or love for the art and culture of the great civilization around them.” 

~J. Paul Getty, How to Be Rich