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Friends
Buena Estrella. Tulum, Mexico
Hello, Old Friend.
I called to wish you Happy Birthday
I called to say Merry Christmas
I called because it’s Wednesday
I called just to say hey, catch me up
Honestly, I just called to hear your voice
Somehow, after everything we’ve been through,
Despite the miles between us,
And the new love in your life,
And that thing that came and went in mine,
Somehow, I hear you on the other end of the line,
And something settles inside of me
Something that feels a lot like home.
As I travel around the world
See the Northern Lights, the far horizons, the distant shores
Feel the wild rush of the new
You tell me I’m running
It’s not so untrue
What if I’m not running away but towards something
I haven’t found it yet
Maybe I never will
I can’t know unless I try
Maybe I’ll never settle
Still leaping off of rooftops trying to fly
I call because I love you
You let me be- completely myself
I miss you on the other end of this line
I wish you’d answer this time.
Happy Birthday, Old Man
where were you when the world turned grey
when the quiet opened up our senses
to something new
where was your heart in that moment
when the air around us became full
the motes of dust had immense weight
the light soft
the sounds dimmed by the presence of infinity
were you honest
were you kind
did you let her in, let her love you
despite the fear that you might die
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SingleThread Farms, CA | January, 2017
“Two sommaliers geek out over a wine list”. Or, Camilla Laugerud takes a vacation to California from Norway (and it rained the whole time), and our friend John was gracious enough to offer her a tour. I just got to tag along.
Here is a photo of something I love to see, people excited and passionate about what they do. I’m the wine noob, so I mostly listened as these two pros gushed.
This was my first look at the restaurant since it’s completion, and it is truly designed with utmost care and beauty.
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Gold on the Gate | March, 2017
Golden Gate Park, CA | March, 2017
San Francisco, CA | March, 2017
I was pretty happy this last weekend to be able to have extra time to see a friend. To catch up, hang out, get a little video editing lesson, and take a few photos. One of the things that I have found essential as I am making an effort to build something new, is having people around who are also working on their own projects. We try and offer advice, give feedback, be sounding boards, and sometimes just- check in. Some of us are better than others with our workflow, consistency, or more advanced in one aspect or another. We can each offer different skills and ideas. For me, it’s good to have the accountability and encouragement. I love being able to work towards goals along side people in a non competitive, but inspiring way.
Wouldn’t have been in this spot at this time if not for my friend Justin Khanna, who wanted to take a
few photos of the Golden Gate. It’s nice to tag along on a ‘photo mission’ and drool over his fancy camera and ask lots of questions. Can’t wait till he visits again. And, his shots of the bridge are BEAUTIFUL.
The video Justin generously let me watch him edit was just posted on his youtube channel here. I highly recommend it.
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Mt. Ulriken, Norway | April, 2016
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So far in my editing process, I’ve been pretty happy with the results of tooling around with my editing software. I’m not confident in my skills yet, but I would say most of my results have made me feel pretty positive about the exercise. That being said, I’ve worked on the same photo two or three times over the last couple of days- and I honestly still like the original better than anything that I’ve been able to do as of yet. I’ll post both the current edit and the original shot for comparison.
Edited photo.
Noni. Southamton, New York
What I should say is that in both shots, my friend Noni’s beauty is obvious. I love the warmth and tone in her skin and have only been trying to highlight how luminous and lovely she is.
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Amanda Young. South Hampton, NY. August, 2016
Okay, confession- I didn’t take this photo. I actually wanted to edit and post a photo that I took of my two friends, Erin and Sequoia, laughing so hard that it’s not pretty at all. I smile every time I see that picture. I love it. We probably were on a roll with some dirty joke, as we often are. Cracking ourselves up and being only slightly embarrassed but mostly pleased with ourselves. Still, it’s not pretty. And because I love my friends, I did edit it- just for me. I also edited a few other shots from that conversation, none of which would be “flattering enough” for me to post. So in light of this, here’s one of me. It’s a bit of a cheat from my original intent, seeing as it’s not my shot. Still, editing it was a good exercise. Also, if you know me at all, you know that I always think I look awful in photos no matter what. So I post it in exchange for not deleting that unflattering photo of Erin and Sequoia. I have to keep that one, because it just makes me happy to remember how much fun we have when we get together. I’m glad I caught it on camera. Also, thank you to Victoria for taking this one. I can’t believe I let to touch my camera and take pictures of me in a bikini, but I’m glad I did.
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Sam Yribe. Mirror Lake, CA. November 2016
This woman never ceases to amaze me. So brave, wild, wonderful. Born three days apart from me, she is a great love of mine that I am so happy to have in my life. She is crazy courageous, strong, and kind. She makes me smile, laugh, pushes my limits, often injures me (okay, only sometimes). I want to be as truly loving and full of life as she is. Now that we’re back in the same time zone, I look forward to more adventures with my cousin Sam. We shall continue to make our parents cringe in fear for our safety and our families shake their heads at our antics. Thank you, my partner in crime, for 31 years of love and genuine exploration of the world we live to explore and make a better place. I love you.
This One is Mine 