084-Resolved for more than a year

084-Resolved for more than a year, originally uploaded by gingerpig2000.

To me, one day follows another, if I do not have the resolve to make changes during the year, why should it make any difference at the beginning of a new one?

I am resolved to keep on loving my wife, and to continue to search for new ways of doing things, to give society a better chance for a greater future by empowering those who could make a difference if only they knew how - and to break the power of the callous and the selfish.

18: High Key Society

Plenty of Harm, originally uploaded by gingerpig2000.

I realized today that although I have been playing harmonica for over two years, I had no photo of me playing. Since I needed some image I could do a 'high-key' edit on, I thought 'what better chance', grabbed my leather jacket, dark glasses and pretended to blow some tunes. In terms of mass appeal I think this idea has been used to often, but I really did this one for myself. One should not be afraid of doing things for oneself, you have to live with yourself, not just with the people who surround you.

In summary, this picture is for me, in counterpoint to the images for other people.

12: Mono Photography

After having a series of specific subject using any techniques, today was a specific technique but any subject. I toyed around with the idea of photographing myself on the company's grey gravel parking lot leaning against the wheel of my silver Citroen C1, but today we woke up rather early and decided to have a bowl of cereal before going back to bed. As Ania was finishing up, I headed for the bathroom and noticed the light on our bar and her sitting at the other end. Of course, the classic Cuban bar scene!

At half past five in the morning we were setting up for the shot, Ania using the floral dress as we thought it would show up well and be appropriate for the style, while I took my leather jacket and cap as an old whisky drinker. The camera I positioned to look down the length of the bar, with us far down it, although I had to zoom a bit to ensure there was enough apparent separation between us - but it was that low down on the bar shot combined with the Havana theme that decided the direction and the props.