My camera came with some little booklets about other Canon products that will eat my money but potentially make my photographs awesome. I think my next purchase will be a macro lens, so I can get all up in my subject's grill and take cool pictures of their pores and stuff. Not really, though. I definitely prefer taking photos of inanimate objects. Maybe one day I'll grow up to be a food photographer like Becky from Master Chef! !!! I can dream. Anyway, in the booklet about macro lenses it mentioned that taking photos of antiques with said lens was a cool thing to do, because it can really highlight all the tiny details and the craftsmanship and everything else that's awesome about antiques (I love antiques, you have no idea). So I decided today that I'd take some photos of the cool antiques my grandparents have in various corners of their house. One of my favorite antiques is this sewing machine. It's from Germany and may be older than my grandparents. It's in super excellent condition for its age. I mean, this thing is beautiful. So, for your viewing pleasure, I took a few photos of it, one being the assignment for Day 5 of the photo challenge (from a high angle). I don't know if this could be considered "from a high angle" but I'm a lot taller than the sewing machine, so to me, taking a picture from above it is a high enough angle for me. I wanted to try and capture how cool this thing really is, especially the paint and the detail on the body of the machine (is that what it's called? I have no idea). Anyway, I'll get on with it, here's the picture.
On a more serious note, I assume nearly everyone by now has heard about what happened in Denver, Colorado last night/this morning. It is very sad, heartbreaking, that things like this happen. Things like this are the product of hatred. It may sound cheesy or stupid, but I think the Beatles really said it best, all you need is love. I sincerely hope that one day we can all learn to love one another. A friend of mine posted this on facebook (I'll post the link at the end of this paragraph); it's about a blogger who was shot and killed at that movie theater in Denver. She wrote on her blog about an incident in a mall where a man opened fire in the food court, and she happened to go outside minutes before it happened, saving her own life. I think the following paragraphs from her account was really powerful, and I would like to share it with you. Thank you for reading this, I hope you are well, and I hope you are thankful for this beautiful life we are able to continue living today.
"I was shown how fragile life was on Saturday. I saw the terror on bystanders' faces. I saw the victims of a senseless crime. I saw lives change. I was reminded that we don't know when or where our time on Earth will end. When or where we will breathe our last breath. For one man, it was in the middle of a busy food court on a Saturday evening.
I say all the time that every moment we have to live our life is a blessing. So often I have found myself taking it for granted. Every hug from a family member. Every laugh we share with friends. Even the times of solitude are all blessings. Every second of every day is a gift. After Saturday evening, I know I truly understand how blessed I am for each second I am given."
http://www.brobible.com/life/article/heartbreaking-last-tweets-jessica-ghawi
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