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Taiwan photos: the most important one.

Hsinchu, major events, Taiwan

Taiwan photos: the most important one.

July 20, 2014 — 4 Comments

Love her

daily life, official job, Texas, thinking

Tapping into my joy

June 18, 2013 — 4 Comments

thank goodness

daily life, Map to me, Texas

Mapquest

May 17, 2013 — 3 Comments

Hualien, major events, Taiwan

And then I quit.

May 22, 2012 — 0 Comments

Running in Hsinchu

daily life, Hsinchu

Running in Hsinchu

October 6, 2011 — 2 Comments

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Can we talk about how difficult swimming is? I joined a masters swimming class, and the difference between last month, when I started, and today is wild. I’ve improved by leaps and bounds. But when I took my GoPro this morning and shot some video, holy moly. I see what my coaches are talking about. I think I’m channeling Michael Phelps when I’m actually more like a sea lion when it’s on land. I have a Hero 4. As much as I appreciate what that little thing can do, I wish I’d upgraded to a 7 before my trip to Hawaii. I’m no GoPro photography expert, but I’ve always felt clumsy with the 4. My battery always died quickly, my photos always seemed a little lackluster, and shooting with it just never brought me the joy my Nikon has. But my Nikon couldn’t take this picture, not without expensive underwater housing. For this shot I had the GoPro mounted to the arm/tripod, which was bent into an L shape, then hung from the lip of the pool upside down. So this photo? Upside down. Maybe it would be better if I flipped it. I thought it was kind of boring in color, so I went all dramatic with the edits. (“It’s super dark,” according to my sister. I’m sure I should listen to her.) It might also be a little crooked. I’m not sure. Summary: Swimming? Hard. GoPro photography? Hard. Editing underwater photos? Hard. #swimming #blackandwhite #gopro

Arizona has been a massive surprise. I took this during a rainbow chase, in which I found one end of the rainbow in the middle of a large, dusty expanse. I eventually pulled over to take pictures. I wasn’t the only one. As I was driving, I had a giant smile on my face. “Yeah, I’m chasing a rainbow,” I thought, and realized that if I never find someone who will chase Roy G Biv with me, it’s okay. I can do it on my own. I haven’t had much luck in the love department. In fact, my love life probably needs to be one of the central themes of my conversations with my therapist. But when I think about it, my experience in this version of the multiverse (which, even if you don’t believe in it, is a pretty incredible thing to consider) is pretty dang fun. Manfriend or no manfriend, I’m doing fine. Adventures don’t happen to those who sit and wait for them. Until I meet someone who can keep up (if he’s out there), I’ll be out here doing my thing solo. I’m just grateful for the incredible friends I have who join me along the way.

People like @mishracheldawn make product photography look easy. It’s clean, beautifully lit, and the product looks lovely. Easy! My friend @emartysz got into selling Beautycounter, and I offered to take some pictures for her to use in her posts. “Good light and a clean background and I’ll be fine,” I thought. Holy geez. Product photography is way harder than I’d anticipated. The artistry behind it takes way more skill than product+camera=awesome! But still, I tried. And she fed me delicious food, as she always does, as a thank you. So hopefully we both came out ahead. Anyway, I’m a skincare nut. I have a spreadsheet that details products and ingredients and all kinds of stuff. I have a few brands I rely on, and was honestly kind of annoyed when I found out I liked some of BC’s stuff. I don’t like MLM for a few reasons and try to avoid it in general. But Erin (and other friends like @wittywellness) love selling BC, and I support them. Especially because some of the products legitimately work for me. But even more especially because it means taking pictures of sparkles and playing around with tons of samples. #ispendmoreonskincarethanidoonshoes #orderedamaskfromnewzealand #oilyruddyskinhaversunite #howlongdoesittaketodecipherhashtagsthislong

My camera was shooting s l o w - I hurriedly switched out one memory card for another, hoping that would fix it. Kicked up the ISO. But it was like it was fatigued. And I was panicking. This shot was a Hail Mary: aim it, know the settings are right, and pray the picture happened. I’m often a “push and pray” photographer. Professionals know how to get the shot every time. I resoundingly do not. But sometimes everything aligns - light, movement, subject - and I get the shot. Thanks to this guy, whose name I don’t know, and the rest of the Double Barrel crew, most of whom I also don’t know, for letting me shove my camera in their faces during 19.4. I had a blast! #Crossfit #nikond5500 #ineedfastermemorycards #shouldprobablyrelearnbackbuttonfocus

“Hey, Mandy! Working hard?” “Oh, definitely. I’m definitely not laying on the floor taking pictures of Nemos. Definitely not. Definitely working super hard.” @alynicholas and @dnicholas33 have a very nice house with very clean floors. I know because I literally sprawled out under the tank yesterday to take pictures. Meet Swimmy and Swami. And the top of a crab.

California has a color palette that, in photos, looks weirdly processed to me. I edited this a bit, but didn’t change colors. But looking at it, it just doesn’t look real. I was there. It’s real. This is how it looks. I took a step back from photography for a couple months. It happens. Sometimes I need to be away from the lens for a bit and just enjoy life without it. I also want to try shooting in only black and white for a while to see how that stretches my creativity. I’m hoping to catch Monument Valley again at some point, hopefully with moody clouds and weather. My chances of that are slim as we slide into summer, but there’s always next winter. #california #californiapoppies #landscape

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