The sound of waves hitting the shore. Purely intoxicating to me.
The sound of children laughing and digging in the sand. Purely intoxicating to me.
The volleyball game behind us with sounds of loud cheers for the spikes. Purely intoxicating to me.
The sound of a whistle from the lifeguard at the teens throwing the football or just being wild. Purely intoxicating to me.
The occasional sound of open headers or a pack of Harleys rolling down Coastal Highway. Purely intoxicating to me.
The bite of Old Bay on the crabs and the sweetness of that Cherry Ice Cream soda from Dumsers. Purely intoxicating to me.
Those moments when the family comes in from the beach, grandchildren on our laps or tucked in beside us with eyes closing quickly and our children trying to catch their breath, while my better half and I wink at each other. Heaven.
A new frontier is about to be crossed. I’m going to update my phone after 9 years on an iPhone 6. And the new frontier is that I’m going to try to use whatever new model, as a camera in addition to my personal communication device. I’m going to have to turn that company phone over some time and I’d like to start separating my life from their phone. Plus I hear the cameras in these devices are good. We will see.
I think I’ll start to signify what images are taken with what device. Then again, who cares. Well, I kind of do because of some changes in society. Let me explain. Just this weekend I was using my Nikon 7100 with the 18-300 lens. So it’s an imposing brick to carry around and put up in front of my face. It’s obvious your taking pictures. I love animals and I like taking unique pictures of them. So I saw this dog leaning out of the driver’s side car window as they were exiting the inlet lot.
The first shot I liked best because it looks like the dog could be driving but in the shadow of the driver’s face is a look that wants to kill. So I took another shot as they passed because it was a beautiful dog. If I had shot that with a cell phone, the guy would have probably never noticed. Then again I’m really going to have to learn how to operate that phone as quickly as I do a camera. But anyway I think cell phones might be a good way to avoid confrontation and issues if I’m doing things with people.
It’s not like I’m trying to catch people in bad situations. The opposite as a matter of fact. But we all know how touchy people have become.
Random Thoughts of the Day
- Is it right to have a ton of random thoughts when the day is only minutes old?
- So I waited till later in the day to have some random thoughts but they all left me.
- I wonder if doing a few posts a day is too much.
