Monday, January 28, 2013

The Loss

My emotions are not at their best moment.

I knew it would happen sometime this week, but nothing prepared me for it being so incredibly soon.

I've given up on doing homework for the time being. Homework is not something I should be thinking of at this moment.

Why, you ask?

A death in the family.

Someone who I was relatively close to.

Someone who made the best applesauce.

Someone who died literally two hours ago.

(It is 9:03 PM currently)

She died peacefully.

No pain.

No suffering.

All I know is that I can't focus currently.
I don't think Mr. Johnson would want my math assignment to be all wrong, so I'll wait.


I am a wreck.

I am an emotional wreck.

I am such an emotional wreck that I can't even cry.

That's probably because it isn't fully processed.

But for now, I mourn the loss of my cousin's grandmother.


She was a great woman.

Her husband taught me how to play ping pong when I was young.

I grew up with them both.

Needless to say, both of them were very proper people, and they loved me.

And I loved them, too.

I still do love them.

Even though I am not crying, I still love them.

They were real people.

Galen and Beth were important to me - they still are, even after both of their passings.


The point of this post is to say something important.

And I hope you have found it in my words.

I hope I made sense.

And I hope you realise just how important every second of every day is.


Beth, here's to you.

The best of luck to you in the Great Perhaps.

I'll see you there hopefully after many many years.

Allons-y.





-fin-

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Thursday Thoughts

24.1.2013 Edition

This week was a short week - but with two full length photography classes, I think the class an manage.
This week I learned all about the exposure triad.

Always - Aperture
Savor - Shutter Speed
Ice Cream - ISO

ISO should normally under 800. So if you're outside in the sun, the ISO should be low - probably 200. If you're inside a dark building with terrible light, your ISO should be at around 800. Make the camera work for the good photo, don't settle for noise.

I also learned about white balance. White balance is kind of self explanatory. If you're outside, change the WB setting to the outdoors setting, and if you're inside, change the setting to the being indoors setting. White balance will help with exposure.