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Day 305 – Maya

Weekly Photo Challenge: Mine (and Day 276)

This week’s photo challenge is “Mine.” There isn’t much I consider mine. Not really.

I have possessions, but all of them can be swept away at any time.

The bank still owns this.

There are fleeting moments I wish were “mine.”

We have creatures who share our lives . . . but are they mine?

The way she orders me around, there is no way she’s “mine.”

This one lets me share “her” bed.

She turned me into a middle-aged woman with a little dog, but Miss “You have to wrestle me to the ground to clip my nails” is not mine.

My loyal boy is not “mine” either.

Fruit of my womb, and I’ll love her until the end of time, but definitely not “mine.”

Love of my Life. We said, “I do,” but we don’t own each other. We share our lives.

There is just one thing that is really and truly mine.

Me.

Day 261 – 6400

I’m camera’d out today. After four days of volunteering in the hot sun, finding time to shoot about 300 photos each day, then having to deal with all that is involved in gleaning the good ones and processing them, I didn’t have much spirit for picking up a camera today.

However, the 365 Project calls, so this evening I experimented with some quick shots using my 50mm lens at high ISO (6400) and short focal length (f/3.2).

Maya by the light of a shaded north-facing window.

Day 245 – 56

Just messing around in my make-shift light studio today. My friend gave me some seamless paper, so I tacked it to the wall and set up my lights. I needed the practice because it looks like I’ve got another portrait gig coming up and I wanted to be sure I was comfortable with my lights and backdrop. Besides, I just need to keep practicing and trying new things.