Posted in my life, public photography, the universe on 06/08/2009 02:50 pm by Nicole Lee
I woke up yesterday knowing that I had to go to church. It’s one of those conditions that goes along with living in my parent’s house. I wasn’t too bothered by it, not really. I’ve spent most of my life attending services with them, whether I believed what they do or not (and that belief kind of came and went over the years). But before we left I found this little snail on the back porch and I had to snap a few shots. It was early, the light was still fairly dim, and my lens is crap, but I’m pretty happy with the product. I edited it a few different ways, and these two are my favorites.
I think my photography is getting better. I mean, I guess that’s a matter of opinion, but I know that I am happier with my work lately. It reflects a different part of me than it used to, and it captures a deeper, more real level of my life. I feel more real. I feel like I am sharing something that I used to hide beneath so many layers of silly teenage angst and unjustified anger and resentment. I’ve grown up a lot, and while I find myself living with my parents for the first time in six years, going to church again, having no money and no real idea when things will start “working out the way I want”, but I know that however long it takes I’ll keep working towards it.
Posted in food photography, public photography, thailand on 06/07/2009 08:48 pm by Nicole Lee
So, for my brother’s birthday (which I will post about sometime soon) he asked me to make a Thai dinner. I, obviously, was more than happy to, and put together a small shopping list to make three to four dishes that I thought my family could handle and would be easy enough for me to cook all on my own. One of those dishes was ส้มตำ (som tum), a green papaya salad. Unfortunately the Asian market I went to did not have any green papaya, so I asked my mom to search for it on Google. Instead of finding what we were looking for we came across this! (The article, if you didn’t read it, is about a small Thai Buddhist temple called Wat Mongkolratanaram (Temple of Good Luck). Every Sunday morning/afternoon they do a market/food stands and serve anyone who is interested for donations. Those donations are what fund the Wat. It’s AMAZING.)
So we went, and oh my god was I in heaven! EVERYONE cooking was Thai. EVERYTHING they were cooking was SO authentic, and SO perfect I always passed out from happiness. I brought my camera and took a few pictures, but I couldn’t stay focused on any one thing long enough to get many good shots. The next time though, I’ll have my camera glued to my hand- the one that’s not eating everything in sight. ;]
Anyway, here are the photos I did take, and look forward to seeing more (better!) photos sometime in the very near future, as I’m planning to make this a routine Sunday event.
