I especially love no. 4 =)
 

11 Reasons To Shoot Film

1. Film is cool. Seriously. The scientific process of capturing an image on film, developing and then printing it on paper is one of the most awesome things you can ever see. It’s like magic.

2. Film produces a tangible result. In the modern world, technology has allowed us to do everything digitally… in fact I haven’t seen what my resume actually looks like on printed paper in over 5 years. With digital photographs, you never have one tangible original, from which you can make infinite copies…

3. Photographic paper prints have a longer archival life. Say what you want, but even my most expensive fancy-pants digital prints still get yellowing on the corners after several years… which is why many professional labs still use cibachrome printing even for digital.

4. Film cameras are badass. They are not the light-weight, silent wimpy cameras of today. You can use a quality film camera to take great photographs or defend your life if necessary.

5. Most Photoshop effects applied to digital photos are designed to mimic effects achieved through film. Why not just do it that way in the first place?

6. Using film means that when you take a photograph, a chemical reaction absorbs the moment on a light-sensitized surface. That is somehow more powerful than a computer chip’s interpretation of an image.

7. Learning how to shoot film helps you understand light and shadow, which can also improve your digital photos.

8. Limited exposures means you have to actually think about your shot. Need I say more?

9. Unless you have a $30,000 digital camera, shooting film will always give you a higher resolution if scanned correctly. A 35mm negative has the equivalent of approximately 25.1 megapixels 175 Megapixels, so imagine a 6x9 negative. We’re talking murals in crisp detail.

10. Black and white. Yes. Removing color from a digital photograph is not the same as shooting in black and white film and it never, ever will be. Ever. The art of black and white film alone is reason enough to keep manufacturing film forever.

11. The darkroom is zen. It has soothing red lights, relaxing running water and the soft click of your timer. Take a deep breath and smell the stop bath. Yum.


(Source: istillshootfilm.org)

I do believe Marsellus Wallace, my husband, your boss,
told you to take ME out and do WHATEVER I WANTED.
Now I wanna dance, I wanna win. I want that trophy,
so dance good.

omg lol
 

dip dip do..... what's a girl to do?
 

How would you like to grow into a tree after you die?
 

This is a Bios Urn, a completely biodegradable urn that contains a single tree seed. When planted, the tree seed is nourished by and absorbs the nutrients from the ashes. The urn itself is made from coconut shell and contains compacted peat and cellulose. The ashes are mixed with this, and the seed placed inside. You can even choose which type of tree you'd like to grow!



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It's a trap!
 

Heh
 

I would love this! Although I can't help but wonder how far my roots would stretch out and how long before I get cut down. Would I reincarnate? :) Thanks for sharing this.

inside
 

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It's a chapel.

Clara Lieu
 

___________IN looking for some quotes today - (yeah- romantic ones) - I came across a few from the Notebook - (and) I mean who hasn't see that one - a classic romantic movie for sure - just as Nicholas Sparks is known for penning some of the most romantic lines ever - and I think (wow) - how his wife must inspire him...I am sure he would be a good writer on his own - but her inspiration is what makes him a (great) writer -

The same with all us who have love in our life (male or female) ... we are (good) - but it is the inspiration of their love within us that makes us (better) - and that's the way it should be (or let me say - that is the way "i" think and feel).

Relationships even the most solid and loving of relationships are work - you have to work at it everyday - as the above quote states 'it is going to be hard - but I want to work at it - because I want you - all of you - everyday of my life' ...I mean wow. -AND as you know the story characters did 'work and did love' and it was extraordinarily so - but so too can a love of your own...be "extraordinary" - there is no "magic secret" some have that others don't...it takes work (but) - not work in the sense of "oh gosh - I 'have' to do this thing - I prefer to look at the word work as rather "care" - it takes "care - tending to - perhaps the word I am looking for is vigilance" - a sustaining - I am so in love with you (and) love you more than anything kind of relationship takes vigilance - on both parts - but and this is where (I think) people miss it - it's a "happy" vigilance a "happy" work - you should hit the ground with both feet every morning - happy and thrilled and joyous within yourself to know that you have the rare opportunity to be "vigilant" in your thoughts and deeds for your partner - to honor them in every way possible - in thought and deed - with heart - mind - body and soul ... this is not a "hard work" - but a "happy work" - or I have found it to be so with myself (and) I can only speak for myself ... but being vigilant - being prayerful - being steadfast and diligent in thought and deed and communication is a "happy" work - (and) if you don't think of it as "happy work" that you just "don't have time" for that - or that the "happy" work seems to be more of a "have to" than a "i want to" ... well..you should be asking yourself why... because (for me) - she deserves nothing less than my complete vigilance and care and respect and responsibility and work toward her - toward our relationship...why in the world would I want to give "less" to the person I say I love - every thought - every deed - every word - every action - should be about honoring them - and your relationship ... to do that "work" - that "happy work" - shows them indeed - that you really do want them "every day" "all of them" - and shows them the "action" behind the words - that - is what makes an incredible love - and sustains it - that - and communication - and for me (prayer)...

I don't put that on anyone - when I write my rambling thoughts - they are my own - what works for (me) - what (i) think -

I do have an incredible love and I do find inspiration for the love that resides in my heart from her - and I do want to honor that and yes (do the work) that keeps that alive and vibrant and oh, so special.

As always - just my two cents worth... :)