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About The Underground Tour

I'm a scientist by training, a teacher by profession and a photographer by chance. Having a very busy work life, I usually frequent the same areas every day on a very habitual basis. My goal with this journal is to see how much detail I can document in my limited geographic wanderings. If its not possible to expand your vision outward to new places, is it possible to see inward and find new space in old places?

5 things I've learned upon finishing my 30th blip:
1. Composition is really important to me
2. I want images from my daily life to look like art
3. I really enjoy shooting for Blipblog assignments
4. The best shot is the shot you never see coming
5. I need to learn more about Photoshopping

5 Things I've learned upon finishing my 50th blip:
1. You can't always get the grand artistic shot
2. You can never predict which photos will be popular with folks
3. Trying to plan the shot of the day is self defeating
4. Blipping is addictive and makes your friends giggle at you
5. Taking night shots requires a tripod

5 Things i've learned upon reaching my 100th blip:
1. Taking a photo a day every day leads to some bad photos
2. I tend to take alot of sunsets and architecture when I'm busy
3. I learned to use burst mode on my camera and to do some limited photoshop effects
4. I deliberately avoid taking pictures of human beings, however I'm up for a cat photo anyday
5. I'm less critical of my photos now than at 50 blips, I'm not sure if this is an improvement


Vital Statistics:
37 years old
Northampton, Massachusetts
Sony Cybershot DSC-H1 and GimpShop

oh... and the arm in the photo? my friend who is also on blip .... found objects

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Based in United States of America
Signed up 13 November 2007
Last entry 26 February 2008
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