(4/365) I took this photo of a broken leaf on the ground at a bus stop, in a hurry, with my #olloclip. One of the aspects I’m starting to enjoy the most about macro photography is that it’s a new way of seeing things. Procrastinators are encouraged to tackle life a little at a time, but generally people are told to “see the broader picture.” I suppose I prefer the “little at a time” approach because I am a procrastinator, but it’s just normal to become frustrated with how large life and everything in it are. I want to do it all at the same time, and am often overwhelmed with my own thoughts, ideas and plans. Macro shows aspects you would never even suspect existed, just by taking the time to focus on one little detail of something larger. (January 21)
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(4/365) I took this photo of a broken leaf on the ground at a bus stop, in a hurry, with my #olloclip. One of the aspects I’m starting to enjoy the most about macro photography is that it’s a new way of seeing things. Procrastinators are encouraged to tackle life a little at a time, but generally people are told to “see the broader picture.” I suppose I prefer the “little at a time” approach because I am a procrastinator, but it’s just normal to become frustrated with how large life and everything in it are. I want to do it all at the same time, and am often overwhelmed with my own thoughts, ideas and plans. Macro shows aspects you would never even suspect existed, just by taking the time to focus on one little detail of something larger. (January 21)

(3/365) “I hear all sounds running together, combined, fused, or following. Sounds of the city, and sounds out of the city—sounds of the day and night.” Walt Whitman I live in Santurce, a city where houses and apartment buildings are pretty close to each other and you hear everything that’s happening next door. Insulation and construction materials usually keep sounds away too, but since this is Puerto Rico, our buildings aren’t designed to control temperatures… or sounds. I tried to use the sense of hearing creatively, not from the creator’s end, but from the listener’s. I recorded the sounds of the place I love, but in writing. These are the sounds of home: Newborn baby crying in the building to the right. Newborn baby’s older brother singing, playing and being smart with his parents. Neighbor above me playing the piano every evening. Piano player’s mother scolding any of her two teenage daughters. Teenage daughters talking back. Neighbors watching soccer matches in the building to the left. Constant buzz of huge street lamps outside my window. The bark of a great dane across the street. Cats meowing, cats fighting, cats mating, cats playing, cats calling each other, cats crying, cats. From How to Be an Explorer of the World. (January 20)
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(3/365) “I hear all sounds running together, combined, fused, or following. Sounds of the city, and sounds out of the city—sounds of the day and night.” Walt Whitman

I live in Santurce, a city where houses and apartment buildings are pretty close to each other and you hear everything that’s happening next door. Insulation and construction materials usually keep sounds away too, but since this is Puerto Rico, our buildings aren’t designed to control temperatures… or sounds.

I tried to use the sense of hearing creatively, not from the creator’s end, but from the listener’s. I recorded the sounds of the place I love, but in writing. These are the sounds of home:

  • Newborn baby crying in the building to the right.
  • Newborn baby’s older brother singing, playing and being smart with his parents.
  • Neighbor above me playing the piano every evening.
  • Piano player’s mother scolding any of her two teenage daughters. Teenage daughters talking back.
  • Neighbors watching soccer matches in the building to the left.
  • Constant buzz of huge street lamps outside my window.
  • The bark of a great dane across the street.
  • Cats meowing, cats fighting, cats mating, cats playing, cats calling each other, cats crying, cats.

From How to Be an Explorer of the World. (January 20)

(2/365) I was pretty busy for a Friday, so I decided to stop working for a few minutes and did the first thing my hands told me to do. I took an old magazine, cut some pages in squares, and did these origami “masu” boxes. It’s amazing how the brain works: with origami, it doesn’t matter how long was the last time one makes a figure, one always remembers how to make it. I love making these, because they’re functional. I can use them to hold paper clips and whatnot. Also, whenever I give a gift in one of these boxes, it’s a success. Moreover, recipients can just recycle them or throw them away; they don’t pose a great threat to the environment. If you’d like to learn to make “masu” boxes, this is the link with which I learned: Origami Fun. It has a super helpful video. Taken with instagram (January 21)
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(2/365) I was pretty busy for a Friday, so I decided to stop working for a few minutes and did the first thing my hands told me to do. I took an old magazine, cut some pages in squares, and did these origami “masu” boxes. It’s amazing how the brain works: with origami, it doesn’t matter how long was the last time one makes a figure, one always remembers how to make it.

I love making these, because they’re functional. I can use them to hold paper clips and whatnot. Also, whenever I give a gift in one of these boxes, it’s a success. Moreover, recipients can just recycle them or throw them away; they don’t pose a great threat to the environment.

If you’d like to learn to make “masu” boxes, this is the link with which I learned: Origami Fun. It has a super helpful video.

Taken with instagram

(January 21)

1/365 - I started the year searching for an idea for a 365 project, exploring several subjects and themes. I sent a submission for a Macro Juried Show in Gallery NRC (Denver, CO) that started on January 6. As it always happens, started producing wonderful macro compositions AFTER the exhibition opened. I suddenly became interested in macro abstractions, and decided to choose that genre for the photographic year. These are four of my favorites up to date, which I just edited (all with Camera+ and Plastic Bullet) and joined with Diptic to start this creative journey today.
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1/365 - I started the year searching for an idea for a 365 project, exploring several subjects and themes. I sent a submission for a Macro Juried Show in Gallery NRC (Denver, CO) that started on January 6. As it always happens, started producing wonderful macro compositions AFTER the exhibition opened. I suddenly became interested in macro abstractions, and decided to choose that genre for the photographic year. These are four of my favorites up to date, which I just edited (all with Camera+ and Plastic Bullet) and joined with Diptic to start this creative journey today.