Dear Smart Phone Users

Dear Smart Phone Users,

Just because some of us do not answer your texts 10 seconds after they're sent, please do not use profanity or calling us names because you THINK we're ignoring you. That's like the surest way for me to start ignoring to until you're able to calm down & act like an adult.

Some of us have mundane things to do, like shower or get our laundry or *gasp* pack for a trip. There's also the fact that many of us live in dead zones (like much of the Adirondacks). Many workplaces also have policies where its a violation if you use any sort of electronic devices that does not directly pertain to your job duties.

Most importantly, my phone has 12 buttons. Don't believe me? Below is a picture:



I do not have the patience to type out a novel length text in response yours, nor would I have the inclination to do so even if I could. My phone is old, the battery is crappy, but it serves MY needs.

Got all that?

Thanks for understanding.


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In other news...
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This is Jenna & her fiance Jeremy enjoying one of their moments.



Feel free & comment away on any part of this is you dare.

Beavertail State Park

My stay in Boston was unusual in the sense that out of like the 60 some odd days I was there, it rained for a ridiculous 50 of them. No really, it was that blah.

I'm still surprised at the amazing amount of outdoorsy content I WAS able to produce.

Above is a picture from the Beavertail State Park in RI . Its like the 3rd oldest continually operated lighthouse in the country.

I got invited to take a trip out there by a model of mine. The original intent was after she was done w/ her shoot, we'd do ours. The photographer claimed it'd "only take an hour" but from my own experiences, I would have been shocked if it went that quickly. Plus this was supposed to be in mid-day. I seriously questioned what the hell they were going for clear blue skys & mid-day doesn't make for great light. However, I kept my questions to myself. If someone's methodology works for them & they get the results THEY were looking for, who am I to tell them they're wrong.

In the meantime, I started poking around taking pictures. 2 hours rolls by & the model in question still isn't done. I don't hold it against either of them because I took all that into account. Continued wandering around & taking pictures. In the midst of all this, I have no problem admitting I was hyper-bracketing, an idea I got from a Bourke-White biography.

I always seem to have a hard time judging what's a keeper picture & what isn't, when people are not the main focus. This one speaks to me though.

Let's Try This Again.

I'm going to try & do this photoblogging thing again.

Those of you who are familiar w/ me, I had an ongoing blog at my Farenell Photography MySpace account . I kinda let it go by the wayside. Though I may be an attention whore, I really felt the process of fishing for comments was to much of a hassle. & it really felt that's ALL I was doing.

My work was never about what other people think. Its always been about me 1. trying out my ideas, 2. in some respects playing w/ ideas from the people I work w/, 3. simply presenting my visual journey that emotionally or creatively mean something to me.

So instead of simply modifying how, when, & why I blogged, I simply went into a self-imposed exile & quit doing it altogether.

I'm still trying to get a feel for the Blogger setup. But in the coming weeks, I'm going to try & give it a go again. Though feedback is always nice, I'm gonna try not & be such a needy dork about them.

Stay tuned.