Photography

Weekend Cat Blogging and Photo Hunt: Flat

For our combined Weekend Cat Blogging and Photo Hunt on the theme of FLAT, we present Luna with a musical flat symbol.

This is actually an E flat, if one assumes that this staff has a treble clef. If it’s a bass clef, it’s a G flat. If it’s an alto clef, it’s an F flat, which is really an E. So it’s probably not an alto clef.

Appropriately for a photo featuring Luna and the iPad, these were taken with the iPhone Hipstamatic app. Although I have the new version and some new lenses and films for it, I still go back this particular black-and-white setting quite often.

Weekend Cat Blogging #348 is hosted by pam at Sidewalk Shoes.

The Saturday Photo Hunt theme this weekend is FLAT.

The Carnival of the Cats will be hosted this Sunday by Meowza at iMeowza.

And the Friday Ark is at the modulator.

Wordless Wednesday: Mission Bay Instagram

As usual, the description is in the comments. But while you’re here, please checkout yesterday’s South Carolina post.

NOTE: CatSynth will go black 8AM to 8PM US Pacific Time in protest of SOPA/PIPA. More information at http://www.fightforthefuture.org/pipa and http://sopastrike.com/.

Farewell to 2011

As has become a tradition here at CatSynth, we present our end-of-year image.


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It was a bit of a challenge to decide what to put in, as there were so many this time. But I think these are particularly representative. And it’s also significant that it is more colorful than previous end-of-year images.

The first few days of this year were quiet and a bit dark. That changed quickly, with tumultuous events around the world, and new experiences close to home. It’s the year I finally had a photography show, and by the end of the year I had several. There were new surprising types of performances and the costumes to go with them. I deepened my connections back in New York with friends, music, art and the landscape. And I no idea what I would have the chance to participate in something like the Occupy movement . There were many sad moments as well, with the loss of friends.

In all, 2011 has been particularly rich and productive, if sometimes a bit chaotic. If one had told me at the end of 2007 or 2008 (or 2001 for that matter) that this is what life would be like now, I would have been pleasantly surprised. There is a sense, however, that the patterns of this past year are not sustainable. This will have to be part of the plan for 2012, in particular getting organized, staying healthy and trying to make good choices. We will see how that unfolds as the new year progresses…

Happy New Year and thank you for all the support and warmth from those who read these pages!