I apologize for the sporadic posts. I just haven’t been too inspired to take photos — so I decided to do something about it. I bought a new Nikon camera body and it should arrive tomorrow.

I’m very excited to own this particular model and I can already feel myself looking at the world differently again. By that I mean, when I’m not actively looking for shots I tend to walk around head down, not noticing my surroundings. It is a waste of eyeballs. But when I have that camera in reach and I seek out scenes to capture, it’s a different experience. I frame whatever I’m seeing mentally, I calculate the exposure I would like to try, I imagine what it would look like after a color boost in PhotoShop or with a specific filter.

To me, cameras are a way to focus on a world outside my head. Does that make sense? Sometimes the strain of seeing the world that way is too much, and I reject it. Like when I’m on vacation, where the unfamiliar heightens perception in a totally different way and it can be overwhelming. Sometimes I HAVE to put the camera down and just experience life already. But when I’m in a rut, able to predict my movements to work and from work, to bed and to the bus, I need something like this camera to remind me how unimportant my routine is against the bigger backdrop. Then I want everyone else to see exactly what I see. Apparently I am a photo-exhibitionist. Is there such a thing?

Well, that was long-winded.

All of this is to say, I am excited to announce that tomorrow I should be receiving my Nikon D700. If that’s an unfamilar model then let me just say this camera is very very fancy and a huge upgrade to my Nikon D70. I am looking forward to what we can make together.

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