Ode to my adequate friend Dave
December 8th, 2008 | Iraq
This is my first post on my new website and I thought hard and long about what the first post should be about. I love photography very much and it has become a constant outlet for me as I truly love making things that are visually interesting to look at. The truth is, that i would have never known anything but a point-and-shoot camera had it not been for my adequate friend Dave. He had a Canon 10d Camera and was very good at introducing me to the world of pro-sumer cameras. Once I saw his camera it was love at first sight. I did not,however, covet another man’s camera and thus got my own and it has been ecstasy ever since.
Some of you might wonder why I call Dave an “adequate” friend. I keep a list of those I know, and if they call me enough, write enough, or even visit once-in-awhile…they achieve “good” friend status. Dave is too busy to be my good friend and has since slipped into “adequate” friend status. He could do better but i don’t think he wants to. None-the-less this is a tribute to the man who introduced me to photography.
That is Dave in the distant archway in a palace that was started but never finished before our bombs fell. This was to be a great ballroom and I am shooting from the middle of the room. The name of the palace was “Victory over Iran” and it is located near the Baghdad International Airport.
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A wonderful rendered like appearance to this shot. Can’t wait to see more of your photographs.
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“Rendered” is a good description. It looks like it was run through a filter that “pastels” the image as a paiting or something. Cool effect. Good job. Will check again to see what else you post. Drop us a line sometime.
Craig
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Awesome shot, I would probably fall into the adequate friends group… Hey Wil, wanna go to lunch? Awww, I guess I should have googled that first eh?
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Nice Pics. Don’t know much about photography but they look cool to me!
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Wil forgets to mention that I also pretty much introduced him to the idea of blogging and photo-blogging, but I’ll let that slide.
I will however take credit for directing him toward Stacy at Sekimori for his website design.
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it’s true…everything Dave has said is true…
and I would recommend to anybody Stacy at Sekimor as she is one cool cat…