Photography; I shoot what I like, and sometimes people like what I shoot. All photos are copyright to Michael C. Lam unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Every time I say something about the Sea, I have to wonder how many people think about the fact that what we see beyond our shores is not a sea, but an ocean… but it would sound really silly calling the barrier the Ocean-wall.
Anyway, back to my fascination with the sea (or ocean) and our coastline, here’s a photo 🙂
Sea – 16-2637 | Canon EOS 60D, Sigma 10-20mm | 2016
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Just a photo.
Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, Guyana.
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A photo taken from a moving vehicle of a tree standing against the mountain backdrop.
Nothing special, just that I liked it 🙂
Homeward Bound 16-1649 | Canon EOS 6D, Canon 24-105L | 2016
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Not much of a blog post really, just a few photos of the old Presbytery building of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Georgetown, Guyana.
I think they began tearing it down this year (or it may have been last year, I don’t recall exactly), just the small portion to the back remains now.
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I’m not sure what it is, but I sometimes sit and wish I were back on the trail, out in the open with a dust cloud behind me, potentially unseen or unphotographed vistas before me, a cold beer in my hand and the wonder of creation to explore. I’m a town-man, I doubt I’d survive too long out there… but the calling is there.
Here’s a scene from Kato 🙂
Whither We Wander 16-1652 | Kato, Potaro-Siparuni, Guyana | 2016
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Often, I can just sit on the edge of the rising or ebbing tide, and marvel at the forces at work, to keep in constant motion this massive amount of water that must weigh an unimaginable but calculable amount, the Pacific Ocean alone takes up almost half the Earth’s surface…
Pull and Push – 16-1777 | Canon EOS 60D, Sigma 10-20mm | 2016
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Just a photo 🙂
Liliendaal, Georgetown, Guyana, South America.
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This was one of those times when you’re kicking yourself after for a very silly mistake.
I don’t recall the reason now, but at some point I had set the camera’s ISO high… and then forgot. So my first large batch of photos with the camera the next morning were all grainy because of a higher ISO.
I almost didn’t process any, but this one caught my eye and I decided to process it through as if nothing was wrong 🙂
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Sometimes, it’s just a photo…
Canon EOS 60D | Sigma 10-20mm
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I don’t want to be the one telling you a story in words, I want to be the one telling you a story in a photo, but who’s story is it?
Are you seeing and interpreting the scene in the same way I do? Does it matter?
The photograph as it was taken tells one story, what that story is may be entirely up to the viewer, after I have processed it, there are some subtle and some not so subtle changes to the finished image (not edited, nothing has been taken out or added), in this manner, I hope to direct the line of thinking in a certain way, whether it works or not is another matter, but in this way I am interpreting the scene my way, and lending to it my feelings; how the viewer sees it is still up to the viewer.
Many people take scenes literally, others concoct long tales based on the elements in the frame, others may just have an emotional reaction but not know precisely why; if it affects you, then I am happy.
At Day’s End – 14-3289 | Lusignan, East Coast Demerara | 2014
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