Life is a blur
I think I’ve shown other shots from this series on my previous blog but I don’t think I’ve shown this one in particular. It’s from last Spring in Lexington, Kentucky. The jockeys were giving the thoroughbreds their morning warm ups at Keeneland. I was looking for a blurry, almost abstract image and experimented with several shutter speeds to get different amounts of blur. This one was 1/5 of a second at f/14. With speeds that slow I was only getting two or three shots on each pass so it was a bit hit-or-miss.
I’m posting this photo today because – 1. I didn’t want a week to go by without posting (bad me!), and 2. this is kind of how my life feels this week. It’s all a blur. As I’ve mentioned, I’ll be leaving for the Canadian Rockies at the end of the week and I have a lot to get done before I can head to the airport. Usually I use weekends as my compression valve to get things done that I know I won’t have time for during the week but this was a busy weekend as well.
Saturday we attended PodCampMidWest in Kansas City. We met lots of great folks (hey everyone!) and learned a lot about the podcasting industry. This will make more sense to you as the year wears on but consider it a clue to some of the exciting new projects that I hinted are in the works for 2008. More on that later.
Sunday was my chance to hit the office and make some progress but a freakish rain/thunder/snow storm hit and as I was driving downtown around 8:00 in the morning the ice and slush was terrible. I was driving on a straight section of road, not accelerating, not braking, and the car decided to suddenly go into a spin (Mom, if you’re reading this, I’m okay). Time went into slow motion as a brick retaining wall was coming closer and closer but, luckily, no traffic. Finally, my tires got enough grip that I could stop but I was now facing the wrong direction. Seemed like a sign that I should head back home… so I did. Nothing got done at the office that morning but I was able to make it in around noon and crank out a few projects.
Today’s been a blur, too, and looking ahead at the calendar it looks like I’ll need to be at full-power for the rest of the week. Maybe I can sleep on the plane.
So, I’ll try to post again soon and definitely — technology willing — several times from the road. Wish me luck!
I laughed as I read your “almost crash” story. I, too, was out on Sunday morning. I was driving “relatively” slowly down a residential street. There was a roundabout just in front of me. I braked, but there was no was I was going to stop or make the tight roundabout turn. My only option was to jump the curb and miss the light pole. Like you, it was all in slow motion. I remember thinking “man, this would be embarrassing to knock over a light pole in my own neighborhood.” Anyway, I jumped the curb, missed the pole, and just kept on driving like nothing had happened. Life is good.
Have fun an Canada, aye! -doug
Funny what goes through your head at those times isn’t it? I remember very calmly thinking “Geez, I hope I stop before I hit that wall. I really don’t have time to be dealing with a body shop this week.”
-Michael