Of dreams and videos

© Joselito Briones

Whoever said that there is something that connects people subconsciously together via dreams and thoughts must be on to something. Last night I dreamt of Noel, one of my brothers who live in the Yay! area in California, and this morning the first thing that I see upon turning on the computer was an email from him. And no, we don't regularly email each other nor do I constantly dream of him, or anyone and anything for that matter. I know. Coincidence. Anyway, his email was an inquiry as to what happened to the tapes from when I recorded his kids on video, while performing for the christmas party in the Philippines. Guess I'm gonna have to go through the tapes soon. After the London trip.

I also went to the doctor today, finally, after deciding that ice cream and aspirins aren't getting rid of my mandeln fast enough. It's almost gone, but it's still slightly uncomfortable when I swallow. He prescribed some antibiotics, and said that the mandeln thing is going around in Erlangen, and that he's examined a few too many other patients suffering from the same condition. He also said if it happens too often, like 3 times a year, then I should consult a heart doctor because those might very well be connected to each other.


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Almost there

© Joselito Briones

This is another picture I didn't notice until I started organizing my pictures yesterday. It's a house in San Francisco, I can't remember where exactly, and it was a part of a school project for when I took architectural photography classes in Berkeley extension in Martket St.

It's part of a collection that I call "Almost There", of photographs of entrance porches of houses in San Francisco. I wanted to invoke the feeling of relief and security one has upon having into view his entrance porch, after a day's work or after being away for some time. Maybe I didn't like this particular photo then because it's not very sharp, but now I look at it and think that sharpness shouldn't really be the deciding factor on whether to keep a photo or not. Or maybe I'm just reeling from the onslaught of hypersharp images that keep on cropping up everywhere these days. I particularly like the atmosphere on this one.


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iPhoto

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Not being able to do anything but stay home anyway, I decided to start the arduous task of organazing my photos. It's something that I've always wanted to do but had always been scared of, due to the volume of the accumulated images over the years. That during these same years I've made several attempts at organizing everything, using a different system in every attempt, didn't make things easier this time. I've decided to use iPhoto, the software that comes with OSX. This looks like this is gonna take forever.


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Photo above is from 3 years ago, in Brighton, England, one sunny day in spring.


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