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I recently kicked off a retrospective of my
photography (30 for 30), going deep into my collection of images and publishing a small selection each day via my social media channels
(see links above) to celebrate this time of year.
My collection of images include almost
50,000 photos taken this year with a keep rate of about 25% it means that
I actually added 12,500 new photos to my collection. You may remember from last year that I took
around 35,000 but with a much lower keep rate of about 15%, which came to another
5,250 images.
So I'm sure you’re thinking - where does
he keep all of these photos? Well,
actually I have four different hard drives, which amounts to a over 9 terabytes (TB)
of total space. Now to visualize that
you have to imagine an average family computer has between 1 – 2 gigabytes of
storage as its hard drive. A terabyte is
1024 gigabytes of space, and if you then multiply that by nine I have the
equivalent of 9,216 gigabytes of storage space.
Yes…a lot!
The reason I need so much space is that when I use my camera I always have a 32-gigabyte
memory card in the camera to store my work, but I often need two of these during a shoot and so always carry a spare with me, along with a spare battery. I shoot in RAW format which allows me
the greatest flexibility when curating my work in post production. However, that
comes at a cost as each photo I take can be anywhere from 20 – 50 megabytes in
size, and therefore it doesn’t take too long to fill a 32 gigabyte memory card, especially when you take as many photos as I do. :-)
I came up with the concept of a
“30 for 30 retrospective” in which I post 30 images (actually I have so many interesting images that I post two per day…) for 30 days on all my social media channels. My retrospective serves two purposes (1) to share
some of the work you will not have seen, but also (2) to showcase my work,
which in turn supports my portfolio at ImageBrief.
My goal is to continually put myself out
there with the plan of selling more of my photography and broadening my footprint with
regard to my artistic aspirations. I’ve been thinking more and more about how I would fund and mount an
exhibition of my photography this coming year and very open to your ideas and thoughts on this if you have any connections with a gallery or exhibition space - no matter where it is.
Today also marks the start of road trip to Florida, having bundled Zach and Sami into the already packed car at 3:00 am for the initial leg from Toronto to Chicago. The way I look at is if we leave super early we can in be in Chicago for lunch and then have a full half day exploring the city. :-)
Last year, as you'll remember we drove to Florida via New York and the east coast, but because the kids haven't been to Chicago, plus it's been a few years since I was last there I figured it would be a new experience for us all. From Toronto its a solid 8 hour drive to the "windy city", but we're all very excited for our adventure.
After Chicago we head onto Indianapolis, where I've scouted ahead and sourced three tickets to an NFL game for Sunday afternoon. The Indianapolis Colts are playing the Houston Texans, I got us tickets through StubHub but they're in the rafters of the Lucas Oil Center with is a 20 min walk from our hotel. Still the thrill of going to a professional football game coupled with the amazing atmosphere is the best part of the experience and so the seats will be just fine no matter where they are.
This year I'm trying something new with the kids. I designated Zach as the navigator and he is now responsible for guiding us to each of the cities and finding our hotels throughout our trip. Sami is our designated restauranteur and meal coordinator for our trip. Her role is to find us places for dinner each night and book the restaurant in advance, thus managing all of the logistics including bookings and restaurant choices. Both of them are up for the challenge, as you know - with greater involvement comes greater engagement, well that's my theory anyway :-).
After Indianapolis, we're staying in Nashville, and then Birmingham with a visit to Selma and Montgomery as part of our history tour of the Civil Rights Trail. Fortunately for me both kids are into history and we're all very excited about our adventure.
I'll look forward to sharing more of our trip from the road in next weeks instalment and if you get a chance go check out my 30 for 30 (see my links above) please take a look.
Happy trails everyone
Ciao!
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“Hanoi Posting”
A series of micro-stories by Terence Wallis
Episode 24: Never Ending
Lea picked up the phone on her desk, “Its John, umm we need to talk, can you meet me in five minutes out front of the building?”. From the tone in John’s voice Lea knew that something was up “okay, I’ll be right down”.
As she exited the elevator she could see him silhouetted against the glass doors leading to the street, making her way toward him she could tell by his body language that something was amiss.
He sensed her approaching and turned to see her stride through the revolving doors, John turned and tried to smile as she came toward him, but he sensed from her frown on her face that she had guessed he had to tell her something. “What is it?” she demanded as came toward him. “Has mother finally gotten to you? Are you going to try to talk me out of going to Hanoi as well?”
“Actually, Lea I have something else to tell you” he said carefully, perhaps we should go for a cuppa around the corner. Lea looked deeply into his eyes and she could sense his concern. “Sure, I could do with a cup after the morning I’ve had” she said trying to lighten the moment.
As they walked to the café in the lane nearby they struggled for conversation beyond the weather and how Chelsea had played that weekend in the English Premier League.
John ordered two cups of tea as he walked in, as a regular they knew exactly what he type he liked and brought over two steaming cups and placed them in from of them. The tea shop was always relatively busy given its central location, although surprisingly few from the office frequented the shop as they mostly crossed the street to the nearby Cafe San Remo.
Lea was first to speak, “C'mon out with it” she prompted, “it can’t be that bad, now can it”. As a journalist who’d done a lot of human-interest stories she was a keen watcher of body language, it came with the territory but she could tell by the lack of eye contact that John had something pretty important to tell her.
Lea reached for his arm and touched it. He gave a half smile and looked into her eyes.
Look Lea, you can’t go to Hanoi…well, not just yet anyway he said almost a little too quickly. Lea’s anger rose instantly, how could she have been so wrong she thought. “What the hell do you mean I can’t go to Hanoi” she said a little too loudly. I thought you said this wasn’t about me and Hanoi. Look Lea I’ve had to send Bill to Bangladesh to cover the disaster there and I’m not sure how long he’s going to be on the ground. Lea’s eyes instantly welled with tears, “Why would you do that to me?” she sobbed. “You knew I was leaving at the end of the week, how could you” she sputtered.
Now it was John’s turn to be defensive, listen I had to do it, my local correspondent is nowhere to be found and I’m afraid that he maybe dead, Bill is the closest guy I could get on the ground and he left this morning for Dhaka. This is business Lea and you know it he said firmly.
She looked up with tears still glistening in her eyes and nodded. Deep down she knew he was right but was feeling unusually vulnerable at the moment. Perhaps it was her own doubt now starting to rise, as it felt that every time she planned to move forward with Bill something always seemed to come up.
Next week: Episode 25 Abandoned
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This week's selection of photos is from a shoot in Pittsburgh that I undertook recently. Enjoy!
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| Old time Warner Center sign in downtown Pittsburgh |
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| Pittsburgh street art - pretty cool! |
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Pittsburgh is at the confluence of three rivers - hence it is surrounded
by steel bridges |
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| Great lines on this shot of one of the many bridges |
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| Double layer bridges |
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| Loved the angle of the shot plus the rivets |
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| Peering through one of the steel girders on a bridge to see the oncoming traffic |
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Because Pittsburgh is in a river basin, the escarpment rises sharply up onto
Washington Heights overlooking the city - the funicula |
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The city of Pittsburgh stretched out before me - a beautiful city that is being
completely redeveloped |
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| From the finicula on its journey down the mountain |
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| Those clouds threatened but it didn't rain or snow during my visit |
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| Cool angle on the overpass |
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| The Christmas Tree at the outdoor skating rink in the center of the city |
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They even have a large, naturally growing Christmas tree
in the internal square at the courthouse and old jail |
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| The stone corners at the courthouse - at least two feet thick, maybe more! |
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| I didn't realize how old Pittsburgh actually was... |
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| Marble ceilings and art deco light fixtures - just stunning! |
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The art deco Union Trust building is being completely
renovated with its old style elevators |
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| The dome inside the Union Trust building is spectacular! |
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| Such fine detail on top of the dome |
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| The holiday spirit with a Menorah and Christmas trees in the windows |
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The angel at the Epiphany Catholic Church at Washington
Place in downtown Pittsburgh |
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| An antique store was chock full of items - floors of stuff to be exact... I could of spent hours in there |
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