Posted in 7 Days of Nature Photo Challenge: Two
Photography & Poetry
“Sailing, sailing, over the Bounty Bay”
7 Days of Nature Photo Challenge: Day Two: Sailing
The sun on my back
The wind in my sails
The gentle tap
Against the rails
This is…
Heaven
Posted in Photography 101: Street & Establishing Shots (Day Two)
“When I’m in New York, I just want to walk down the street and feel this thing, like I’m in a movie” Ryan Adams
Middle of the Road
Not quite the main street of San Francisco
Certainly not the hippest lane in Seoul
It’s just a quaint itty-bitty place called Espoo
Right in the middle of nowhere
Somewhere
Near the North Pole
Blogging 101, Commenting Bootcamp, Day Two, Share a Personal Story
Blogging and commenting are about connecting. We connect with one another through stories.
Today, leave a comment in which you share a personal story about yourself.
When you tell a personal story, you show the original blogger a few things. First, that their post resonated with someone — something every blogger strives for — and second, that you’re ready to open up and engage in real conversation.
Share a personal story in a comment — something relevant to the original post.
Again, we encourage you to leave this comment on a blog where you’ve never engaged before. This just might be the start of a beautiful friendship!
“I plead the fifth”
Blogging 101, Commenting Bootcamp, Day Two, Share a Personal Story
For today’s assignment, I must “plead the fifth”.
Call it personality, call it national heritage (Finnish inherited personality), promoting myself shamelessly while enjoying someone else’s product is something which is not in my nature to do. If there is a funny anecdote to be shared, then that is fine, when the situation demands it. I have even written a comment in a poem to one of my favourite blogs, but sharing something truly personal on someone else’s blog, is really not me. Of course there are always exceptions to any rule.
What prompted this?
Definite “no-nos” from real life, which I have received as comments on my posts:
“Excellent story and colourful pics: now come and see my site…”
“Rant, rant, why I hate religion, rant, rant, nothing to do with your post, continued rant”
“I really don’t like black and white photographs”
I like to follow my dear departed Grandmother’s motto “If you haven’t gotten anything nice or constructive to say, shut the hell up!”
Keep calm and keep blogging, and commenting all!
Posted in 3 Day Quote Challenge
3 Days, 3 Quotes Challenge, Part Two, Day Two
“Don’t shoot what it looks like, shoot what it feels like” David Alan Harvey
Photography is the only language that can be understood anywhere in the world
Photography is a hobby very near and dear to me. I have been shooting pics since I was ten, when I got my first pocket camera by Kodak. I used to make black and white photos in the school photo lab every week and was known as the school “pix snapper”, recording history whenever there was an event or another. Of course in those days, we used film for the cameras and working part time was the best option to get my film rolls. In today’s world, photography is more common of course and easy access to cameras even on mobile phones makes anyone a “photographer”.
After starting my blog this year and posting my photos on Instagram, Flickr and 500px I can totally relate to this quote, since even the English language can be difficult for some to understand, but a photograph seems to be a simple way to share one’s art.
“Photography is the only language that can be understood anywhere in the world” Bruno Barbey
Free flow/Poetry/Dialogue mix
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Writing 101, Day Two: Write a list
“Today, let’s write a list. Compiling a list is a way to let loose, unlock ideas, and free your mind”
Today, write your own list on one of these topics:
* Things I Like
* Things I’ve Learned
* Things I Wish
If you want to tackle a different genre:
* Fiction: Your character discovers a piece of paper, with a list on it, on the ground. What happens next?
* Poetry: Incorporate numbers into a poem, or focus your poem on things you like, wish for, or have learned.
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed” Ernest Hemingway
Gun Roswell in Numbers (Writing 101, 2)
Let’s do some simple arithmetic
To get this show started
When?
I was born in nineteen hundred and sixty-five (1965)
That would make me a total of five and zero (50)
Surely that is worth some kind of high five (your hand held high and clashing with someone else’s hand)
After all I may not be a super hero (is there a number for that?)
But certainly some kind of artist, but hardly a Miro
Oh, yeah, I wrote that in rhyme!
Hope you don’t mind?
Personally
My slender shoe size is forty-two (42)
In other languages that means eight (8) for the United Kingdom
And ten (10) for the United States
Basically that means I can use my shoes
For walking, running and as skis
All in one package kind of deal with a freedom
To do what ever, when ever, whom ever (oops! scratch the last one!)
Of course I still need a pair of … skates
My waist size?
Well let’s not go there this time (there really is no measurable number)
Just kidding: I *do* have big bones!
Something something measured in stones (oh, wait, that’s weight: never mind!)
Got a full chest of ninety five (95DD) double dee
Yeah, really! Nothing new here to see!
On my high heels standing tall at a hundred and seventy-one (171)
That is metric and loosely translates as five point six feet (5.6)
I can easily steal the spot in the sun
Especially when I am wearing my high heels
Creatively I have been a
Photographer since I was ten (10)
Subtracted from fifty (50) that means a total of forty (40) years
During that time, I have managed to snap pics of the Eiffel Tower and Big Ben
– Imagine that!
Maybe time to shift to some new gears?
I started writing at the ripe old age of five (5)
Subtracted from fifty (50) that means a total of forty-five (45) years
So sue me: There are too many fives and I am having a difficulty of finding rhymes!
Professionally
I had a lot of fun in customer service for sixteen (16) years
– Oh.My.God. Seriously? That is a reason for a few beers!
And lately, for the past twenty (20) odd years in the world of IT
– Yeah, you really think you are so clever and mighty? (don’t ya!)
Contact details
I live in the flat number 3 A 1 (that’s some kind of hexadecimal code, right?)
My postal code is 02650 (Total of 13, ah, the magical number!)
And you can call me at extension 566 4574 (note the 7 and 4: vice versa that makes 47)
I may answer your call or then again I might not
– Hey, this last one did not rhyme!
So?
– You promised rhyme, in the beginning, remember?
Did not!
– Did too!
Na-ah!
(angry staring contest continues, but this tale ends right here.)
-> OK, so this may not be a resume, just some shameless self promotion, that’s all!
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Blogging 201, Day Two: Headers and Titles
“Your header or title is the first thing people see when they land on your blog — does yours have the impact you want?
Today’s takeaways: we’ll understand what makes an effective header, what our header options are, and how to tweak our title or upload a custom header.”‘
Action time! If you have no header or visuals, use the tips in the linked materials to start brainstorming. If you already have something in place, take a look at some other bloggers you love to see how you stack up and get some fresh ideas. If you’re totally happy, head to the Commons to support your co-bloggers!
“When I first came out there was no such thing as Twitter or Facebook. And the blogs! Like, what is that?” Christina Aguilera
Blogging 201, Day Two
* The characteristics of a great header
* Header options and jargon
* Adding a header
* Adding a site logo
* How to come up with visuals for your blog
Header:
A photograph I took on my trip to Italy, Verbania: A tranquil scenic photo, conveniently lulling the readers into a false sense of security, and then they start reading… But seriously, this is a blog about everything and nothing 😉
Logo:
I have a logo for “gunroswell” and it is placed on my home page http://www.gunroswell.com.
But I feel, the current blog as it is, being extremely dynamic in nature, I don’t want to adorn it too much. Rather, I am trying to get rid of some of the things placed there earlier as I am trying to keep the look and feel as simple as possible and easy to navigate.
Keep calm and keep on blogging!
Rantings Of A Third Kind 