After "Instagramming" my way up and down the East cost of Australia, I arrived back to Sydney where I was to stay for a few days before heading off on a rock climbing trip to the Blue Mountains. Since I was staying with my new friend Fabian I was able to use connect to wifi and chat with friends and family back home. One of these friends was Hillary, my close friend from photo school, and it went a little like this:
Hillary - "Hi Diego! Hows your trip going? I've seen all those awesome shots you have been putting up on Instagram. I bet you have been getting amazing stuff with your 5d"
Me - "Um........I haven't really been using the 5d much.........I'm really into this Instagram stuff; it's so liberating, I feel like I can really be in the moment, enjoy the experience, and yadi yadi yadi."
Hillary - "Listen Diego, don't take this the wrong way, but you need to stop being a hippy/hipster, and take out your big boy camera. You're in one of the most beautiful place on the word and you using a phone, CUT THE CRAP!"
That was it; she put me in my place. After that conversation the next few days I waited for Fabian to get out of work so he could go show me around and I could use my "big boy camera".
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| Christmas time in Darling Harbor. |
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| Fabian with the unlucky/lucky job of being the model. |
Ok this shot reminded me so much of a shot I took while in Sevilla, Spain. A photographer friend and mentor, Aaron Usher, told me that you will capture images through out your life that will link up; and this is one of them. Here's the link to the other image; it's half way down the posting.
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| Deja vu, summer in December. |
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| The rocks are so beautiful, I couldn't wait to go climbing. |
I have to end this posting by saying thank you to Hillary for getting me to go out and shoot with both my iPhone and DSLR.
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