family photos,Värttinä, new postcards

The picture above is of my sister and my brother, years ago. I've been gradually taking our childhood albums and scanning them into digital format.

I know photos mean different things to different people. Some take photos for art's sake or to record an event, some focus on technical perfection, and some aren't interested in taking photos at all.

Since childhood, I've taken photos to capture moments and people. I know I'll never win photo awards...for me, the technical and compositional aspects aren't as important as trying to find the essence of the photo's subject, whether landscape or person or atmosphere. I have a long way to go, but every so often I manage to take a photo which I feel comes tantalizingly close. People have always been more interesting to me as photo subjects than landscapes.

SURVEY: Do you have a camera? How often do you use it?

I had mentioned before that the Lord of the Rings musical (and comments from Hitch in LJ) inspired me to buy a CD by the Finnish group Värttinä. I chose Värttinä's "Iki" CD because it seemed to have music closest to the LOTR show (at least of the CDs available in the Canadian iTunes) and I love it:



I've been listening to this CD over and over and over and over again. Such incredibly gorgeous harmonies and instrumentals. It's also great music to work to since I can't understand any of the words. :-) You can hear sample sounclips here.

Thanks to Julie, "Lord Korak" and John for the postcards for my collection! You can see my whole collection here, but here are my newest additions:



From Julie:

GREETINGS FROM INTERCOURSE, PENNSYLVANIA
A horse and buggy travels down the busy streets of Intercourse.

"Hi Debbie

Thought you might enjoy this classy offering from the heart of Amish country (& yes, there really is such a town)

Love Julie"



From John Hall:

Views of Abu Dhabi - The Capital

"Debbie,

Greetings from Abu Dhabi in the UAE

John"



From my pal "Lord Korak" (who might be attending FilKONtario, his very first filk con!). Here's what was on the other side:

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