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I'm back.

After a surprisingly large wave of a mass amount of water went all the way up the beach i was at today, my camera suffered a non recoverable incident. My camera practically got swept up and i managed to grab it along with all our other stuff. To my dismay my camera was completely ruined, salt water in the lcd screens, sand in every nook and cranny, clogging USB and connection ports, ruining my battery grip, possibly shorting out two batteries, an 8 gig flash card and my lens.  Around $800 instantly ruined by the damned tide. Today is a sad day as I loved my camera, I've had it for four years(maybe longer?) I wanted to keep it to use even when I was able to afford a better camera for my needs. Now I don't have that option and I am without the money to pay for a camera. This has deeply depressed me =


-Will Taylor


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Been awhile since I've been to the city to do any photography.
Several months to be correct. I plan to go to San Francisco for a couple of days these week, then maybe end up in Berkeley for some  crazier stuff then end it all with a trip to the really bad parts of Oakland, dangerous but exciting!
If there's anyone who is watching me that's int he area be sure to comment or note me. I'd love to go shoot with others! Although I will warn that I have a a knack for going places I shouldn't and I've been chased by security and the police a few times. Trespassing yay! Haha, anyways hope the shoots turn out amazing =]


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I've never really told anyone why I take photographs, some say pictures are worth 1000 words, but honestly to me they're worth even more, they're priceless memories that remind me of the most insignificant shred of happiness. That looking at that picture, I can remember the whole day. For better or for worse, my photography is literally the viewfinder into my soul. Every picture is a novel, which you find out something new every time you read, a detail you missed, and are glad you realized was there. Planned out shots, snap shots, or even accidental actuations of your shutter are all stamps on a never ending flow of live action frames.  The world to me is a singular massive flow of constant pictures, cameras and lenses at every single angle: capturing it all in the minds of the living and in the remains of the dead.  To lose my eyesight would in my own heart be a fate worse than death. The thought that'd I'd never capture an image again would rip my soul to shreds; it's simply not an option. There are those born to be saints and there are those born to be demons, then there are those born to be historians. Unbiased creatures, as if put on this planet for no other reason to record the majesty of life and have the drive to spread happiness and smite sadness from the hearts of anyone and hold on the terrible emotions in a single still frame. Our job is to have the world bear witness to the single omnipotent truth that the word ugly is an archaic and worthless abomination of letters that should and must be forgotten.  I've never seen an ugly thing in my life, I couldn't define ugly if you told me to. I've only seen bad lighting.

     I must imagine that all these seem as if nonsensical ramblings of a mad man, someone who believes that photography is this supposedly pure art form that is magical and brings pure delight. A paper written by a mad man, it is how a paper should be written; passionate and filled with the zealous reflections on life that only those truly dedicated to their art form posses.

The gods of optics and photography seem to look down onto me with a joyous glare as they play with my mind. As I have yet to let everyone know, I have indeed acquired new camera equipment! Yes wonderful news, a canon 50EXII speedlite flash and a battery grip has come into my possession! But as this wonderful news from my birthday gifts hits us, a far darker light falls down onto me.

My kit lens broke!
The lens I've used to capture many of my sharp and crisp images, images most people would never believe to of been captured by a kit lens which are supposedly soft, yet for me come out  sharp as hell. It's a sad day indeed as I must now find the money to replace my lens, as my only other lens is a 70-300mm, which although indeed a nice lens, isn't wide enough for what i want!

Damn it all D:


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Will