Blown Away

There are two reasons why I shoot in black and white a lot. The first is a technical reason; seeing the shades of grey helps me quickly control my exposure the way I want. I don't have to worry about colors distracting me, it's pure grey scale. The second reason is a little different. When I'm flipping through all the photos I've taken after I've gone out a shot a bit and I flip to a color photo, it really blows me away.

I feel like we don't appreciate color photos as much as we used to, mostly because color photos have become commonplace. I still like to be blown away by a photo from time to time, even if it's just a simple one like this.

Citroën 22cv

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Shadows on the Sand

Camels in the desert, viewed at sunset from above.

1970s W123 Chassis Rally Cars

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A factory-built 280E Safari rally car.

Rare views

A photo of the north pole of the moon from the Soviet probe Zond 8

Home

Isn't it amazing that we live in a world where people have gone to the moon? In my mind, that doesn't seem all that significant. It happened nearly 50 years ago, and we've done so much since then. But think about it. We've sent humans to another celestial body. It's a pretty amazing thing.

And it puts our little world into perspective. What seems so big and durable is really small and fragile. Isn't this world a beautiful place? I look at the Earth in these photos and I don't try to pick out my country. I see Earth, as a whole, as my home. It is our home, floating in the blackness of space.

Fire

There's something hauntingly beautiful about this image. Not just the colors, but the knowledge of what it is. Knowing that, at the tip of that rocket, are three people getting thrown upwards and thousands of miles per hour. And not just that, but knowing that they are going somewhere that we've never been before, and knowing that they could easily not come back, but going anyway.