Childhood memories. Strolling through the park.

Life was much simpler.

- Alex J.

I started blogging about two months ago, (which I LOVE) over at www.debbielaneonpurpose.wordpress.com - you should visit me there! It’s a space where I do all my personal blogging about life, crafting, simplifying, family and Christianity. However I was falling in love with the photo blogging so much that it needs its own space.

Right now I literally take all my pictures with a simple Blackberry phone. I love taking pictures but can’t afford one of those beautiful, (salivating) DSLR cameras everyone is snapping with. My pics are also unedited. I love the beauty of how nature already is.

I live in the San Fransisco Bay area and love to journey through California. I often frequent beaches, redwoods, waterways and trails really any place I believe is beautiful and will provide a mini vacation from the day.

I have many photos already posted @ www.debbielaneonpurpose.wordpress.com

Thank for visiting me and sharing in My Unedited Photo Journey Through Nature… using nothing more than a Blackberry Phone… for now

Blessings,

Debbie Lane

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I’m basically an image junkie!

I paint on canvas, I take photographs: there’s always, always an image meditation in my thoughts.

The sunrise photo with this blog post was a quick shot taken with my BlackBerry camera a couple mornings ago. And now the photo is saved with a few thousand other images on my mobile phone. Actually the satisfaction is in getting the photo: I might t see the image again except this time I sought it out to share with you.

This is a lot like what happens when I paint from in my thoughts except I don’t go back looking for the photo in my archives for a reference. I simply source an impression of something in my thoughts and the rest happens from there. When the memory impression fades away the meditation of the painting is finished.  

If this Calgary artist were to paint such a sunrise image for you, the impression on the canvas would be from my thoughts and the echoes of the sunrise would be felt vibrantly.

What images tempt you?

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Jim Pescott is an international contemporary artist who lives and works in Calgary, Alberta. Jim paints with dotsI a contemporary pointillist style. To contact Jim directly about his paintings, or about a commision project you have in mind, please phone 403-870-0591, or email him at paintwithdots@shaw.ca. His website is at http://www.jimpescott.com

Eyes of my lover. A mobile phone photograph. Christmas Eve. Mumbai, December 2011.

It was some ten to fifteen years ago, that I saw a mobile phone for the first time in my life. My dad had made his prized purchase – a huge handset (unsure if it was a Nokia or a Panasonic device) with a prepaid mobile phone connection. It not only had the ability of making and receiving phone calls, but it could also be used to send and receive text messages! It kind of made Pagers obsolete overnight. (But, I still thought pagers were cool)

Strange times they were. Mobile phone call rates in India were too expensive. I recollect that it was 8 Indian Rupees (INR) per minute for outgoing calls, and 4 INR for incoming calls (Yes, incoming calls weren’t free then!). Any caller who dialed dad’s phone number by mistake would face his wrath for sure!

Things changed drastically over the next twenty years. We are in the era of touch screens where my Blackberry curve 3G phone with a QWERTY keypad looks terribly outdated. But, the Blackberry Messenger in it, serves the purpose of keeping in touch with loved ones(Note: I can keep in touch, but I can’t really touch).

But, one of the important innovations that took place in mobile telephony was the addition of cameras to mobile devices. In the history of photography this was a landmark moment that led to greater democratization of the craft. Entry level barriers to owning a camera and practicing the craft, were brought down. Everybody who had access to a mobile phone  could now visually capture a slice out of their daily life and from their surroundings.

Not only did this technological innovation bring down the costs of owning a camera,  but it also meant that cameras shrunk in size. Instead of carrying bulky camera bodies, one could have a camera that fits the size of the palm of their hands. Today, at any given street there will be a camera in the pocket of every individual passing there. Wow! everyone can tell a story from their perspective.

Over the last years, I have traveled far and near to take time off from work. And I have intentionally left my bulky cameras behind. The idea was to unwind and soak in to surroundings, to learn new things, meet new people, and devote time to family and friends. But, the ‘hunter’ in me couldn’t be left at home.

I am a sucker for story-telling images. The more personal and intimate it gets, the better it is for me. I get a high out of daily life. With such an insane mind, could I stop from making images that I found a strong connection with? No way!

My mobile phones were my finest companions during all my travels. Earlier it used to be a Nokia 5800 MusicXpress. Then came the Blackberry curve 3G. They didn’t have great cameras when compared of many other phones of the day. The images from them seemed to be blurry and most of the time they appeared to be out of focus. Maybe that’s life – a lot of things in life are unclear and lack focus…

Together the two mobile phones became a tool for creating a personal visual journal. A large part of this journal is scattered across the web and in tiny memory cards. This journal doesn’t stop. It continues almost every other day as life gives plenty of moments that soak in. As per the world of jargon in photography, you can call it an ongoing personal project! Now and then, a leaf out of this journal surfaces on my Facebook album.

As the new year dawns, I look back into the bygone years through my mobile phone memories. They remind me of all the good times I’ve had, the people I’ve lost, and the people I’ve found. It seems like a jigsaw puzzle where I am putting together the pieces to see where I was, where I am now, and to where I’ve longed to go to.

Here, I’ve tried to collect and share some of the images from my mobile phone journal. Some are abstract, while some are what they seemed to be. Some of them have little captions and some have none.

Wishing everybody a very happy new year.  Let the year 2012 be filled with joy and prosperity.

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P.S: Plan to create a mosaic/collage  out of some of these mobile phone memories and make prints on fine-art paper. stay tuned for updates on it.

(Note: If you like my work, then please do share the link to this website with others. Also, if you’d like to support me in my projects, then feel free to click the ‘flattr’ button at the bottom of the post. Flattr is a social micro-payment system. Alternately, you can even buy my Books/E-books. Or maybe even buy a fine-art print.)

I was walking around THE FORT last night with my sister Ofie, trying to check out a possible condo/hotel but I guess the place was more of an extended stay facility rather than something for transients like us.  It looks like we’re sticking to our original plan.

Saya suka oh bukan, jatuh cinta dengan bold 9780 ni. 2 tahun saya redha je dengan C510 yang kameranya sangat tak boleh diharap. Walaupun ia mahal sedikit dari model yang lain, kameranya sangat memuaskan hati. I heart Bold big time, except sebab ia baru, tak banyak theme lagi. – can live with that.

Bila kamera dah cantik, maka banyaklah gambar diambil. Saya ada kongsi di facebook. Seronok sangat.

Malamnya kami jalan-jalan di pasar malam. Ramainya orang tak larat nak bergesel. Oh saya ada jumpa ais krim goyang tapi tak sempat ambil gambar takut leka anak hilang.

Sampai rumah jam 10.45 malam. Masing-masing terbongkang. Yang pasti, hari ini semua orang refreshed. Umar buat homework tanpa perlu disuruh, hamzah kurang menangis, saya pun siap masak lunch tatkala orang baru nak sarapan.

Hebatkan kuasa tukar angin?

While we were there, we of course enjoyed a delightful selection of wines, many from the Napa area. And we took a dinner ride on the Napa Wine Train, something none of us had ever done before. We rode in restored vintage rail cars and were served a four-course dinner as we ogled the wineries and the sunset.

Here’s my favorite shot from the evening. Believe it or not, I took it with my Blackberry’s camera!

Night at the Napa Wine Train Depot