Da Moon Da Moon!
So, im out there shooting the moon, not shooting for the moon, allthough im writing this very bl og today to compare the two. Last Febuary I got a good deal on a BLUE video camera, a flash camcorder called a JVC Evario (im talkin, i paid about 125 bucks for a 400 dollar camera because it was the model being clearanced out and the display). I also have a tripod that ive had for a while, that ive appropriately named TROUBLE, im not real great on "balancing" things, from walking, to myself, to my friendships or whatever to others, etc. So we have the rotten "balance" im also a terrible "focuser" and lining up things for me arent perfect either. I stay zoomed in too long (as is life and my video camera) and newsflash: IM NOT PERFECT. If you are, go home right now, because you have NO reason to be reading this blog.
Anyways, im out there shootin this beautiful Harvest moon (a 20 year rarity) I decide to pull for trouble, but also what keeps me grounded, and that is my camera tripod. For me, capturing the perfect moment, no errors, no screw ups, is something I strive for, sometimes a little too hard, and sometimes a little too "high expectation-ed". Im trying to get THE PERFECT CLOSE UP of that moon, my damn tripod is floppin everywhere, nothing is going smoothly, and i focus it, and lose the shot, pan back out, and back and forth back and forth as how life goes. I panned this video back and forth camera so many fkin times, im not even kidding. As life faded into a dark cloud (err i mean the moon not life) Finally, after struggling and struggling, i decide, screw it, I dont need the PERFECT shot, I panned it out so i could see the full moon, to the left hand side a little bit, and I got my decent shot. It wasnt what I expected, as is life is never what you expect, its suppose to be better....is it???? Anyways, the shot turned out nice, being on the tripod, it was steady and even tho not totaly in the middle, Not zoomed in as far as I was trying, I got my camera to sit steady on this pic of the moon, and it wasnt what i wanted originally, but it turned out beautifully, as is life does sometimes.
One of my favorite songs (and artists) is "Life ain't always beautiful (but its a beautiful ride)" by Gary Allan, it goes
and the struggles make you stronger
and the changes make you wise
and happiness has its own way, of taking its sweet time
no life aint always beautiful
but i know ill be fine
life aint always beautiful, but its a beautiful ride.
While im referencing songs, lets go over one of my fav Kenny Chesney songs called "Never gonna feel that way again"
Its my life and its sure funanother season of my lifes begun
another race im glad i get to run
another chapter of my lifes arrived
tho im never gonna feel that way again
time rushin by me like the wind
ill never feel as young as i was then
no im never gonna feel that way again.
Life rushes by as you know it ( dont blink is another song of his with a similar topic) and parts of life is shit, it really is, but i guess if we have to dance in the dung to feel the sunshine, we have to embrace those sunny moments a little bit more, even if we have to pan, and watch our moon hide behind a dark cloud, just keep panning in and out, until you get something you can settle for.So true, life can be a pain in the neck, a thorn in my side, a jackass or two stomping on your parade and pissing in your coco puffs. but, really, the ride through is rather stellar, the friends laughters, families smiles, the dogs wagging their tails, and certain chapters of our lives (not the pages we tear from it). I have happy moments of this chapter, but of course, am ready for a new adventure, I do need that extra, but ill enjoy the pages of this book for now to the best of my ability.
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