Pixel Darkroom Photography

One of the things I’ve learned while working on this project is that it’s not always simple to create simple things, but there is something that rings true in “less is more” and people like simple things. I like simple things. I’m not going to explain how I made this, not because it’s a secret but because I don’t think it matters. Enjoy Day 319. Thanks for coming.

You see something and wonder if you can catch the details. I had to put a flash behind this leaf, and all you see here is the leaf lit from behind. Entirely. Some things can only be seen with the naked eye though. I like the image, and wish I had a lady bug to put on top or something, but I still like the way it looks. It’s like seeing the veins of a plant. Here’s Day 318. Tomorrow I have to fillet the salmons.

This is one of the days when the government regulations allowed fishing the sockeye salmon in British Columbia. It is the first year in many years when they allowed it, and people got really into it. You can see here how crowded the banks of the Fraser River are, just north of Chilliwack, BC. It was so crowded that I couldn’t believe there are so many fishermen on the planet. Lines got tangled. Many times. But, people caught lots of fish. I caught only a big one, but only because I didn’t have a very long line, don’t get me wrong. Otherwise I would have had more in the bag.
It was actually very fun and the kids loved pulling out the fish. Every once in a while (quite often actually) a fisherman would ask a kid if he caught something; if he didn’t he then would let the kids wrestle with the fish to pull it out. Fun. fun. fun.