Hike Up To The Hollywood Sign: Check

Last Friday Chloe and I completed goal number 6 on our L.A. bucket list, we climbed to the Hollywood sign. It was a epic climb. The first 1/3 of it was really steep and over whelming.  But it was really nice to see this cute little welcoming sign that said that the worst of the hike was over and we had made it.

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The views along the trail was amazing! You could see so much of L.A. and lots of beautiful fields of flowers.

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There where so many flowers!!! It was really pretty (once you got over the intense walk). From the 2/3 point of the trail Chloe and I stepped off the path and ended up in a restricted part of trail. From this point we got a great view of the front of the sign. You see, from the real trail you go to the back of the sign and we wanted to see the front. We succeeded!

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Perspective

We all hear stories. Gossip, really. So and so is dating whom? They did what? etc. It is hard to not get caught up in it. It is also hard to not form opinions of a person from a story. I believe that is called “judgments.” I am guilty of this, as I am sure a lot of people are.

The only thing I can do to stop myself from making judgements after hearing stories is to take a step back. It is important to remember the perspective. Who is telling the story and why are they telling it.  I’m not always good at taking a step back and thinking about these things. But I try too. Perspectives can me manipulated. Not always due to cruel intentions but distortion of perspective can occur. You think you know the whole story. See the entire image, when you do not. Someone is only showing you part it.

In a totally randomly and cheesy way I’m going to tie this to photography… see perspective is a little easier to get in photography. You can see the changes in angles etc. Changing the perspective when taking a photo can make the image more interesting. It also allows the photographer to see more of what is really going on. By changing the perspective a photographer can find more of the truth. Anyone can take a of what is in front of them, a photographer moves around. A photographer knows to change perspective.

I’m trying to push myself to find new perspectives when taking photographs.

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Same flower, different perspective.

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I think the trick is to keep shooting. To keep practicing.  I took many photos of this flower. Each time I tried to change the perspective. Sadly, I really only liked two of the photos.

Wanting to be Wise

“She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.”
— Jane Austen (Persuasion)