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This is the "results" page for a new kind of 365 project. One in which you aren't a casual, passive observer but an instigator.


Visit http://pinterest.com/mccarthyphoto/41/ to contact me and help me decide, "what's next?"
Today’s entry is a giant car shaped like a shoe. Why? Because I have a cold that’s kicking my butt and running me down at the same time. 

Today’s entry is a giant car shaped like a shoe. Why? Because I have a cold that’s kicking my butt and running me down at the same time. 

What can I say? She wouldn’t stand still long enough to have her photo taken. 41-11

What can I say? She wouldn’t stand still long enough to have her photo taken.

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41-10 is from a professional shoot I had today. I love photographing kids.  So much joy and discovery. This young girl was so giddy she kept threading through her mom’s legs.  I don’t think mom necessarily wanted to be in the photos but that smile was to precious to resist. 

41-10 is from a professional shoot I had today. I love photographing kids.  So much joy and discovery. This young girl was so giddy she kept threading through her mom’s legs.  I don’t think mom necessarily wanted to be in the photos but that smile was to precious to resist. 

Kids artist, Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam band rocks the Los Angeles Festival of Books.  Way to go Lucky and Alisha!  Your infectious spirit is my inspiration for 41-9

Kids artist, Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam band rocks the Los Angeles Festival of Books.  Way to go Lucky and Alisha!  Your infectious spirit is my inspiration for 41-9

This picture is for Beverly Diehl, the first person to post on my Pinterest page (http://pinterest.com/mccarthyphoto/41/) and provoke me to do something for 41for365.  You can see what she posted by visiting my Pinterest link. Bev — I call this one Breathe.  I won’t say anything more and hope that the picture speaks for itself.

This picture is for Beverly Diehl, the first person to post on my Pinterest page (http://pinterest.com/mccarthyphoto/41/) and provoke me to do something for 41for365.  You can see what she posted by visiting my Pinterest link.

Bev — I call this one Breathe.  I won’t say anything more and hope that the picture speaks for itself.

41-7 The Lure of the Open Road… Retro style. I didn’t have much time today but I saw this vintage VW and had to take a picture. Sometimes Sarah and I fantasize about pitching it all in and buying a wagon and just taking off.  This little number would likely be too small but that does nothing to take away from its romantic appeal. 

41-7 The Lure of the Open Road… Retro style.

I didn’t have much time today but I saw this vintage VW and had to take a picture. Sometimes Sarah and I fantasize about pitching it all in and buying a wagon and just taking off.  This little number would likely be too small but that does nothing to take away from its romantic appeal. 

The first fruit of the summer.  Plucked fresh from my garden last night.  That kind of makes this picture a 2-fer. 41-6

The first fruit of the summer.  Plucked fresh from my garden last night.  That kind of makes this picture a 2-fer.

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This is my least favorite entry so far and I debated posting it at all.  My intent was to do something a little slick while I was driving (via a self-timer shot) but it didn’t turn out the way I envisioned it.  I decided to post it because a) it’s late in the day and I don’t think I have enough time to do another shot and b) because failure is just as important as success.  This is a failure, IMHO, but that’s a helluva lot better than doing nothing at all. The title for the photo is (or at least was intended to be) “slow is smooth, smooth is fast” which is my new mantra.  I’ll explain it another day but for now, suffice it to say that the madness of LA traffic is a good metaphor for creativity in a chaotic life. After this I’ll try to do fewer self-portraits. I prefer to photograph other people. 

This is my least favorite entry so far and I debated posting it at all.  My intent was to do something a little slick while I was driving (via a self-timer shot) but it didn’t turn out the way I envisioned it.  I decided to post it because a) it’s late in the day and I don’t think I have enough time to do another shot and b) because failure is just as important as success.  This is a failure, IMHO, but that’s a helluva lot better than doing nothing at all.

The title for the photo is (or at least was intended to be) “slow is smooth, smooth is fast” which is my new mantra.  I’ll explain it another day but for now, suffice it to say that the madness of LA traffic is a good metaphor for creativity in a chaotic life.

After this I’ll try to do fewer self-portraits. I prefer to photograph other people. 

41-4 I think the photo says it all, doesn’t it? 

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I think the photo says it all, doesn’t it? 

This is what I’m doing tonight.  This is what I’ll be doing tomorrow.  And the rest of the week. Staring into a brightly lit box, ignoring the world around me.  Sometimes that work is creative but oftentimes I wonder if creativity can be found in front of a keyboard.   I may write, or edit, on the computer but I rarely create. That energy comes from a place that isn’t plugged in 24/7 and is increasingly hard to find. 

This is what I’m doing tonight.  This is what I’ll be doing tomorrow.  And the rest of the week. Staring into a brightly lit box, ignoring the world around me.  Sometimes that work is creative but oftentimes I wonder if creativity can be found in front of a keyboard.  

I may write, or edit, on the computer but I rarely create. That energy comes from a place that isn’t plugged in 24/7 and is increasingly hard to find.