Raymond Abril

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From my 3rd story studio, I can see every mountain in the valley. I have experienced the sunrises and sunsets of the different seasons and began to understand early man’s fascination with understanding the relationship of where the sun rises and sets and the seasons. The entire reason I decided to buy my house was because of the 3rd floor loft. To me, it is a romantic sensation to sit at my desk and look behind my monitor to see the whole city, or to DJ with only the light from the street lamps illuminating my mixer. I would not be able to choose if I prefer to watch the sun wake up from behind South Mountain or fall asleep behind the Estrella Mountains. When I first moved in, I chose to tell time by where the sun was in the sky. This experiment was interesting to impress upon the minimal amount of illumination upon my perception of days versus nights. It was a glorious portion of my life where I was free to read, write, create, and understand the physical world. Within the city of Phoenix, people are so used to staying indoors with everything closed to keep out the incredible temperatures. 110 degrees Fahrenheit at midnight? From my studio, I can see the Earth around me and it impresses upon me inspiration that has no comparison to anything else. I am surrounded by activity. Planes land and take off at all hours, sometimes as dots of light and others as curious objects in the distance moving at an angle. What this view represents is a promise I made to myself to stay with my hometown and be a part of it as it grows. Phoenix is the 5th largest city in the country, and yet it is so very new. Newcomers often quip about the lack of culture, yet they don’t provide any of their own. I see Phoenix as a hot center for the future. One of my dreams is to open my own art gallery. I decided to stay in Phoenix and purchase a house instead of traveling the world. The personal growth I have accomplished within my home have allowed me to develop a concise understanding of myself. The more of which is the plan I have laid out to someday realize the rest of my dreams. Besides, there will be time to travel the world later; and I will have my home to come back to! I combined 3 12-bit RAW pictures from my camera on a tripod and merged them to 32-bit per channel. Click the picture to view the full version. I have much to learn about the process, but I just wanted the detail in the clouds to stand out. I’m experimenting with the process, and I’ll keep working on it. My Brightkite will have other pictures from the city. In the meantime, I am going to appreciate the lights of the city at night. :) Zoom

From my 3rd story studio, I can see every mountain in the valley. I have experienced the sunrises and sunsets of the different seasons and began to understand early man’s fascination with understanding the relationship of where the sun rises and sets and the seasons.

The entire reason I decided to buy my house was because of the 3rd floor loft. To me, it is a romantic sensation to sit at my desk and look behind my monitor to see the whole city, or to DJ with only the light from the street lamps illuminating my mixer. I would not be able to choose if I prefer to watch the sun wake up from behind South Mountain or fall asleep behind the Estrella Mountains.

When I first moved in, I chose to tell time by where the sun was in the sky. This experiment was interesting to impress upon the minimal amount of illumination upon my perception of days versus nights. It was a glorious portion of my life where I was free to read, write, create, and understand the physical world. Within the city of Phoenix, people are so used to staying indoors with everything closed to keep out the incredible temperatures. 110 degrees Fahrenheit at midnight? From my studio, I can see the Earth around me and it impresses upon me inspiration that has no comparison to anything else. I am surrounded by activity. Planes land and take off at all hours, sometimes as dots of light and others as curious objects in the distance moving at an angle.

What this view represents is a promise I made to myself to stay with my hometown and be a part of it as it grows. Phoenix is the 5th largest city in the country, and yet it is so very new. Newcomers often quip about the lack of culture, yet they don’t provide any of their own. I see Phoenix as a hot center for the future. One of my dreams is to open my own art gallery.

I decided to stay in Phoenix and purchase a house instead of traveling the world. The personal growth I have accomplished within my home have allowed me to develop a concise understanding of myself. The more of which is the plan I have laid out to someday realize the rest of my dreams. Besides, there will be time to travel the world later; and I will have my home to come back to!

I combined 3 12-bit RAW pictures from my camera on a tripod and merged them to 32-bit per channel. Click the picture to view the full version. I have much to learn about the process, but I just wanted the detail in the clouds to stand out. I’m experimenting with the process, and I’ll keep working on it. My Brightkite will have other pictures from the city.

In the meantime, I am going to appreciate the lights of the city at night. :)


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