Many this way pass

PICT1458, originally uploaded by lotusduck.

I spend a lot of time photographing the highbridge, because I am still mostly an incidental photographer, and I cross the bridge on foot somewhat often. It's probably the biggest structure near my house, or the nearest big structure to my house.
I think about how rusted it gets and how quickly--the rust from the railings pours down over the structural elements, which is, as I understand it, not such a great thing. I wish kids or advertisers or someone with the time energy and resources to repaint the thing more often, would. A while back there was an initiative to put weird, confusing artistic signs around neighborhoods because studies showed people drove slower, if not more attentively, where art was present.
At the very least, someone should write "This too shall pass" on the other side of the railing, as it's a somewhat popular suicide destination in the Twin Cities.

Old things

Chuck, illustrated by Uncle Arnie, originally uploaded by lotusduck.

The idea of an image *belonging* to me in any sense appeals to my senseless photo greed.
Certain two dimensional Prentice family artifacts belong to me and about 7 other people, so I have a continuing interest in preserving them, at least digitally. Things in the public domain belong to everyone, and therefore everyone, although someone has already scanned Moses King's Handbook of the United States (http://books.google.com/books?id=3FE6AAAAMAAJ although perhaps their scans of the smaller images leave something wanting...), and I gave away that old music book, so I don't think I have any original editions of public domain material not freely available elsewhere. But, naturally I have as much right to public domain material that I find online as I do for
something I rescue from the trash and scan myself.
I want to photograph every antique thing, but I don't yet know what the tips and tricks are for shooting small.

What was lost

CIMG0611, originally uploaded by lotusduck.

None of the computers at my immediate disposal have a good relationship with CDs.
So it took me actually finding CDs around and remembering to take them out to the studio to find out that a lot of stuff I'd written off as lost is readily at my disposal.
I've been making fake double exposures, and I'm really loving how I've saved so many redundant or shitty pictures, because trying to make a photo accidental can only go so far, large stacks of photos that are almost good in places but are still kind of pedestrian are exactly what is needed to fake an accidental double exposure, but still get a result that has good definition in places.
There is much to do.