I am Lauren Farmer.
I live in New York City.
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12:31pm
I love taking self portraits. No, it’s not conceited, or awkward. I take them because I think it will be fun years and years from now, to look back at this time in my life and see myself enjoying places, people, experiences. “Can you take a photo of me?” becomes a hassle, so I have no problem snapping my own.
However, I naturally “pose” for these shots. I try not to, but it’s impossible. Like Tyra Banks, I “know my angles.”
So when I manage to take a photo that really gets me in the moment, without neccessarily making myself look “good,” I feel like I’ve hit the jackpot. Like this one. This is lfarm, happy. Truly, truly happy.
I’d like to see more like this one.
12:12pm
I feel like this occasionally…
I wonder who left these here, and why they chose a traffic cone as a vase.
11:21am
English gets it's millionth word...
English contains more words than any other language on the planet and added its millionth word early Wednesday, according to the Global Language Monitor, a Web site that uses a math formula to estimate how often words are created.
The Global Language Monitor says the millionth word was added to English on Wednesday.
The site estimates the millionth English word, “Web 2.0” was added to the language Wednesday at 5:22 a.m. ET. The term refers to the second, more social generation of the Internet.
(via cnn)
10:21am
(via laurenfarmer)
This alley was off of U Street around 15th or so.
More photos in the growing DC SET.
10:15am
As previously mentioned, I spent this last weekend in DC, visiting a high school friend and finally meeting the one and only emilyposts.
Emily and I spent a smoltering Sunday morning taking photos.
A few photos to follow of the most amazing alley we found…
(i’m really digging this whole ‘urban photography’ thing)
2:52pm
I managed to make my way through the countless (actually, 549) photos I took yesterday at the High Line.
Here are a few of my favorites. The entire flickr set is HERE.
Thanks again to Pepsico and Friends of the High Line for the access!
9:46am
From this hour I ordain myself loos’d of limits and imaginary lines,
Going where I list, my own master total and absolute,
Listening to others, considering well what they say,
Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating,
Gently, but with undeniable will divesting myself of the holds that would hold me.
- Walt Whitman, “Song of the Open Road”
6:23pm
Erin, Melissa and I were lucky enough to take a private tour of the High Line this afternoon, on behalf of Pepsico, with access to an unrenovated section of the railway (where I took this photo). It was beyond cool. Many, many photos to come once I make my way through them all.
In the meantime, if you live in NYC…be sure to go check out the High Line! It’s open 7am-10pm daily. Entrance at the intersection of Gansevoort & Washington St.
9:39am
iPhone Tip-a-roo!
I’ve always thought the iPhone should’ve had a dedicated take-photo button, especially when pointing the lens towards yourself (and inevitably the mad-hot babes you’ve got your arms around). At least they could’ve dedicated the home button to this when the camera was on.
But! I discovered that things aren’t as bleak as I once thought. The quick fix for this problem is to simply hold your finger on the take-photo “button”, face the camera towards your subject, and let go. Tada! Lifting your finger from the touchscreen is as easy as clicking a button, if not easier.
Problem solved.
(via lukees)
This is a great help. Thanks, Luke!
