I bought a new camera recently, and I’ve been snapping away. You can see the results here. However, in revisiting Flickr I’ve also renewed my appreciation for some of the amazing photography on the site. Examples:

Scary + beautiful.

What I like about this, aside from the colors (can you tell I have a color fetish?), is that you can’t tell at first glance whether the stairs are going up, or in a bridge-like arc, or down. My initial take was the latter, but the sign argues otherwise.

The almighty Björk.

My sister-in-law’s pic. She and my brother are knitting fiends.

My friend Lian, photographed by my friend Brooke, who not only takes fantastic pics but also helped me figure out which camera to buy.

Post-deliberation, I have a new camera! You can see the results here. Foreshadowing:

Self-portrait.

My nephew.

Enough said.

Rubber stamp at my sister’s house.

Shameless. Courtesy the aforementioned nephew.