Day 33 - Ego

Device: Nikon D3100

Lens:  50mm f/1.8

Focal Length: 50mm

Aperture: 2.5

Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec

ISO Sensitivity: 6400

SW: LR3

Location: São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Today is Thursday and we are restarting a tradition called Quinta Lei, it is where we all meet up at the praça at night and socialize. It is so much fun though; we all take alcoholic beverages –from cheap wine, vodka, beer, cachaça, rum… the perfect mixture for a next day hangover. We take musical instruments and play in the praça until the wee hours of the morn. And THAT is why I decided to post today’s picture early, because I will not be around a computer after now and because I will more than likely be too drunk to remember anything. I chose to post a picture of me because I had yet to post a picture of myself. The life of a photographer is a sad one, in an effort to capture the moments and the wonders we do we consequently miss out on being in the pictures ourselves. I named today’s picture Ego not because of my ego but because, as some of you already know, I love Latin, and “ego” is Latin for “I.”  I give you Ego, your photographer and pseudo-artist – I do strive one day to truly turn my hobby into an art form.