Maine Photography

8.8.8

Today was Flickr’s latest semi-every-once-in-a-while “24 hours of Flickr” experiment, creatively titled Flickr 888. The basic idea: photographers around the world post one photo taken today – August 8 – to a group to create a fairly comprehensive record of the day that was August 8, 2008.

Here’s my entry:

I know what you’re saying. Flowers? Aren’t flowers, y’know, overdone in just about every single possible way?

Well, yes. See, it was a pretty crappy day here in Bangor. It rained for a good portion of the day, and frankly I wasn’t prepared for it. I was hoping to catch a couple shots of the Penobscot Theatre‘s outdoor production of “Guys & Dolls” this evening, but alas, it was moved inside. While I feel completely comfortable lugging my dSLR into, say, Hauck Auditorium at the University of Maine, I’ve always felt a bit uneasy about bringing it into the Bangor Opera House. (There would have been some great shots during and after the production that I at least should’ve captured with my point and shoot, but…)

So yes, flowers. I’m new to these photo project things. It’s something.