Matt and Stephanie

Matt and Stephanie

Originally uploaded by hsoloman

When it’s time to go.

When it’s time to go, the moment he calls, that’s when it’s time to go. You can pull and tug and stamp your feet. You can scream, shout, thrash about.  You can say no, but it’s time to go.

When it’s time to go, you would learn the length of one year, of one minute, of one second; the brevity of a lifetime. You would learn the power of a whisper, one word, of one glancing look, of one last goodbye. When it’s time to go.

Portraiture study II

Meet Seth Levine

Portraiture study.

Mlibrary 3rd Annual Student Photo Contest Entry

- Bus stop, Pierpont Commons

“Last Ride Home“

Clarity. A rare thing in a college student’s life. After a million classes, meetings, appointments, projects, and at the end of a hard day’s night, I find some. And I find it here. The three hundred things that demand my attention, relegated to far-away tomorrow. I have a sliver of time to myself. The Ann Arbor night air, frigid, jars me into consciousness from soporose stupor. Moving forward, striving, struggling, keeping afloat. Tomorrow. Tomorrow. I’ll deal with it tomorrow. Tonight, now, this instant, scent of pine on the air, moonlight through the trees, absolutely still, the world and I.

- A photographic capture of the UM north campus quadrangle

“Perpetuum Mobile“

A robust, powerful social machinery that never sleeps, the school of engineering is fueled by raging creativity and industrious vigor. The bell strikes thrice, but the scholars take no heed. They enter the circle at night, consumed by fire. Papers must be writ. Plans must be drawn. There is serious work to be done. The flame of ingenuity dims not in the chill and the biting frost. What a sight! Find in this northern realm motion perpetual, driven by strength and by might.

要安怎对你讲出心内话？

如今的你，已有他人注目。

如今的我，无时不回首往事无数。

夜长，梦多。

夜深处，你身影悬浮，徘徊，

我未曾抓住。

乌黑长发， 晕红脸颊。

藏置内心深处。

天微亮。破晓冬雾。

雄心壮志，理想满腹。

无法释怀，唯有昔日多娇旧人旧故。

－栌  ‘10年冬

On night randori.

“He misses the sweat, blood, and tears as they come, in that order; the air close to ignition, filled with the warriors’ battle cry; sodium lamps under a starlit sky.”

-On night randori.

Nada Sou Sou 涙そうそう

涙そうそう
作詞　森山　良子
作曲　BEGIN
唄　夏川　りみ

古いアルバムめくり　ありがとうってつぶやいた
いつもいつも胸の中　励ましてくれる人よ
晴れ渡る日も　雨の日も　浮かぶあの笑顔
想い出遠くあせても
おもかげ探して　よみがえる日は　涙そうそう
一番星に祈る　それが私のくせになり
夕暮れに見上げる空　心いっぱいあなた探す
悲しみにも　喜びにも　想うあの笑顔
あなたの場所から私が
見えたら　きっといつか　会えると信じ　生きてゆく
晴れ渡る日も　雨の日も　浮かぶあの笑顔
想い出遠くあせても
さみしくて　恋しくて　君への想い　涙そうそう
会いたくて　会いたくて　君への想い　涙そうそう

Winter encroaches.

“The big dong.” – Jeff, originally uploaded by hsoloman.

“The opening sounds like a shivering person rhythmically stamping his feet to stay warm. The soloist provides the icy winds, and the ensemble responds with chattering teeth. The middle movement describes the peaceful pleasure of warming up inside by a crackling fire. In the final movement, those outdoors walk carefully on the icy paths, while those inside feel winter’s chill as it relentlessly finds its way into the house. But still, Vivaldi reminds us, winter—like all the other seasons—has its specific charms and moments of contentment.”

- http://www.laco.org

Kawaii Nee-chan.

Kawaii Nee-chan.

Originally uploaded by hsoloman

Working with the nikkor AF-D 85mm f/1.4
First of many to come.