Tug of War

I am caught in the middle of a tug of war,
between you my mind and heart,
I feel (mind) that I should leave and go far
and yet (heart) I'm looking to restart

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You fight and bicker constantly
reminding me of how my parents used to be
and now between them it's a cold war
and all I feel is cold.

I deserve better so I am told,
but you once separated all my dross from the gold,
I was shining brightly, or was I blind
was it just fools gold that I did find?

This war of my heart,
this war of my mind,
this war of a rare jewel that God did find,
but you hocked our love and broke my heart
I'm broken and I need a restart
but I want to make all the dreams we had come true,
I pledged my life and my love to you
and now I sit here feeling blue,
sorting out what I should do.

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Do you remember...

Do you remember when we shared common dreams?
Do you remember when I held you as you screamed?
Do you remember watching the stars late at night?
Do you remember me caring for your sons when they were in fright?
Do you remember when I was wished a happy father's day,
by a complete stranger and I felt proud to say
that I once was a daddy, that I once had sons
that I was finally fixing all the damage done
to me and to all the generations behind me
that finally I found what I've been trying to be
but dashed to the rocks like a boat
and now I'm facedown trying to stay afloat
and hopefully in time I will drift to the sea
and start over at whom I'm meant to be.

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Titles

Being in a library doesn't make you a book
being in a kitchen doesn't make you a cook
Being in a school doesn't mean you can teach
Being in front of a pulpit doesn't mean you can preach
Loving flowers doesn't make you a bee
Doing what you want doesn't make you free
Being able to keep a beat mean you can dance
Being in love or lust doesn't equal romance
Being superior doesn't means you're above
Being attracted doesn't mean love
Being humble and kind doesn't mean you're weak
Being quiet mean you're unable to speak
Being angry doesn't always mean you're mad
Being the other half doesn't make you a Dad

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The 411 about Shutter Speed[s]

Now I know you're a smart bunch of people, but still I want to share some of what I know about photography with all of you. So I will start off NV's Photo Tips and Etc. 101 with discussing shutter speed[s] with some examples from my camera, tips about shutter speed, etc...okay? Okay!

Shutter speed is the amount of time between clicking to taking a photo and the shutter opening and closing, the faster the shutter the speed the less amount of light coming in to develop the photo and in the same way, the slower the shutter speed the more light comes into the photo, see examples below:

This was taken at 1/3200 of a second

This was taken at 1/4 of a second

As you can see with the first photo there's a rough quality to it, the water's flowing but it is dark and choppy. Yet with the second photo the water looks smooth, but it is lighter.

Now these were extremes of what shutter speed is all about, I recommend that if you do want to have longer shutter speeds, do it when it is darker out and with a tripod. For photos during the day time I would say find a setting between 1/100 and 1/400 of a second, again shorter shutter speeds will produce darker photos and sometimes there will be no photo at all as a result. Yet while I say this, have fun and experiment, you never know if you never try.

Shutter speed is important; whether is to get a clear photo with a fast shutter speed or to have a nice night time exposure with a slow shutter speed.

I will be covering different software you can use for editing your photos next.

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But wait there's more!

Here are some additional photos (and if you wanna see the rest they're on my flickr account), these were faster shutter speed photos, there was plenty of light for taking them without fear of them being full of light, enjoy!