The Big Scout Project launched on October 26, 2010, my 50th birthday. After hundreds of tasks and lots of personal changes, I’ve learned much more than how to start a fire with a single match. I learned that I am, in fact, destined to be a lifelong learner. As I write this post, I’m six … Continue reading
I know very little about San Francisco, but I can tell you that everyone who’s spent time there has told me I’d love it. So when I had the chance to pop in and out for a work trip last week, I made certain I could carve out three hours for a good walk to explore … Continue reading
To my surprise, it turns out I thoroughly enjoy documenting life through the lens of a camera. I like the point and shoot method, followed by some trickery in iPhoto or an app. Yes, it would be lots of fun to play around with a high end digital camera–it might even persuade me to get … Continue reading
Each year, a whole slew of us here in Austin tend to hunker down and wait out the 10 day chaos that is SXSW. I typically play a few local showcases and otherwise stay home to avoid the lines, the traffic, the massive population influx. But this year I ventured out one night to see … Continue reading
Along with my friend Adrienne and my dog Freida, I hoofed several hundred miles this past year around Lady Bird Lake (formerly Town Lake), in Austin, TX. The name’s a bit deceiving; it really doesn’t look like a lake. It looks more like a river that cuts from east to west and separates south Austin … Continue reading
This is my street. Like all of the streets in this subdivision, the roads are wide but the homes are small. Even though there’s wide cultural diversity in this working class subdivision, the houses are quite homogenous. The name of this 1980’s subdivision is Buckingham Estates. Sounds pretty high brow, doesn’t it? Sounds like we … Continue reading
I was never the gal who could see an image in clouds. Lying on my back with friends, staring at the sky, I was never the one who could identify the shape of a rabbit, or an old man’s face, or a house; I struggled to see them even when they were pointed out to … Continue reading
I have a small collection, started as a child, of little plastic TVs. You used to be able to find them on shelves in every roadside gift shop across the country, in between the shot glasses and paperweights. I haven’t seen one in about 20 years, even though I keep looking. Each little TV … Continue reading
In the last post, I introduced the BSP’s new sister blog, Big Scout Photography. Today, I’m delighted to share “The Hangover,” the site’s first photo essay. I adore New Orleans, but I’ve never been to Mardi Gras. I almost made it in 2011, but couldn’t get there until the day after. It was quite a … Continue reading
So here’s the thing. Even a careless observer of the BSP will note there are a whole lotta snapshots and videos charting the project’s progress. They are there to inform; they are rarely shot with an artist’s eye. In my opinion, snapping pix doesn’t justify earning any kind of badge in photography. But the tasks … Continue reading
