This is the time of year where we seem to have more places to go, more people to visit and more food than needed.  We just celebrated Thanksgiving, here with my wife's side of the family with a monumental dinner featuring turkey, potatoes, squash, cranberry, and pies and then again down the road, (tied in with my sister's big 5 - 0) with lasagna, eggplant, Chicken French, mini-meatballs, green salad and more.

It was a great time, to see how nieces and nephews have grown since Summer, quiz them on their work in school and hear about their athletic and artistic accomplishments.

At the risk of being sent back to the Nerds,  I can tell you that Andy's recent post got me thinking more about time.  I was reminded of the 24-hour photoshoots that appeared in "Day-In-the-Life-of" series of books that Kodak had sponsored.  A recent project, not surprising, which has many similarities in concept and many technology advances was produced by Rick Smolan.  It can be seen as this photo-mashup map.

I was also thinking how time marches at constant speed and only goes one way.  We're only getting older.  But realize this, while everyone is blessed with different talents, ideas, skills,  abilities and interests - everyone has exactly the same amount of time.  Time -
the great equalizer. 

One of the great masters of photography had a great sense of timing.  Henri Cartier-Bresson, a 20th century French photographer, was lauded for his ability to capture, what became known as the "decisive moment"... where expression and gesture lifted the image to a higher level.

Most all of our photos are taken in a small fraction of a second.  In that minimal amount of time, it is amazing that we can capture so much of life's energy.

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