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Self-portrait taken with my new (to me, anyway) LX-7, using the 'Dynamic Monochrome' setting.

Did someone say "selfie?" I figured I would do one with one of my favorite subjects for the month.

With billions of people on earth we all want to leave behind a foot print. A foot print to be remembered, our "15 minutes of fame". Also this is a foot print for each and every photographer who participated in this SIJ project. I have seen remarkable photographs and people getting...

Shoppingless entry.

My son :-) walking the dog.

Sitting on a Park Bench (with apologies to Jethro Tull) Plaza Palmer, Caguas, Puerto Rico.

The carrousel at Plaza Palmer in Caguas.

Eaten to death.

Currently my favorite photobooks.

I got lived the last few days of this week. Deadlines, pressure, and new uncertainties.

I saw another shrine for a young man died. This is part of a long and still on-going project.

Strange what people leave behind at the most unusual places.

I have something with lonesomeness. And especially people waiting alone.

While photographing felt normal and subconscious, editing at the end of the week just didn't.

Dereliction Too much prettiness in the SIJ. Time to get a little dirty. This is a derelict property very close to where we live. In its heyday it must have been a gorgeous piece of property.

Somebody Santurce, Puerto Rico.

Recinto Sur Street, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Drove to Old San Juan for a slightly extended lunch break. This was shot from the parking garage across the street.

Yet another Caguas urban night scene.

Diptych Plaza Palmer, Caguas, Puerto Rico.

Guard house at Caguas Botanical Gardens. The night guard was actually quite perplexed at the sight of a guy wearing a tie (came straight from work) pulling a camera, tripod and flashlight in the darkness to take a photograph. Didn't dare asking him to pose for fear he would ask me to leave...

Time Still feeling lousy, so I figured I would take care of today's shot early and put it out of mind. Shot through a Canon TX body and 50mm 1.8nFD.

Like many at the Northern Hemisphere winter is playing tricks with lots of rain and moderate temperatures. Best way to escape and to stay dry is to travel by car.

Zulma Still feeling under the weather, so my wife suggested a portrait at home. Again, two Canon 580EXIIs fired from my Lumix G3 with an ST-E2 transmitter. Not insignificant amount of post processing.

Feeling very much under the weather, this is all I can do without getting out of bed.

This week I learned that life can be full of obstruction, but thankfully also possibilities. I was finally able to caught up with posting my daily photographs.

After the disappointment of the day before I am trying to find out how I can bend my feelings into something creative. This is me....

I have had back pain problems for so long and had several pain treatments. I had high hopes a surgery could ease the pain, but on Wednesday I learned a surgery made no sense. I simply have to life and not to deal with it.

With the days counting worries set in again. Life is sometimes like a roller coaster.

After the hope of the previous week and the worries and pain of last weekend, all we need is a bit of love.

El corillo de Caguas (The Crew from Caguas) As I went on my nightly sojourn desperately looking for photo ops in the darkness, I came across this happy bunch. They were thrilled to pose. A very long exposure and another bit of light painting.

Former headquarters of the Caguas Masonic Lodge, Caguas, Puerto Rico.

El Rubí 1934 Neighborhood watering hole in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Sign claims it has been there since 1934 and I believe it.

El amor del gíbaro II (The Peasant's Love II) This is a photograph of a mural (graffitti?) in Caguas which I had photographed before, but during the daytime. I used a 15 second shutter speed and light painted over the woman with a flashlight while the shutter was open.

Bug, Beetle, or Type 1. Playing with toys.

We need connections to move, like I need the weekends to connect the week days.

Puerto Rican painter, sculptor and performance artist Oscar Mestey-Villamil As I may have mentioned before, I do some pro bono photography work for the Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art. Mr. Mestey-Villamil has an exhibit that is opening at the Museum on the last week in January. I...

After a busy week and pitching an entire day on new thoughts and ideas, I used the Saturday for some portraits and working on my last year's portfolio.

Once again, before I knew it, it was 7pm with no photo to show for the day. Rather than look for another night scene, I decided to show you the third member of the Ramirez household, my son Antonio. The photo was lit using two Canon 580EXII flash units, stand mounted, one at camera left with...

Now I am moving in a direction and light appears on the horizon.

A seen I have been seeing the entire week, but tonight the light was like I wanted to see it.

The Musician and His Crowd Street musician playing for a small crowd in Old San Juan.

The direction, this road, goes straight ahead. The fog of the day before disappeared and a small hill can be seen at the horizon. These are merely the Dutch Mountains.

The Girl Without Hands - After the Wedding In early 2011, I did a series of four photos that I titled "La boda de la niña sin manos" (The Wedding of the Girl Without Hands). The photos were of an interesting looking wedding shop in Caguas. Unfortunately, the shop closed down, and...