A thousand words adds up quickly. It equates to a decent length blog post, well into the teens of column inches in a newspaper and roughly four times the length typically given for one to thoroughly express their opinion in a printed letter to the editor.
A thousand words also takes me a solid length of time to write, putting on full display my at least partly type “A” personality.
Sometimes I like to think that my words somehow chip into that thousand word per picture ratio. Spending so much time agonizing over every word, phrase and sentence, I think I deserve a better ratio. I mean, who decides if the ratio changes?
Well the ratio doesn’t change. It’s a thousand words per picture. Don’t ask me why, but it is. And even though I might at times like to think my words deserve a better ratio simply because they are mine is a sorry mistake.
That’s really the beauty of it, right? Everyone’s words tell a different story, in a different way, giving all equal weight.
So really, we need more than just a thousand words to tell a picture. To really understand a picture, we need a thousand different writers with a thousand different words per picture, too.
This blog contains many of my words already. Some may think too many. So it’s time to share some pictures – pictures of DC, pictures of events I attended and DC moments that captivated me.
I mean let’s be honest. This blog may at sometime contain thousands and thousands of words. But for right now, I’m going to save you the time of reading 27,000 words and just let you look at 27 pictures. You’re welcome.
Disclaimer: My photo taking ability wavers somewhere between bad and terrible. Sometimes I get lucky with a good shot – I think I managed a few here – but most of the time they are just basic pictures. I took my quickly aging point-and-shoot camera, saw something I wanted to look at again sometime, and took a picture. That’s all. Nothing more. Enjoy!
Evan, I love the pictures!! Thanks for sharing them. However, I would like to see you in one of them! A picture does indeed say a thousand word! (Is there a hint in your “post” that you would like a new camera?)
Nice pictures Evan. I am extremely jealous of those Camden Yard seats you had. I wish I could have made it up there for the Twins series.