{"id":2711,"date":"2025-12-28T11:02:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T16:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carterpix.com\/wordpress1\/?p=2711"},"modified":"2025-12-28T11:02:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T16:02:31","slug":"december-28-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carterpix.com\/wordpress1\/december-28-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"December 28, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Christmas has come and gone. I enjoyed Christmas this year. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s always the case, owing my to cynical nature among other things. There were some uncomfortable and awkward moments this year, but I\u2019m used to it and expect it. Happily there were fewer and less intense family conflicts than usual. I think we as a unit have become pretty good at putting it behind us and enjoying the rest of the day to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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High school marching band competition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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cropped detail version of High school marching band competition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Today is Sunday. I\u2019ve decided not to go to church today. I like going to church, but don\u2019t think it\u2019s a requirement for my soul to find peace. I do find peace there when I attend, at least most of the time. I love to learn and love going to church because I learn new things all the time. I learn about the Bible, which is a fascinating book on so many levels. I learn from the preacher. I\u2019ve learned that preachers are different, and that\u2019s a good thing. It means more to learn. So far I\u2019ve really only listened to two primary preachers since I gave my life to Jesus. I came around late, and depending on the denomination I\u2019m probably not actually saved, but I feel saved and that\u2019s good enough for me. I don\u2019t care if you think I\u2019m some kind of apostate because my view is different than yours or some scholars or leaders or even pew people. I\u2019m not going deeper than that now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sheriffs chat and oversee band kids at competition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I slept late as I like to do when it\u2019s a weekend. I slept even later than usual because it is Christmas break, or the holiday break, as I believe it is officially known from work\/school. I get a nice two weeks vacation like the childrens do (sic). The school system have to remain inclusive to views other than Christian, of which I\u2019m a firm believer. I can tell you no one is stopping anyone from wishing a Merry Christmas of Happy Hanukkah. It just can\u2019t be forced down the throats of a captive audience, nor should it be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spectator in bleachers, enjoying the event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A slice of Americana with a flag, and Cloud, cross detail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My normal schedule is going to bed around nine of the clock PM and waking up at four thirty AM sharp for work. My schedule tends to slip more and more towards being a night person as the break continues. I try not to let my nights get to late. I usually manage to go to sleep before midnight. I don\u2019t want my circadian system too out of wack when I have to go back to work and force myself up at four thirty AM again. It\u2019s hard enough to wake up then even when I\u2019m doing it every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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High school marching band competition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I took some time this morning to continue looking at the current batch of field trippin band pics I\u2019ve focusing on lately. I\u2019ve more or less gone through everything I photographed during this particular trip. There are many nice images. Many are very similar to each other, with small differences as time progresses. There are likely better versions and views than what I\u2019m posting today, but I liked all of these, for some reason or another. So let it ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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High school band sound system<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Close up detail of tuba rim with reflection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I probably won\u2019t revisit this batch of photos with an eye for finding new things for a good long while, years probably, maybe never. I\u2019m sure I would find some good stuff I overlooked when and if I do. I may decide some of the things I liked enough to post today aren\u2019t all that great. That\u2019s part what this blog is about I suppose. It puts a time stamp on a moment of life, mine and yours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Boss guy seems intense<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

That is another great thing about photography. It is a distinct moment in time from a distinct point of view that can\u2019t be altered, at least not at this point in time. Future tech or even high end security may be able to alter RAW files, but consumers probably never will. Future tech will probably even be able to actually travel back in time to change events. I know Einstein said time travel is impossible, but I expect people will continue to try until they prove him wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cropped image is a detail of this parent image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I know it’s blurry, but I still like it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hehe, I really went in a different direction there, didn\u2019t I. I\u2019m not going to expand on my thoughts about time travel and human ingenuity. But I will say that a RAW file is and always will be a RAW file to the best of knowledge. Which I just looked up and can confirm. RAW files are not able to be edited destructively, but they can be extensively edited nondestructively. Im pulling a quote directly from Google Gemini Ai to the question, \u201ccan raw files be edited destructively.\u201d It\u2019s answer corroborates what I thought when I thought started down this path of logic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How RAW Non-Destructive Editing Works<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Data Preservation: RAW files capture all unprocessed data from the camera’s sensor, like a digital negative, unlike JPEGs which get camera-processed and data-discarded.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Instructions, Not Pixels: Editing software (like Lightroom, Camera Raw, Capture One) interprets these RAW files, applying your changes (exposure, white balance, contrast) as instructions in a catalog or sidecar file (e.g., XMP).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Reversibility: You can always go back and tweak or undo any edit because the original RAW file remains untouched.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    There are probably ways or people looking for ways to invalidate that security, but for now, at least for consumer level users, there is no way to alter RAW files directly or permanently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Christmas has come and gone. I enjoyed Christmas this year. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s always the case, owing my to cynical nature among other things. There were some uncomfortable and awkward moments this year, but I\u2019m used to it and expect it. Happily there were fewer and less intense family conflicts than usual. I think […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[43,47,42],"class_list":["post-2711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-philosophy","tag-photography","tag-random-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carterpix.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carterpix.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carterpix.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carterpix.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carterpix.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carterpix.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2723,"href":"https:\/\/carterpix.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2711\/revisions\/2723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carterpix.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carterpix.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carterpix.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carterpix.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}