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Category Archives: people

Dinner with Friends

Posted on February 5, 2013 in people, photo | Leave a comment

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Tags: Dinner, friends, full house, pizza

David

Posted on December 29, 2012 in friends, people, photo | Leave a comment

This may have been the first time I met Dave. Very much him, though. An island of still, deliberate thought in a world of chaos.

Tags: biergarten, birthday party, david, friends, nguyet

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Posted on December 20, 2012 in friends, people, photo | Leave a comment

Tags: 80s, bar, club, friends, h street, kiss kiss bang bang, little miss whiskeys

Big Bee

Posted on December 17, 2012 in friends, people, photo | Leave a comment

Tags: big bee, friends, photo, shoot

Friends and Places

Posted on November 19, 2012 in architectural, people, photo | Leave a comment

Tags: decay, friends, lamia, Lights, party, rachel, rave, ria, street, vacant, Washington DC

Friday night

Posted on October 27, 2012 in people, photo | Leave a comment

Tags: friends, h street, sova

Better off

Posted on August 13, 2012 in friends, people, photo, quotes | Leave a comment

Mo quoted last night, “Everyone is experiencing the worst thing in the history of the world.”

…Until you talk to someone else and find out what their worst thing is.

Tags: b&W, friend, Mairin, photo

Christie

Posted on August 11, 2012 in people, photo | Leave a comment

Took these during a last minute shoot with Christie, last Sunday.

Tags: christie, friends, photo, shoot

Wednesday Night

Posted on May 25, 2012 in friends, people, photo | Leave a comment

Tags: friends, kiss kiss bang bang, street

Take 3

Posted on April 22, 2012 in friends, people, photo | Leave a comment

This is one of those sets of images I come back to every so often, when I’ve learned new things. I try new things, see if I’m any better than I was, with my tools. Yeah I like this much better. But she was still pretty awesome to begin with.

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Tags: friend, new version, photo, rockstar, shannon

heidi at arboretum

Posted on April 7, 2012 in people, photo | Leave a comment

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Tags: arboretum, heidi, winter

Heidi

Posted on November 12, 2011 in life worth living, people, photo | Leave a comment

A year ago tonight I met this wonderful woman. And now my life has changed in many ways, and I love her more all the time.

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A couple women

Posted on June 7, 2011 in friends, people, photo | Leave a comment

I just love this photo. That is all. I saw them being cute on the hill above me, while I was taking some photos of the house, and when I pointed the lens at them, they posed. Normally I hate poses. But this came out very nice. And I had to laugh when I looked at it later, and realized how similar their poses were. I have a picture somewhere of my mother and sister unconsciously doing the same thing.

This is Rockstar Shannon. This is not Friend Shannon. Friend Shannon is not as angsty and full of venom as my show photos of her often look. Friend Shannon sits in her old apartment, playing a highly customized version of “horse with no name” on an acoustic guitar; wearing long, stripey socks. But Rockstar Shannon is pretty awesome too.

And to all my friends who are jealous of the attention these few women received? It’s just because you don’t pay me as much to do your PR as they do.

Tags: friends, People, photo

Wine and Salty Meat

Posted on April 19, 2011 in friends, life worth living, people, photo | Leave a comment

Tags: food, friends, party, photos

Sunday: Beginning and End

Posted on April 11, 2011 in friends, life worth living, nature, people, photo | Leave a comment

Tags: end, heidi, peacock, photos, start, sunday, weekend

Lenore

Posted on March 8, 2011 in people, photo | Leave a comment

I really like this shot of Lenore, behind the scenes at the photo shoot the other day. She was done shooting for the day, and standing in the back, occasionally art directing.

Tags: outtake, People, photos, shoot

Nguyet’s Birthday

Posted on January 17, 2011 in friends, people, photo | Leave a comment

Click any photo to view entire set.

Tags: birthday, friends, nguyet, party, photos

Indriani

Posted on September 28, 2010 in friends, highlight, people, photo | Leave a comment

Tags: friends, Indri, kimono, NYC, photo

Damn good morning.

Posted on August 11, 2010 in friends, highlight, people, photo | Leave a comment

Rachel

Tags: friends, hawt chicks, photoshoot

Daria’s Birthday

Posted on August 9, 2010 in events, friends, people, photo | Leave a comment

Tags: birthday, friends, party, photo

friends

Posted on May 2, 2010 in people | Leave a comment

May Day celebration at the Inverted Ark. Including a May Pole dance or two, which inevitably involved strapping someone to the pole. (Insert your own joke here).

I have been pleasantly surprised lately, by two people I recently connected or reconnected with. I am horrible — completely useless — at getting an accurate impression of people I’ve just met. People I’ve liked, who no longer talk to me. People who I could barely stand to see, who I now go out of my way to support. As of late, the revelations have all been good. People with more depth and joie de vivre than I ever suspected. Persons with passion for life, and plans, and ideas, and…

Tags: connections, friends, impressions, May Day

NYE

Posted on January 1, 2010 in friends, people | Leave a comment

New Year’s Eve with friends, at friends’. Plenty of party pictures. Click any image for the full set.

Tags: friends, New Years Eve, party

just ’cuz

Posted on November 18, 2009 in highlight, people, photo | Leave a comment

Tags: model, outtake, photo, shoot

T. Neil Calder: October 23, 1952 – November 1, 2009

Posted on November 2, 2009 in family, people |

Tags: death, family

too much blah. hawt chick chaser.

Posted on September 22, 2009 in friends, highlight, people, photo | Leave a comment

FWIW – this came from that last photoshoot I did that didn’t go so well. Obviously, my definition of “not so well” was pretty selective.

Tags: friends, hawtchicks, photo

Bradbury

Posted on June 21, 2009 in people | 1 Reply

IMO, Ray Bradbury can put words together like no one else. I would read a recipe book, if he wrote it. But as he has shown repeatedly in recent years, he is a cranky old fart. Thankfully I don’t need to worship someone to like what they produce.

Tags: authors, bradbury, internet

Texas Day 3

Posted on June 14, 2009 in family, people, photo, travel | Leave a comment

Tags: family, People, photo

Texas Day 2

Posted on June 14, 2009 in family, people, photo, travel | Leave a comment

Tags: family, photo, travel

Texas, Day 1

Posted on June 13, 2009 in family, people, photo, travel | Leave a comment

Tags: family, photo, travel

NSFW – Clayton Cubitt docu

Posted on May 3, 2009 in people, photo | Leave a comment

Tags: artists, photography

shoot

Posted on August 22, 2008 in friends, people, photo | Leave a comment

Last weekend, I did my first solo photo shoot, with Shannon. She was a wonderful model. I had a great time. And the photos came out better than I ever expected. Click for highlights.

Tags: photography, shannon, shoot

Piggy Back

Posted on February 28, 2008 in friends, people | Leave a comment

The picture’s a couple weeks old, but I still love it. It was a sort-of-miracle capture. I’m walking down the street, in the cold, while my friends are goofing around and walking at the same time. It’s dark, I don’t have a flash. Even shooting wide open on a 2.8 lens, all my shots were blurry. And then there was this one.
We’d gone out to a club (Spellbound) and gotten kicked out at about 2:30 in the morning, as usual. We were walking down the street to a crepe place that stays open ridiculous hours just for such stupid people. And Nguyet wanted a piggy-back ride.

Tags: club, night, photo, piggy-back

1 luftballon

Posted on January 25, 2008 in friends, people | Leave a comment

Shannon at halloween party
Another one of my favorite photos. This time, it’s Shannon, as taken at the halloween party thrown by Jeff, last year. I love the look on her face, and the hair being pulled up by the static electricity. I love the ominous balloon looming overhead, and the skeleton peeking over one shoulder. This night was my first real test of my external camera flash, and the lighting came out great, here. There’s detail and texture I never would have captured with just a fast lens. And I love it because it’s such a wonderful picture of a friend. Shannon so often goes blah in front of a camera, that I love it when she’s playing it up here.

Tags: balloon, friend, Halloween, photo, shannon

Photos and Nguyet’s Birthday

Posted on January 20, 2008 in friends, people | Leave a comment

I think I love that photo. Instant classic.
Yesterday was Nguyet’s birthday party. Which means, you know, lots of people in one place, to annoy with my camera. Oh, I tried to behave. Really I did. I was probably there for 2 hours before I ever pulled out my camera. But when someone else stuck the frog on their head, I really had no choice. You can’t blame me, man. The whole set of public photos can be found on my flickr account.
And it was actually a great night overall. I got to see many friends, even if not for as long as I might wish, for most of them. Was able to talk to Dave about some of my hosting questions. (i’m trying to find some industrial strength hosting for a couple clients.) And that eventually evolved into talking about databases and work, and even assholes. And Nguyet and Doug had their usual ridiculous amounts of very good food. But by the time I got home aorund 3, and managed to process most of my photos, I was passing out hard. I literally passed out just as I finished posting my Daily Photo.
Daily Photo: There’s a common practice on flickr, usually referred to as 365, where people generally take a new picture of themselves every day and share it. They’re usually pretty posed. (And they’re usually pretty women). A friend suggested a similar project, albeit less structured. The original, basic idea is that you take and post a new photo each day of anything. But even that’s mostly a guideline. Certianly very few of the people are posting every day. And of those that do, I can only tell a few who are actually taking new photos every day, as opposed to once a week or dipping into their archives. You know… whatever you want to do. But I’m sticking to the original concept, because it’s the only thing that challenges me. Collecting a bunch of shots once week is nothing special. And pulling from my archives would make it just an exercise in ego.
Anyway… happy birthday Nguyet:

Tags: 365, birthday, nguyet, party, photos, project

Sara

Posted on July 2, 2007 in people | 1 Reply

Sara