I just posted my annual collection of photos, for 2009. (Yes… a little late). Same as always: It’s a collection of photos I took last year. The criteria for inclusion is subjective. Some I liked for technical reasons. Some for aesthetic reasons. Some were important events or people, (or cats). Continue Reading
Reworking some photos from the shannon shoot from a year or so back. Learning new things all the time, and realizing how questionable the old shots look. Some revamped images, and a couple new ones. (Click for the whole set, duh)
One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you’re feeling blue is that he doesn’t try to find out why. – Author Unknown
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. – Theodore Roosevelt You may see me Continue Reading
My father died on January 5. It’s a horrible thing to contemplate. It’s a macabre thing to discuss with the doctors. And it is without a doubt, the worst feeling I’ve ever had, when it finally happened. And yet I’ve had very little obvious reaction. I cried the morning it Continue Reading
I think I have fulfilled one of my lifelong goals, with this comment I received today: I know I needed the laugh and believe it or not u r the first one I think of when I think of any comment about my ass!! hard to believe I know
Based on my viewings of LA Ink (hawt women tattooing people) and Satisfaction (australian showtime drama about a brothel), Netflix recommends I watch Murder She Wrote. okay…
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From left to right: his daughter Reta, his brother Jerry Don, his aunt Alene, his sister-in-law Linda, his uncle David, and his wife Ann.
David “Chunky” Calder June 1, 1940–January 5, 2010
New Year’s Eve with friends, at friends’. Plenty of party pictures. Click any image for the full set.
Considering it was dark and I don’t like flashy-thingying people at parties, they came out fairly good. (click for more, obviously).
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving Continue Reading
So last night as I’m heading out the door, I get a call saying I can come pick up my replacement lens, today. Whee! So… I head out the door. And I end up having a very enjoyable night. To the point where I’m sitting on the Metro on the Continue Reading
12 weeks. I took Jenny’s advice and called the head of repair at Penn. He returned my call within about half an hour, after checking with the factory. They apparently had been waiting on backordered parts. But given the length of time so far, he says they’re trying to replace Continue Reading
Stephanie and Isabel by Lung S. Liu In no particular order… There’s a wide range of tones here, from deep black to not-quite-blown-out-whites. And the overall tones are evenly distributed. The depth of field is very nicely handled. The subjects are sharp, and really pop out against a silky background. Continue Reading
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Whenever anyone asks me how I got the photographs I did, why I was often the only photographer present or got such unique access I reply simply, ‘Trust’. – Jim Marshall
…there isn’t going to be any turning point…there isn’t going to be any next-month-it’ll-be-better, next fucking year, next fucking life. You don’t have any time to wait for. You just got to look around you and say, So this is it. This is really all there is to it. – Continue Reading