Ahoy!

On labor-day, after a stormy weekend, the bad weather lifted enough for an outing on Dave's boat. Truelove is a 30' Catalina - overall a pretty sweet ride. I even managed to take some pictures during the longer runs.


This photo seems to be getting a bit of attention from my flickry peers - I'm quite happy with it myself! Converging lines, sky, texture. Yada yada yada. Taking pictures on a rolling boat presents some interesting challenges. Good lesson.

Pianissimo

A weekend - er, Saturday afternoon - at Kate's parents in Redding had me taking pictures for no reason whatsoever. I had my new flashlight with me, so I started messing around with some off-camera lighting.


Well, I don't think it comes as a surprise that this is a photo of some piano keys. The nice thing about this shot - and indeed most of the shots from this weekend - is that they required almost no post-production.

The hard shadows cast by the LED flashlight are quite a spectacle. I'll post some more.

We'll see if I stick with this.

Well, to start with I should mention that I'm a huge fan of flickr it's photostream concept. In fact, all of the pictures that you will see on this blog will come from my flickr account. The purpose of this blog is to pull, from my photostream, the pictures that I want to talk about - and to give me a place to do so.

So, should this little experiment succeed, expect to see the following:

1. Photos of things I see
2. Comentary on said photos
3. Random crap that I think of
   

The following content is not allowed:

1. Meaningful self-analysis.
2. Petty bitching.
3. Passive aggressive bullshit.

These are my editorial rules. Please feel free to scold me if you think I've strayed from the path.

I'm starting out slow. Posting a picture that I took at thanksgiving in the Manhattan. Charles and I went for a walk to escape the family. There was no traffic. I was able to take my time setting up the shot.

-Dave