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Stones, Squalicum Beach, 2009-01-26
It was cold and rainy. However, I needed to talk a walk. I recall that this walk I had the back of my camera dripping wet from the fog condensing onto my beard. My gloves were soaked, and my jacket sleeves were starting to soak thru into my shirt. But I had my new camera!…
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Steam Locomotive, Perris, California, 2008
This was a fun trip, but it was hot and all my photos from there were immensely bright and contrasty. I felt like I spent a small eternity comparing the quality of this photo to other photos of locomotive wheels where the grays were smooth and rich … and it dawned on me that I…
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Sweat Pea, Seattle, 2009-07-25
I love the Gimp. Tonight’s experiment was producing good looking newsprint, and using layer masks. I think I’m getting this layer mask technique. If you’d like to get a print of this, please let me know, I’d love to hear from you.
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Hexnut Handrail, 2010
Wow, what a pile of layers did I amass to get this look. This was a fun experiment. I love adding grain. I also used a grain extract layer to lighten the middle. Print version? Email me, I’ll put one up. I’d be glad to hear from you.
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Many Ironic Problems
I was using a 2x Soligor tele-extender and my 50mm f/1.4 lens today. The first thing I noticed was how much I see my hands shake, compared to when I (typically) use a wide angle lens. The other thing I noticed was this combination of lenses gave me no control over my f-stop. The auto/manual…
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Tweed Ride, Portland, 2010
My sister went down to the tweed ride in Portland this weekend. Looks like there’s some good photos up on flickr. Lots of sepia work, of course! I’m going to keep a lookout for grapma’s wool clothes as Goodwill. Bellingham will have a Tweed Ride someday, and I’ll be ready! My sister also saw a…
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Red Branch, Bellingham, 2010
Today was a good 1-hour walk. Was certainly glad to get away from the computer. The light today was perfectly diffuse. Classic contrast between water drops and thorns, don’t you think? Print version.
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