Tuesday, July 22, 2008 – 6:15pm
Chocolate. It’s what’s for breakfast.
Cinnamon raisin bagels, smeared with delicious chocolate hazelnut spread and washed down with some coffee. What better way to start the day? 
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 – 11:43pm
Brody looks on as the cats chow down on a special treat of tasty wet catfood.
Brody likes catfood.
Actually Brody likes just about anything edible. But especially cat food.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 – 1:32am
Here’s why I always like to carry a camera with me. Ideally one with a LONG telephoto zoom.
This critter was sitting on our front lawn as I arrived home from work. Surprisingly, my car pulling into the driveway didn’t spook him at all. I got off a couple of shots zoomed all the way in with the FZ7, shooting out through the open passenger side window.
Of course when I tried to walk around the car to get closer, he hightailed it out of there.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 – 12:59am
Playing with perspective, scale, a Ford Pinto and Mr Potato Head. Some fairly savage cropping to avoid having to clone out the tripod Potato was standing on and more importantly to avoid having to Photoshop in some shadows below him.
The retro, grainy black-and-white look would have looked right in a newspaper back when the car was new; “Exclusive! Well-known celebrity, Mr Potato Head, photographed at the grocery store! Turn to page 4 for the juicy details!”
Well, that’s my story anyway. The real reason is PH was so much closer to the camera that I couldn’t quite get enough depth of field, even with the Panasonic stopped down as far as it can be. The grainy, grungy B&W conversion helps hide that somewhat, and makes the Panny’s prodigious sensor noise look like the grain on fast film.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 – 12:35am
A few days late, I know, but better late than never.
Monday, June 30, 2008 – 1:00am
Another pet portrait of Lucy, looking intently at something outside the window.
Friday, June 27, 2008 – 1:22am
Lucy rests on the back of the recliner, one paw stretched in front, the other tucked beneath her chin.
Saturday, June 21, 2008 – 1:06am
Why you shouldn’t run with scissors while swigging energy drinks?
Thursday, May 29, 2008 – 11:39pm
So, it’s been awhile since I last posted here. Truth is, I haven’t had much to say that I’d feel like putting online, or that anyone sane would want to read. I know some blogging types will quite happily post about how they just broke wind, crosslinked to Wikipedia’s pages on flatulence and the history of toilet humor. I’m not one of those people. Some things just aren’t meant to be let loose on the world.
Anyway, lately I’ve been feeling an itch to improve my photography skills. Digital has been great for this already, in the 9 years since I first held a digital camera I’ve definitely moved forward. Being free to experiment wildly without having to think about how much it costs each time I trip the shutter has been liberating, to say the least. But there’s only so much you can do to get better without objective feedback.
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