six trick or treaters, two frogs, one pumpkin, one gnome, one witch and one tiger princess. It was a banner year.
Monday, November 2, 2009
day 304 October 31
six trick or treaters, two frogs, one pumpkin, one gnome, one witch and one tiger princess. It was a banner year.
day 299 October 26
We really do not encourage this...she only gets busy like this on certain "spots".
Sunday, October 25, 2009
day 296 October 23
The days will be getting short and dark soon might need to set up a living room studio finally....
day 289 October 16
This post has nothing to do with this picture. Having done a bunch of driving in Europe and now having done some driving on returning to the states, I have decided that the European driver is far superior. Presently my biggest pet peeve with the state side driver is the "I own the road mentality". Just a little reminder to my friends on the road, the left hand lane on the highway is the high speed passing lane. Please do not TRAVEL in this lane!!!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
day 287 October 14
The bottom of the inspirational trough...hopeful to spring onto the next wave here soon...
day 286 October 13
Little Ella ended up in the hospital, but on the bright side she made some new friends and is now home and feeling much better.
day 284 October 11
After being away from the home we built for longer than I had ever been before, I, we returned to our daily lives fairly seamlessly. Extra puppy kisses aside.
day 283 October 10
I am not exactly stupid, I am not exactly smart. I am a fairly poor front lines editor, but I can often see the correct path.
day 281 October 8
Last year I shot a picture nearly everyday, apparently I missed a day in March. This year I have shot everyday and have in addition added a phoenix 365 photo for each day. The phoenix photo has given me a subject everyday, a reason to shoot. As the year comes to a close I wonder what I might do for next years project. ?
day 280 October 7
I am very behind in the blog at the moment. This makes it seem somewhat more daunting to "catch up". Maybe the pictures alone will have to do.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
day 279 October 6
The day job had myself and a colleague leading the class in instruction of flying yellow submarines.
day 278 October 5
A weariness overcame me while in Kiel, the result of weeks in hotels and on the move. Kiel had a calm quiet reserve that was comforting and disconcerting at the same time. I think some of the photos I took there can capture a little of this.
day 277 October 4
Sometimes you need to step back put your back to the door, take a deep breath, relax and assess the situation.
day 276 October 3
Um... I believe this translates to no peeing on the guy pooping in the nook around the side of the church....
Saturday, October 10, 2009
week 37 day 253 shot of the week
The mountains of Italy. The shots of the week are a little behind.... so here come 3 or more in a row!
day 275 October 2
Hotel Berliner, Kiel, Germany. Picked for its proximity to the train station. Enjoyed for gummy bears on pillows and Ikea modernist design.
day 274 October 1
Kiel Germany. Wikipedia tells us:Because of its status as a naval port and as production site for submarines, Kiel was heavily bombed by the Allies during World War II. The bombing destroyed 80% of the remaining old town, 72% of the central residential areas, and 83% of the industrial areas.
This I suspect is an influence as to why this city feels so modern and unlike the rest of the places recently visited in Europe.
day 271 September 28
This was about as spontaneous as they come. The camera was off. The barrel roller was 20 feet in front and approaching quickly. I knew I wanted a slower shutter speed than the camera would come up in, as it powered up I was trying to drive down the speed to a 15th of a second or lower, check, aim, click. How long have they been rolling kegs of beer around Galway?
day 270 September 27
I am incredibly lucky. This was my fourth visit to Ireland, one of my favorite countries. We had Guinness, yes we drank one for you, we had bulmers, again for you, we saw sheep, of course. We used the hedge detector, another successful visit.
day 269 September 26
I saw this image started thinking of two of my favorite photographers and then I recorded it. jeremy and claire weiss are day19, included in their list of clients is Converse. It would be an understatement to say I am very envious of their career. I am equally impressed with their talent and approach. Having known them as budding photographers its very rewarding to see them achieving their dreams. Well done you two.
day 268 September 25
This image symbolizes in many regards what it takes to do this much traveling, as we have done in the past month. The moving becomes a blurred mess of fuzzy sitting around, trying to absorb the differences and the similarities and find what you enjoy. Thankfully we have pictures.
day 267 September 24
Audi A3, check. 2 Cameras, check. Batteries and memory cards, check. Wife, check. Money and credit, check. Majorca (or Mallorca) amazing, check.
day 266 September 23
e was speaking, I had to start whispering, "back up....back uP..BACK up. More and more urgently and during the third back up e stepped out of frame with out missing a word in her sentence and I clicked this picture. A picture of what I hope is us, still moving forward in the rain in a foreign land 30 years from now.
day 265 September 22
I hope his (its a blue bike not a pink one) helmet was securely fastened around his chin before whatever this attempt was.
day 264 September 21
Nice was nice but I do not think I could live there. First I do not speak french.
day 263 September 20
While in Nice I shot this photo. Also while in Nice I saw an image that was treated like the boarder here... but different. This is again, my cover version of another players representation of borders with text. This is my first example and I think I need to work on the correct spacing of the outer line and space out side of that as well. Watch for more here.
day 262 September 19
I am not particularly a "morning person". Getting up at 4 am to drive to the airport is not my idea of a good time. That said, wake me up any time you can promise photo ops like this.
day 261 September 18
Having never been to sea one has a sense of what life on a boat is like. It is slightly remarkable since my experience was so short and only a microcosm of the seagoing experience, but it appears the call of the port, even if its just a day trip, brings sailors to the rails with eyes longing for land.
day 260 September 17
During this 34 day trip I got to go to sea for the first time. Two sea's technically, the Mediterranean and the Baltic in that order. I found that I really enjoy being on these research ships and the trips went fairly well.
day 258 September 15
I know many of you are probably very worried about the phoenix 365 project. I have not done a complete inventory yet... but I hoped to have not missed a day. Phoenix 258.
day 257 September 14
e, probably as much due to travel stability, as to being inspired by Italy was most productive during our 10 days in Lerici. This is one of my favorite paintings, but I am more fond of her ink sketches from her journal. These can be seen with other pieces she worked on at her site here.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
day 256 September 13
Twice a year the Isola de Tino is opened to the public. We were fortunate enough to get to visit the island on one of these two days. Wikipiedia tells us about the island:"The patron saint of the Gulf of La Spezia, Saint Venerius (Italian San Venerio), is said to have lived in on the island as a hermit, and later as abbot, until his death in 630.[1] His feast is celebrated here annually on 13 September. It is thought that a sanctuary was constructed at the place of Venerio's death to contain his remains and that this was extended to form a monastery in eleventh century. The remains of the monastery can be seen on the northern coast of the island.
Today the island, which is part of a military zone, is surmounted by a lighthouse.?"
day 255 September 12
Choosing the shot of the day on some days is difficult, I am my worst editor and I also am like a parent that says I love all my children equally......
day 254 September 11
I try not to refer to this day as nine-eleven. I have only slipped and refereed to it as such a couple of times. This day having a slogan or catch phrase has fundamentally disappointed me since, well September 11 2001. I also could get by with out being reminded to never forget.
day 253 September 10
We had been to Lerici before. This did no stop me from talking over 300 pictures on this day. This time we also had a car and we made a trek to the mountains and the little village of Fosdinovo, Italy that e had read a story set in. There were cappuccinos. There were long walks on the beach. We saw dogs sun bathing. We did not buy any smokes.
day 252 September 9
Our luggage was lost. Our flight overbook and we were bumped. But the rental car was available and the gps was on. So out of Rome and up the west coast to Pisa we went. When the luggage was not in Pisa we continued to our final destination, Lerici. Oh and there were mountains too.
day 251 September 8
We set forth from our 02536 home. In Dulles we overheard a business exec talking on his blackberry with blue tooth head set so everyone can hear, about how the board was trying to play games and get him knocked off while he was traveling... or some such non-sense. From a following call its sounded like he worked in some sort of educational software. I was not sad to see him saunter off in his comfy flying shoes.
day 250 September 7
If you follow along at home you know that I shoot the odd pint. I believe this is the first pint of orange juice shot. The pint glass shape, is it it's hour glass figure that makes it so appealing or is it that its usually holding beer.....
day 249 September 6
Normally I keep this blog up to date weekly (or weakly depending on how you look at it). Its been almost a month since my last post because I (and for most of it e) have been on an extended European tour for my day job. Both of us missed our little pup quite a bit and this will have to be considered when traveling in the future.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
week 36 bsm release, shot of the week
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day 247 September 4
e has been leaving her paintings propped up in windows and on our counters and I been able to not only enjoy looking at the images she sees and creates, but I also feel like I get to see inside her and them sometimes when the light captures them, like a negative in a enlarger holder and projects the strokes onto the canvass.
day 246 September 3
phoenix 365 gets considerably harder as our fuzzy friend will be going to camp Jones.
day 245 September 2
e asked me recently if I see things in black and white. The answer is that if I am shooting with black and white in mind, I consider light differently, I suppose. Lately I have been converting some .jpg's after they have been shot and I think I know when an image is more successful when stripped of color.
day 242 August 30
The second season of Cape Cod Kickball has come to a close. The finals played under the lights at the admin building was fabulous, featuring an epic walk off come from behind win by Beach House team.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
week 35 day 237 shot of the week
This was the weakest week in weeks. Still recovering from the wedding maybe, too busy at work... looking forward to another change of scene next week.
day 239 August 27
This one should probably be black and white.... I'll be right back with that
Now, that didn't take long - what do you think?
day 238 August 26
We joined friends for our first Coonamessett Farms Jamaican night on this day. So close to home and so few familiar faces...made me wonder who are these people....
day 237 August 25
day 236 August 24
I suspect the reason photography sometimes gets slighted by the fine arts, like oil painting, is that in the case of photography many people think, give me that great/special camera and I could do that too. e is one of the few who can say give me the brushes, paints and canvas and I create too, most of us already know we could not use this medium to convey a feeling, a moment or a compelling image. Here she is either dreaming about having her own gallery like Doug and Hilary or looking for inspiration.....
day 235 August 23
Visually things are about to change dramatically, but like the change in the evening air, I feel you can see the hints of the changing seasons before you can express how you are aware of them.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
week 34 day 232 shot of the week
Home is where the heart is.Home sweet home.
Home run.
Home coming.
Home is the Bourne Bridge.
day 233 August 21
At 233 straight days of shooting the pup px daily....I am starting to hit a wall... I fear many are becoming repeats. I am going to have to come up with something new for her soon....
day 232 August 20
Do the ending seasons sink into the depths of your psyche even before you realize they segueing? In retrospect some of this past weeks images have a recognition of transition in them, that is completely unplanned.
day 231 August 19
Every summer I intend on using this rope swing. The summer is drawing to an end.... somehow I feel this is captured in these pixels. I have no swung.
day 230 August 18
The second season of Cape Cod Kickball is winding down. This is from the semi-final game that had Cape Cod Cowboys triumphant and moving on to the finals.
day 229 August 17
This was the only image from this day - five attempts to arrive at this.... This was a "training week" at the day job, which can be incredibly taxing. Seems the wunder pup even feels it.
day 228 August 16
Moving vehicles are not always a good platform for shooting photos from... but this week I have found a number of images from inside of them.... This one during a summer weekends days Boston Duck Tour.
Monday, August 17, 2009
week 33 day 227 shot of the week
Congratulations to Molly and James who married on August 15, 2009 in a private ceremony of friends and family in the far east of the 02536, Waquoit.
day 227 August 15
Did I mention yet that I do not shoot weddings? On the day of this wedding I shot 1813 images. Give or take a couple (no pun intended).
day 226 August 14
This weekends wedding included the incredibly photogenic Ollie. There is a growing list of names/faces that I could shoot all day everyday, Ollie joins that list.
Day 225 August 13
Px has been unwell, still. She could just be tired or bored in this image.....but I see a dog disappointed in her gods for allowing her to remain itchy and bumpy for well over a week.....
day 224 August 12
If you are reading this, then Falmouth's newest restaurant is open! The Glass Onion! e and I where fortunate enough to get a sneak preview. All the dishes were very good, but the bread pudding was the best I have ever had.
day 223 August 11
I am very leery of shooting weddings, despite this, I shot one this week. We had to leave the wonder pup alone for a good portion of the day.
day 222 August 10
Ever wish you traveled around with a band? Most people probably wish this so they could be serenaded or so their life could have a soundtrack. Me - I want to shoot them in all the lawn chairs in front of the Christmas Tree shop.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
week 32 day 221 shot of the week
Falmouth Road race.... It was nice to shoot the event while not caring about getting anything "good".
day 221 August 9
The book of quotations on the side of the road during the road race seemed a little strange.... but the best quote of the day was from the runner who said - who decided to put the hill at the end of the race, in perfect exhausted sarcasm.
day 219 August 7
phoenix ended up at the vet for an allergic reaction to something. She ended up on the juice. There is a lot of controversy as to whether or not all her records should now have an asterisk next to them. In other news Roland the bear was certainly relieved that she would not be bothering him on this day.
day 217 August 5
Another difficult day to choose a favorite from, so I choose something a little different.....
day 216 August 4
More cover photography, in this one the body angle reminds me of the Henri quint image combined with the samsquanch video.
day 214 August 2
Team allszplat made a quick half week jaunt to Maine. Booth Bay, Orono and a lunch in Bar Harbor. It was nice to get out and see some new places again. That said this is not the enviroment I would choose to shoot first. Too rustic, too familiar, too easy.
day 213 August 1
Smitty, if you do not have a spoke person.... I have a possible suggestion for one.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
week 31 day 210 shot of the week
Continued from blog below (so start there). It turns out elective surgery's, like stitches in the nose, by Dr's, if they even call them that at the Disney World infirmary, do not like to begin until they have a note from ones parents. So after sitting around for a long time in the waiting room... I was brought to a Dr's lab, for the first time I remember, then and now. The nurse came in and explained what was to happen. The pain from the anesthesia, how this would prevent the Dr's sowing from hurting etc. Then she asked did I want anything before they began. I looked around the little room. Cotton swabs, metallic Dr. stuff, lights, towels. I required a towel. The nurse tried to reassure me that they would clean up the wound if it started bleeding.... this was not why I wanted the towel. I had seen enough westerns to know that I needed a bullet to bite on. I also had surveyed the scene well enough to know that she was unlikely to be able to provide a bullet. So I said to her. "To bite on"
Five stitches they sent me and Ruth and Percy on our way with instructions not to get the wound wet and others that I have long forgotten. The wet biz was a drag at river country which would have probably been my favorite part of the trip. At the end of the week when I saw my parents at the airport I cried for the first time, I figured I was going to be in trouble for hurting myself while on vacation with the grandparents.
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