BBQ at Jacob's House

Barbecues in Cali don’t tend to revolve around the grill in the way that they do in the midwest. This one was really about playing music (if you could) and trying all of Jacob’s beers. A very nice afternoon, in really good light. As the sun got lower, veiling flare became a real problem, but I don’t have a lens hood. Oh well; I think I did OK, anyway. Thanks to Jacob and JBird for hosting.

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Posted on 2013-06-04T19:23:32Z GMT

hiking in the central peninsula

I don’t know why I never hiked in Oklahoma, but I’ve been doing a lot of it here. Maybe because the city is more dense here, or maybe it’s the nicer weather. In any case, this was a nice little day trip we took down to the central peninsula. I took the film camera and the digi, and I think they both have their place. I need to get a wide angle for my x-pro, though.

Posted on 2013-06-02T14:47:48Z GMT

3rd st, SF

So my walk to work from the Bart is mostly down 3rd st, which is always interesting. Good light, good sidewalks, always changing. I’m not sure why I bother doing the whole street thing. There’s a horde of amatures brute forcing the entire street photo-space (the set of possible photos you can take on the street). But the heart wants. Le cœur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point, yeah? (Pascal, natch).

Posted on 2013-06-01T16:44:26Z GMT

Birthday Picnic by the Lake

More film work, this time Kelsey’s birthday picnic. Lake Merritt > Dolores Park. Also, paper lanterns are magical. They’re sort of difficult to light, but once they go, they float off into the distance, and disappear. Editing these photos was really difficult. I got way more attached to these than I usually would; maybe because I had to look at them longer (getting the distortion corrections as close as possible, curve corrections, dust spotting, etc). Also, unrelated: I’m in Dublin! It’s decent here. The smells and sights and sounds of another country.

Posted on 2013-05-30T10:13:43Z GMT

A's home opener

I’ve been shooting film lately, more since we arrived, and I’m getting some results I really dig. These photos are from the A’s home opener; my boss, Jamie, invited us out to tailgate. There are a couple technical issues. They’re a little distorted from the lens and because the film wasn’t 100% flat. But I’m really happy with these.

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Posted on 2013-05-23T03:09:02Z GMT