Barbeque on the Jackpot

This was also the day that the Jillpot launched for the first time. I burned meat on the back of the boat, there were many drinks, and someone (unpictured) decided to take a swim in the bay. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/barbeque_on_the_jackpot/557/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/barbeque_on_the_jackpot/557/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/barbeque_on_the_jackpot/557/0003.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/barbeque_on_the_jackpot/557/0004.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/barbeque_on_the_jackpot/557/0005.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/barbeque_on_the_jackpot/557/0006.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/barbeque_on_the_jackpot/557/0007.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/barbeque_on_the_jackpot/557/0008.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/barbeque_on_the_jackpot/557/0009.jpg’ /> </div>

Posted by matt on 2013-08-29T22:12:38Z GMT

some photos while you wait

I’m writing a longer piece about caring in photography that I hope I’ll have done before the weekend, but while that’s still in progress, here are some photos. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/some_photos_while_you_wait/558/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/some_photos_while_you_wait/558/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/some_photos_while_you_wait/558/0003.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/some_photos_while_you_wait/558/0004.jpg’ /> </div>

Posted by matt on 2013-08-28T19:09:04Z GMT

a weekend

So, about a week after I got back, we got together on the boat for something. It may have been Fallon’s birthday. Anyway, there was some drinking, followed by some sleeping, and then a ride to Sacremento to meet Fallon’s dad, where, for some reason, there was a person in a Bear suit that didn’t want to pose for a photo. The second to last photo is something I’ve been experimenting with, calling them ‘awkward compositions’. The idea is to take the natural composition, what I would instinctively do, and throw everything just a little off. So, instead of perfect thirds, you get half sky, half ground, and a line (the gaurdrail) going trough in the center. It’s an attempt to break out of my habits, more or less, and still make good photos. It’s hard to break habits that you’ve had for more than a decade; I’ve been a photographer longer than I’ve been anything else. I want to stay fresh, give myself challenges. I’ve been thinking of assignments beyond little composition exercises (which, after all, are just foreplay, practice for the main event). I don’t know where I’m going with this, but I’m going somewhere. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/a_weekend/559/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/a_weekend/559/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/a_weekend/559/0003.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/a_weekend/559/0004.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/a_weekend/559/0005.jpg’ /> </div>

Posted by matt on 2013-08-23T05:58:09Z GMT

Howth

Every hike should end at a bar. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/howth/560/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/howth/560/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/howth/560/0003.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/howth/560/0004.jpg’ /> </div>

Posted by matt on 2013-08-17T06:36:52Z GMT

I'm going to try not to bore you

I don’t want to bore you with tourist pictures, but I took a lot, and they made the edits, so this is one of two posts. I was ruthless editing these. Seriously. Anything redundant, or slightly boring got cut. I did about two days worth of actual tourism in my almost two weeks there; the rest of the time was spent working and laying around. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/i’m_going_to_try_not_to_bore_you/561/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/i’m_going_to_try_not_to_bore_you/561/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/i’m_going_to_try_not_to_bore_you/561/0003.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/i’m_going_to_try_not_to_bore_you/561/0004.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/i’m_going_to_try_not_to_bore_you/561/0005.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/i’m_going_to_try_not_to_bore_you/561/0006.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/i’m_going_to_try_not_to_bore_you/561/0007.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/i’m_going_to_try_not_to_bore_you/561/0008.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/i’m_going_to_try_not_to_bore_you/561/0009.jpg’ /> </div>

Posted by matt on 2013-08-17T04:13:01Z GMT