So, for some reason I finally got off my lazy ass and rebuilt my fisheye. It’s something I’ve been meaning to do ever since it broke on the way home from mexico last August (I never did get around to posting those pics). Anyway, suffice to say that super glue is not a strutural seal for anything that may take any kind of blunt force, like dropping, or time spent in my luggage. This is version 3 of this lens. The first two were prototypes, this one is a lot more usable. I used my dremel and made a focusing helical, even, so now the lens doesn’t fall off the end of the camera. Proof is in the pudding. I’m aware that the fish is sort of a gimmick lens, but it’s fun to play with. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_fish_returns/690/0001.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_fish_returns/690/0002.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_fish_returns/690/0003.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_fish_returns/690/0004.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_fish_returns/690/0005.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_fish_returns/690/0006.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_fish_returns/690/0007.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_fish_returns/690/0008.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_fish_returns/690/0009.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_fish_returns/690/0010.jpg’> </div>
Posted by matt on 2012-06-08T07:16:31Z GMT
File this under ‘life doesn’t really have a neat ordered narrative’. If it did, well, it wouldn’t be nearly this interesting. pretty girls, food from trucks, bike rides followed by bars followed by blogging… Anyway, photos: <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/some_random_things/691/0001.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/some_random_things/691/0002.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/some_random_things/691/0003.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/some_random_things/691/0004.jpg’> </div>
Posted by matt on 2012-06-08T07:09:05Z GMT
These are the last photos from my trip to SF. Went to a lovely barbecue with the devs, and then walked to the nearest BART station, which was a bit of a hike with my luggage, but the fact that I’d had plenty of beer with the food helped, and I made it just fine, with plenty of time to get to my gate. A good trip. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/coming_home_from_sf/692/0001.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/coming_home_from_sf/692/0002.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/coming_home_from_sf/692/0003.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/coming_home_from_sf/692/0004.jpg’> </div>
Posted by matt on 2012-06-04T06:10:39Z GMT
Last night I went to the blue note, not expecting much after the thunder game. I got a nice surprise. The “Pretty Things Peep Show”:http://www.prettythingsproductions.com was there, and I’ve gotta say they’re one of the better acts I’ve seen. The MC, Donny Vomit, kept things lively. I wish I’d taken more photos. As it is, editing these was really difficult- I liked a lot of them. The bed of no nails was particularly funny/entertaining. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pretty_things_at_bluenote/693/0001.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pretty_things_at_bluenote/693/0002.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pretty_things_at_bluenote/693/0003.jpg’> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/pretty_things_at_bluenote/693/0004.jpg’> </div>
Posted by matt on 2012-06-02T01:33:00Z GMT
I don’t even know if I should tell this story. I’m still, at heart, trying to shoot the perfect assignment for Life in 1952. It was a couple of days ago, no longer news, just a thing that happened. It’s definitely one of my stories, one without a moral or a cause… a thing happened, and in the middle, there was a golden beautiful moment. Just for a moment, despite the world going to hell around us, there was a little perfection. So, I was at sauced when the storms came through on tuesday. At first, everybody was on the patio, but the sky opened up and drove is all inside; even the covered areas were getting wet. Then, a few minutes later, while I was standing in line for another beer, the owner came in and told us all we had to go to the basement, there was a tornado warning. Then the sirens went off, and we all had a harrowing moment running through the rain. In the basement, they gave us all beers and told us not to worry, even as water ran down the walls. But this is oklahoma, we’re used to bad weather, so everyone took it in stride, and we even toasted the proprietor. Then, after maybe 20 minutes, we all left; the worst part of the storm had blown over. I’m drunk and things are weird right now. But what else is new? A state of profound weirdness has become normal.
Posted by matt on 2012-06-01T07:16:06Z GMT
