Lots of photos in this one, because it’s an awesome place, and the photos are nice. Also, I broke out photoshop on these, to get the skies in a couple of them burned in. It’s been long enough since I used photoshop that all the tools are in slightly different places than I remember, but it’s really snappy on this machine at least. I’m babbling. Seriously, if you can, get to the de Young and have a walk around the sculpture garden, at least. The Turrell skyskape has to be experienced, as does seeing the building up close. There are a bunch of amazing sculptures, as well as a nice cafe. There’s also a Japanese tea garden which is quite nice. A fine place to spend an afternoon walking around. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_de_young_is_an_amazing_place/387/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_de_young_is_an_amazing_place/387/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_de_young_is_an_amazing_place/387/0003.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_de_young_is_an_amazing_place/387/0004.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_de_young_is_an_amazing_place/387/0005.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_de_young_is_an_amazing_place/387/0006.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_de_young_is_an_amazing_place/387/0007.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_de_young_is_an_amazing_place/387/0008.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_de_young_is_an_amazing_place/387/0009.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_de_young_is_an_amazing_place/387/0010.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_de_young_is_an_amazing_place/387/0011.jpg’ /> </div>
Posted by matt on 2015-02-10T07:49:27Z GMT
Yes, I know thanksgiving was almost three months ago. I’m rushing to catch up, and also I was more than a little sad that I didn’t get more pictures. It was in some ways a repeat of the year before, but that just meant a good time with good people, overeating and running to the store to buy more beer several times. The last trip, I got to the store and they’d closed. On the walk there and back, though, there was this great fog over the neighborhood. I was glad for the walk. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/thanksgiving_in_the_sunset/388/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/thanksgiving_in_the_sunset/388/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/thanksgiving_in_the_sunset/388/0003.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/thanksgiving_in_the_sunset/388/0004.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/thanksgiving_in_the_sunset/388/0005.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/thanksgiving_in_the_sunset/388/0006.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/thanksgiving_in_the_sunset/388/0007.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/thanksgiving_in_the_sunset/388/0008.jpg’ /> </div>
Posted by matt on 2015-02-10T07:09:40Z GMT
I don’t always steal my post titles from Tom Waits songs, but when I do, it’s because these pictures all came from taking the long way home. I’ve been experimenting with my commute, seeing what route is the most enjoyable. So far, MUNI to the transbay bus is the best, but the perambulations help. Actually, I think these are from just before thanksgiving, when Sophia’s mom was in town. I was wandering a bit, but I was also trying to get to a restaurant in north beach. Some semi-touristy place, staffed by rude old men. Good food though. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/take_the_long_way_home/389/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/take_the_long_way_home/389/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/take_the_long_way_home/389/0003.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/take_the_long_way_home/389/0004.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/take_the_long_way_home/389/0005.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/take_the_long_way_home/389/0006.jpg’ /> </div>
Posted by matt on 2015-01-30T05:39:44Z GMT
Bunch of grey mornings, scattered through the last month or so. It occurs to me that you could do a really interesting piece centered around this BART station. And by you I mean me, but you could too. Nothing stopping either of us really, except everything else we’ve got to do with our lives. Going to work, building things, coming home, building other things, sleep, blogging, eating. But I’m there almost every day, for at least 5-10 minutes. The light changes enough day to day that it’s never definitely any time; start shooting now, wrap up in 6 months, and you’ve got a little feature. That is, if you can sneak it in between pizzas and lines of code and sewing and soldering. And by you I mean me. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/macarthur_bart/390/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/macarthur_bart/390/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/macarthur_bart/390/0003.jpg’ /> </div>
Posted by matt on 2015-01-27T04:16:53Z GMT
With these pictures, and a lot of the work I’ve been doing recently, the serious pictures, as opposed to the stuff that I see type work, I was looking for a certain kind of light, a mood, a suggestion of possibilities. It looks, to me, like some of the Crewdson I remember liking in the early oughts. Only, I’m not using the production budget of a middling music video, with a small army of crew to make it happen. I’m just taking advantage of the fact that both Oakland and SF have changed their lighting to LEDs, which are a nice white light, and exploring that space. It’s dark and mostly empty, but that’s bound to change. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/like_crewdson_but_not_as_staged/391/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/like_crewdson_but_not_as_staged/391/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/like_crewdson_but_not_as_staged/391/0003.jpg’ /> </div>
Posted by matt on 2015-01-26T07:40:46Z GMT
