There’s a component to my photography that’s all about just trying to see what’s in front of me, the beautiful, the strange, whatever. People us fishing or hunting analogies; but really it’s a physical sport, looking for and catching these things. Can you see the line in time to get your camera to your eye? Is your muscle memory tuned to remember where the buttons are, the knobs turned right as you’re getting ready to shoot? Lately, and I’m not sure why, but all the accrued skill that I have seems to have taken leave, and I haven’t made any really signifigant photographs in months. It’s possible that my concentration is just elsewhere, focused on the watch project, and my other skills are deteriorating. I don’t think it works that way, but maybe it does. Spend to much time in an analytical mindset, and the ‘relaxed concentration’, the zen modes, seem to go away. Maybe I just need to get out and shoot some more. Ferry tomorrow, we’ll see if that helps. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_yips/427/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/the_yips/427/0002.jpg’ /> </div>
Posted by matt on 2014-07-24T06:18:57Z GMT
My adopted home has, ove the past year, gotten a construction habit. Maybe I just didn’t notice it when I was visiting. There are a shit ton of them. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/a_lot_of_cranes/428/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/a_lot_of_cranes/428/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/a_lot_of_cranes/428/0003.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/a_lot_of_cranes/428/0004.jpg’ /> </div>
Posted by matt on 2014-07-18T04:52:47Z GMT
Man, Portal. This was many moons ago, and I don’t remember the specifics. One of the problems of a two month delay between shooting pictures and getting them put up here is that the little details sort of slip away. Maybe I should take notes or something, keep a daybook. Anyway, what I do remember is that it was a good afternoon, sitting in the sun for hours after a great meal with good people all around. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/brunch_in_style/429/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/brunch_in_style/429/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/brunch_in_style/429/0003.jpg’ /> </div>
Posted by matt on 2014-07-15T17:09:05Z GMT
I may or may not have talked about this before, but there’s a whole lot of my photography that’s a love affair with the city. It is a place full of wonders, and ad the same time a place that can crush you for a simple case of bad luck. It is a big place, and getting bigger by the minute. These photos are some of my exploration of that, I suppose. All but the last one, which was good in a completely different way. You may have noticed I’ve been neglecting this blog; it’s beacuse I’ve been working on “another project”:http://unnaturaldiphthongs.com/. While that isn’t done, it is at least in a good state for now. I’m waiting on boards and parts and tools to make version two. I won’t bore you with details, except to say you’ve probably never seen a toaster oven used “this way”:http://hackaday.com/2012/03/08/toaster-oven-reflow-soldering-roundup/ before. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/more_on_scale/430/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/more_on_scale/430/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/more_on_scale/430/0003.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/more_on_scale/430/0005.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/more_on_scale/430/0006.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/more_on_scale/430/0004.jpg’ /> </div>
Posted by matt on 2014-07-15T05:49:11Z GMT
So, the watch project continues apace; I’ve thrown out the initial design, that was based on the “OSWatch”:http://oswatch.org/index.php ; I may still use some of his code, but for now my efforts are in getting a prototype up and running. I blabbed about the project on twitter, and a friend suggested I look at the RFduino, an arduino-compatible module that has a built-in bluetooth module. It’s a pretty sweet little chip, except for the small problem that the bootloader is closed-source. I’ve decided to let that be a problem for another day, and run with it. note: this post has been sitting, unpublished, for a month and a half. oops. <div class=”center”> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/last_photos_from_austin/431/0001.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/last_photos_from_austin/431/0002.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/last_photos_from_austin/431/0003.jpg’ /> <img src=’https://images.matt.pictures/last_photos_from_austin/431/0004.jpg’ /> </div>
Posted by matt on 2014-06-02T06:02:21Z GMT
