no need for a name

didn't reallize it was this dirty

Nothing Like the right lighting to bring out the truth about cleanliness. Looking at my keyboard I didn't reallize it needed cleaning this bad.

just a bit borred this evening.

I don't need to sleep. I'll have plenty of time to sleep when I'm dead. Besides, I have ridiculous pictures to take.

a sad note.

I don't like to end my night of posting (or for those of you reading this, start your reading today) on such a down note, but for some reason there are things in the world that when you see them you just have to take record of them. I walked by this bird twice before I even saw it. it's sad, but I guess life must go on. And sometimes not. (and now for those of you reading this... on to happier things.)

Team work! yay.

I liked part of each of these pictures, but each had their own unique problems. Chris create d something beautiful out of my attempts at being a photographer. If you want to see what real photography looks like check this out. Thanks man, I appreciate all your support, and instruction over the last few months.

something beautiful

I don't know who's camera this picture came out of, but I'm sure it couldn't have been mine. My hands just arn't that steady.

he he... let's see if my mother checks this blog. I'm getting a print of this framed for her for mother's day. (I know, I'm a bad person it's late, but I'm poor. that's my story and I"m stickin' to it.)

more shots from the bike ride.

I can't decide which of these I like better. I do like the way the foreground is fuzzy, and the back ground which is seemingly nothing is in focus. I guess that's emphasized more in the 2nd one because of the apparatus right there. But, the first one reminds me of an old poem... something about being in the woods, and a fork in the road... and I took the one less traveled.

I'm a slacker, cut me a break.

Ok I've been slacking off on my photo blog. I'm a terrible person. (I keep telling people that, but they don't believe me.) This is a picture I don't know if I could have done any better. On sunday I went for a bike ride with the camera... As you can see it wasn't all sunny skies. I stopped at a kroger to get out of the biggest of the downpours. I was playing with the camera killing time, and trying to figure out the best way to shoot in the rain, and this guy comes running around the corner. He's all worried about getting wet with a bag over his head, but he stopped for just a second so I could get this shot. Thank you sir, you are a wonderful person.

Another pic from that night.

Another pic I took forever and a day ago. I had dismissed most of these pics as crap, but now that I'm playing with them some more I see a little something in them.

playing with an old pic.

I took this w/ my little cool pics camera back in december, I had been drinking, and felt like taking some pictures. This is what I've turned that pic into. I think it kind or reflects the monkey house, in so many ways.

Hey, You!

"Put that stupid black box down, and take care of the important things."

camera settings make a difference.

For better or for worse, the settings you choose do make a difference. I'm not even sure what I did here, but I think this ended up pretty cool. There is no photoshop work on this pic. I color corrected, and auto contrasted in Picasa2, that's it. Oh, and a slight crop.

Now I just have to figure out how to put my camera back the way it was.

Couple of slow photo days

Hmm... Here are a couple of attempts at trying to make what was a pretty boring photo entertaining. I think it came out alright.

One last photo

Looking at this pic makes me feel like a voyer, even though I was just standing across the street when I took it. I think it's the effect of having the tree so dark in the foreground.

Symentry?

I thought today was a slow picture day, but the ratio of pictures taken to good pictures is probably the best I've had. I don't really know why I like this picture. It's just the entrace to a church, but it just strikes me a pretty.