July 5, 2009
More Doors
July 5, 2009
Grand Junction Door
July 4, 2009
Miner’s Bean Kettle
I don’t remember really reading what was painted on the front of the little shack when I photographed it. M had pulled off because I saw green doors in an old stone building and I wanted to shoot it. We were driving from Yosemite to San Jose to return the rental car and hop a train to Emeryville, and thankfully had built in some “hey, pull over, there’s an image there” time. I made several exposures of the doors, and then spotted the shack. Popped off a few shots of it, too, while balancing on the edge of the road trying to avoid other rental cars zooming by.
July 2, 2009
Before and After
Some people probably wonder how I can spend so much time playing around in Photoshop. It’s pretty easy to lose myself for hours on end, especially when I don’t have the specter of grad school peeking over my shoulder, whispering, “You should be working on your mid-term, asshole.” I’m very much looking forward to regaining my usual Photoshop hours, in case you didn’t know.
July 1, 2009
Old Pass Gallery
Buildings are interesting to me, because of their inherent human qualities. Structures, after all, would not exist without human creativity, design, and construction. They wouldn’t change over the years and take on new meanings and uses. Buildings stir the imagination.
July 1, 2009
My secret ambition
What I haven’t told anyone, even M, is that I’m only going to grad school so I can become a Trainmaster. I don’t know what a Trainmaster does, but it’s a cool title, it comes with a reserved parking space, and apparently earns enough for a bitchin’ bike.
June 29, 2009
New Zozer Art
June 28, 2009
Arches in Albuquerque
We took a break from the econ mid-term today and instead read five chapters (3 in law, 2 in econ). It’s really, really sad when I consider reading five grad school textbook chapters a break.
June 27, 2009
Atticus and Spartacus
Tonight, about five minutes after we put Zozer to bed, we got the summons.
June 24, 2009
Zap!
It’s a little disconcerting to be sitting here, minding my own business, writing my managerial economics paper (this week’s topic: the HP-Compaq merger from about a bazillion years ago – what did proponents think, what did antagonists think, what’s going on now, etc. – I know you’re jealous you don’t get to research this and write a 3-5 page paper on it) and start smelling smoke.