Well it has been an interesting week for sure. Lot of events that happened, and well to be quite honest are some I never thought would actually happen. Because of this one event in question, I feel pretty good. I learned a lot about myself and while I may have stumbled a little bit, I am proud of how I handled it all. Maybe I need potentially traumatic events to happen more often. All I know is I seem to have been bitten by the creative bug as a result.
I have made two trips this past week to the craft store. Something I would normally be a little uncomfortable doing. I also bought some of the most, not to go together items while there too. Right now I'm hip deep in construction paper which would make some proud. I think I’m going to need another roll of tape.
I have taken some pictures that I need to put the finishing touches on, and I'm working on a follow-up to my bokeh picture. To my surprise it went over very well in the flickr world. Very surprised and I don’t know if I can recreate the magic of my rookie picture since I probably won't be able to make explore two times in a row.
Outside of this crazy ass week, not a lot of new and interesting things are going on. Work is still a pain. I need to get to planning my trip to Oregon.
I'm going to get back to the construction paper. Enjoy yourself peeps and I hope you all have a good week.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
This is why I'm a ghetto superstar...seriously
Ok before I get to the good stuff I do want to take a second to rant. No real reason, I just want it off my chest. There is a little challenge group on myspace that I participate in from time to time. It catches my fancy from time to time and I have been on a bit of roll as of late with the old picture taking. Shot a perfect entry. The contest this week is for Shallow DOF. So here is my entry.
Now granted this isn't the greatest photo in the world. I'm comfortable with that, but I do think it is a fairly decent image. Well apparently not many others do. I am currently being defeated by a dead fish, a fly, and a slug. Seriously...no I'm being serious. That is an old confidence boost right there let me tell you. It kind of makes me want to stop entering that stupid contest.
We now return to our regularly scheduled program. I have been going gaga (is that a word?) over the ghetto macro. Basically that is where you take the lens from your DSLR (or SLR for you film folks) and reverse it. That creates a very close up view of things allowing you to take macro pics. I'm addicted. Totally addicted. So addicted it is kind of scary. I now offically want a real macro lens and I wish the government would send me my damn rebate check so I can score. Anyway, below are some of my recent favorites with the ghetto macro.
And probably my fav of the bunch
*the quality of the images on here suck. I probably did something wrong in the way I posted them. Click on my flickr banner at the bottom of the page to get a better look see of my pictures.
Now granted this isn't the greatest photo in the world. I'm comfortable with that, but I do think it is a fairly decent image. Well apparently not many others do. I am currently being defeated by a dead fish, a fly, and a slug. Seriously...no I'm being serious. That is an old confidence boost right there let me tell you. It kind of makes me want to stop entering that stupid contest.
We now return to our regularly scheduled program. I have been going gaga (is that a word?) over the ghetto macro. Basically that is where you take the lens from your DSLR (or SLR for you film folks) and reverse it. That creates a very close up view of things allowing you to take macro pics. I'm addicted. Totally addicted. So addicted it is kind of scary. I now offically want a real macro lens and I wish the government would send me my damn rebate check so I can score. Anyway, below are some of my recent favorites with the ghetto macro.
And probably my fav of the bunch
*the quality of the images on here suck. I probably did something wrong in the way I posted them. Click on my flickr banner at the bottom of the page to get a better look see of my pictures.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
My new toy...
I have a new toy. I should be working, but yet again I'm stuck waiting on others so I'm running around my apartment playing.
Picture taken with said lens. I haven't produced much yet worth showing, but I'm getting a few things in mind to shoot. We shall see what I can do with it, but so far I lub it dearly.
Official shout out to T! Thanks a bunch.
Picture taken with said lens. I haven't produced much yet worth showing, but I'm getting a few things in mind to shoot. We shall see what I can do with it, but so far I lub it dearly.
Official shout out to T! Thanks a bunch.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Well it is official...
Well I guess it is offical. They actually haven't announced it, but I got paid for it so offical can shove it. I received a promotion at work this week. I am the newest Sr. Systems Analyst at work. Total surprise. I had no idea it was coming so I'm pretty pumped.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Why is it?
Yes nothing is working today....again. So I’m bored. This is what I do with an idle brain. Scary!
Why is it?...
Why is it when you get a bad meal at a restaurant the meal is complimentary when there was nothing complementary about the meal in the first place?
Why is it we call a hamburger a hamburger when there is no pork what so ever in it?
Why does my toaster have a setting that will turn a piece of bread into a lump of coal?
Why is it when you are driving, lost, and looking for a specific address, we turn the car radio down?
Why do we save for a rainy day? Wouldn’t it be better to do something when it is sunny?
Why is it that a Mexican restaurant can take four basic food items - beans, cheese, rice, and tortillas – and have 200 menu items?
If you can think of some additions throw them in. I may be editing this blog throughout the day, depending on when/if things get going again.
Why is it?...
Why is it when you get a bad meal at a restaurant the meal is complimentary when there was nothing complementary about the meal in the first place?
Why is it we call a hamburger a hamburger when there is no pork what so ever in it?
Why does my toaster have a setting that will turn a piece of bread into a lump of coal?
Why is it when you are driving, lost, and looking for a specific address, we turn the car radio down?
Why do we save for a rainy day? Wouldn’t it be better to do something when it is sunny?
Why is it that a Mexican restaurant can take four basic food items - beans, cheese, rice, and tortillas – and have 200 menu items?
If you can think of some additions throw them in. I may be editing this blog throughout the day, depending on when/if things get going again.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Ramblings turn into photo blog...
Film at 11? That is what the title reminds me of anyway.
Nothing specific to write really. I’ve been working support today and everything on the face of the planet, well not planet, is broken and I can’t do a fracking thing other than do a lot of cursing under my breath.
So I thought I would take a moment and let everyone know that today marks the two month anniversary of me quitting smoking...again. It didn’t dawn on me until someone asked me today how the no smoking thing was going. Probably heard me grumbling over here . Now someone pass me a cig...STAT! I quit for like two years once and I smoked again, so we shall see if this actually holds. I kind of think it will.
So I’ve been rather blah on photo taking as of late. I had snapped a few things, but I haven’t really been sharing them. A few I posted on flickr got a little love and that made me somewhat (read a lot) excited again. They are pics that I took and really liked, but I kind of figured they would not have much mind payed to them by others. Well I was wrong to there. Now I am kind of getting excited about taking pics again. So I’m posting those pics here -
Nothing specific to write really. I’ve been working support today and everything on the face of the planet, well not planet, is broken and I can’t do a fracking thing other than do a lot of cursing under my breath.
So I thought I would take a moment and let everyone know that today marks the two month anniversary of me quitting smoking...again. It didn’t dawn on me until someone asked me today how the no smoking thing was going. Probably heard me grumbling over here . Now someone pass me a cig...STAT! I quit for like two years once and I smoked again, so we shall see if this actually holds. I kind of think it will.
So I’ve been rather blah on photo taking as of late. I had snapped a few things, but I haven’t really been sharing them. A few I posted on flickr got a little love and that made me somewhat (read a lot) excited again. They are pics that I took and really liked, but I kind of figured they would not have much mind payed to them by others. Well I was wrong to there. Now I am kind of getting excited about taking pics again. So I’m posting those pics here -
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Ramblings of a mad-man, seriously
Well first off let me say Happy Easter to everyone. Well everyone who is in to that sort of thing. I’ve been fairly busy as of late so I haven’t been blogging like I should, so I thought I would take a minute to write something.
I’ve been on the run for days. In fact I’ve really just now taken a breather and it is 10PM. I still have so much to do it is crazy. The weekend was good. I went home Saturday to spend time with the fam. It was my Dad’s b-day and Easter so it was a two’fer this weekend. Took my Dad to dinner. It was good. I got to catch-up with the parents which is a good thing. I’ve felt like less than a stellar son as of late. I’ve been so busy it has just been brief phone calls and a few hours visits when I have been able to pull that off. They keep saying how much they miss me, yeah no guilt trip there, sheesh.
I awoke this morning and I’m about 90 percent sure I was a block of ice. Ummm…hello spring, where the hell did you go? I haven’t recovered yet, I’m still freezing. After breakfast I did a little shopping for the grandmother. Not my typical shopping mind you since I went shopping for flowers. Yes I said flowers. I hit four different places and found exactly what I thought was perfect. A dandy little assortment of Alyssums. I had a feeling she liked them. Apparently she called my Mom a bit ago proclaiming her love for them and how I have a knack at finding different and pretty flowers. Grandson of the year, right here. BOOYAH! If only I had this magical effect on all women in my life.
Finally home and got everything put away. I only have 13 personal emails to go through, around 30 flickr pics I should be looking at, and 45 work emails to go through. Surprisingly enough, no myspace messages. I found that shocking. So I stay away from a computer, well with the exception of working on my parent’s computer, and I feel so behind. On top of that, what am I doing? I’m writing my evaluation for my boss. Sheesh me and work. Someone save me from myself…lol.
In other news, I’ve felt rather uninspired as of late. I haven’t touched my camera in weeks. I take it with me everywhere I go, but I haven’t snapped a photo in a while, save a close up view of a brick wall. Which is what I feel like I've hit. Will mention later. Yeah it is that bad. There must be something in the water because I know I’m not the only one who has felt this way. I’m quite sad actually. I’m uninspired, a bit on the bored side, feeling less than like my stellar self usually does. Really I’m feeling quite inadequate with most things in my life. No I’m not fishing for complements or throwing a pity party. Just stating how I feel. I think it is just me being a little lonely basing on events that have happened recently. Something I will not be sharing here, sorry :-/. I would say most all of you have no clue what I’m talking about, but it is me and you can probably figure it out easily if you know me. You live you learn and as per usual I’m sure I’ll come out of it all smelling like a rose or at least not like manure.
I only mentioned all of the above because I think I’m seeing the light at the end of the tunnel already. Which is a good thing. Of course at any minute the light could go out. Such is my life after all. I’ve been doing a lot of reading. Especially in the photography realm. The spark of interest has flared up again. This means that I must purchase a couple pieces of equipment that, really I have been delaying because of said lack of inspiration. I already have a self-portrait assignment I think was suppose to be done, oh gee I don’t know, four months ago! Hahahaha. I’m working on it I swear! Once I get a few things and probably make myself a couple hundred bucks poorer I think I will try to tackle a few of my ideas and see what shakes out. In the mean time I should edit the pics from two months ago. Told ya, no inspiration.
Let’s see. Did I ever actually mention I’m debt free now? Paid off the student loan a bit ago. I get another bonus payment in July and then I am yet again going to do a serious house search. I would really like to consider myself a home owner before year end. You have no idea how much the thought of this terrifies me. To no freaking end.
Well I’ve rattled enough. I should take some of this drivel I call writing and direct it towards making my evaluation sound awesome. Has anyone else noticed how verbose I am as of late? I mean seriously it is even starting to bug me and I can’t control myself. GAH!!!! I'm doing it still....
I’ve been on the run for days. In fact I’ve really just now taken a breather and it is 10PM. I still have so much to do it is crazy. The weekend was good. I went home Saturday to spend time with the fam. It was my Dad’s b-day and Easter so it was a two’fer this weekend. Took my Dad to dinner. It was good. I got to catch-up with the parents which is a good thing. I’ve felt like less than a stellar son as of late. I’ve been so busy it has just been brief phone calls and a few hours visits when I have been able to pull that off. They keep saying how much they miss me, yeah no guilt trip there, sheesh.
I awoke this morning and I’m about 90 percent sure I was a block of ice. Ummm…hello spring, where the hell did you go? I haven’t recovered yet, I’m still freezing. After breakfast I did a little shopping for the grandmother. Not my typical shopping mind you since I went shopping for flowers. Yes I said flowers. I hit four different places and found exactly what I thought was perfect. A dandy little assortment of Alyssums. I had a feeling she liked them. Apparently she called my Mom a bit ago proclaiming her love for them and how I have a knack at finding different and pretty flowers. Grandson of the year, right here. BOOYAH! If only I had this magical effect on all women in my life.
Finally home and got everything put away. I only have 13 personal emails to go through, around 30 flickr pics I should be looking at, and 45 work emails to go through. Surprisingly enough, no myspace messages. I found that shocking. So I stay away from a computer, well with the exception of working on my parent’s computer, and I feel so behind. On top of that, what am I doing? I’m writing my evaluation for my boss. Sheesh me and work. Someone save me from myself…lol.
In other news, I’ve felt rather uninspired as of late. I haven’t touched my camera in weeks. I take it with me everywhere I go, but I haven’t snapped a photo in a while, save a close up view of a brick wall. Which is what I feel like I've hit. Will mention later. Yeah it is that bad. There must be something in the water because I know I’m not the only one who has felt this way. I’m quite sad actually. I’m uninspired, a bit on the bored side, feeling less than like my stellar self usually does. Really I’m feeling quite inadequate with most things in my life. No I’m not fishing for complements or throwing a pity party. Just stating how I feel. I think it is just me being a little lonely basing on events that have happened recently. Something I will not be sharing here, sorry :-/. I would say most all of you have no clue what I’m talking about, but it is me and you can probably figure it out easily if you know me. You live you learn and as per usual I’m sure I’ll come out of it all smelling like a rose or at least not like manure.
I only mentioned all of the above because I think I’m seeing the light at the end of the tunnel already. Which is a good thing. Of course at any minute the light could go out. Such is my life after all. I’ve been doing a lot of reading. Especially in the photography realm. The spark of interest has flared up again. This means that I must purchase a couple pieces of equipment that, really I have been delaying because of said lack of inspiration. I already have a self-portrait assignment I think was suppose to be done, oh gee I don’t know, four months ago! Hahahaha. I’m working on it I swear! Once I get a few things and probably make myself a couple hundred bucks poorer I think I will try to tackle a few of my ideas and see what shakes out. In the mean time I should edit the pics from two months ago. Told ya, no inspiration.
Let’s see. Did I ever actually mention I’m debt free now? Paid off the student loan a bit ago. I get another bonus payment in July and then I am yet again going to do a serious house search. I would really like to consider myself a home owner before year end. You have no idea how much the thought of this terrifies me. To no freaking end.
Well I’ve rattled enough. I should take some of this drivel I call writing and direct it towards making my evaluation sound awesome. Has anyone else noticed how verbose I am as of late? I mean seriously it is even starting to bug me and I can’t control myself. GAH!!!! I'm doing it still....
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