Alaska Photos

I finally finished uploading my Alaska photos. I'm happy with how they came out. I still have a few dozen photos from Vancouver to get through.

Sorry for the lack of entries recently. I started a few posts that ended up becoming long and unwieldy. I'm giving up on them and going to start with some short posts to get back into the habit of posting daily.

Flickr Photos: Alaska

I just started sorting through them. If you are curious, here is the first day. Family, I'll burn them on a CD for you once I'm done.

Joke or No Joke?

Try to guess.

In their next generation of cameras, HP will allow you to automatically insert a photo of Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie every time you take a photo of your cousin.

Queen of Flickr

There is this young woman on Flickr, Sophie, who consistently posts the most wonderful pictures. It's sick how talented she is. You should check her out.

Photos

I finally put up my photos of Ireland on Flickr. I'll probably break down and get a paid account on Flickr so I can organize them better. It's a neat service.

Part I of the First Part of the First Day in Ireland

No exaggeration. I took a lot of pictures the first day. It was sunny and everything was new. (on Flickr)

By the way, Google's Picasa is an absolutely awesome photo editing and organization program. It does 80% of what I use Photoshop for, it's much quicker and easier to use, and it's free. It doesn't have the fine-tuning available in Photoshop, but it's good enough for most photos.

I'm Back...

I had a wonderful time. I'll probably blog about the trip later, but in short, Ireland is beautiful and the people are very friendly, there are a lot of things to do in Paris, and Belgiums love waffles. But not syrup on waffles, so I'm sure not visiting those freakazoids again.

I took 853 pictures. If I have your address, I will show up unannounced one night and force you to see every single one. I am even going to transfer them to slides and dig up an old slide projector for full effect. There is no escape. Pretending you are not home will do no good. I'm bringing a heat scanner.

The photo above is of the Sacre-Coeur, a Catholic cathedral and second-highest point in France. I still have no idea how to pronounce it.

DC Cherry Blossom Parade

I put my photos from the DC Cherry Blossom parade on Flickr. I got to help carry one of the parade balloons, Arthur. The next button is under the thumbnail on the righthand side.

Photos

Old Town Alexandria is a haven for the aesthetically-minded. If you start at the Freemason Temple and head east on King Street, you will pass a series of rustic storefronts, antique shops, and end up at the The Torpedo Factory by the waterfront, where you can watch sculptors and painters work at their craft as you browse their wares.

I visited Old Town today to take some pictures. The results are here. I'm not sure I'm cut out to be a photographer because I don't deal with frustration and guilt very well. This one antique shop had an array of glass compasses scattered on a wooden chessboard. Stumbling upon it was like searching for kiwi and strawberries and finding a fruit salad. The owner already arranged the pieces and lit them well. I ask the manger if I could take a few photos, and he said no. Same with most of the places in the Torpedo Factory. I need to find out if my camera has a tie-lens attachment.

The guilt came from trying to take photos of people. I feel like I'm invading people's privacy when I take photos of them. Before taking photos of a musician playing a cello, I gave him a dollar and still felt I was doing something wrong, like exploiting him for my own gain. After a few photos, he glanced at me, neither happy or angry, but it made me feel self-conscious enough to stop.

I wish I could freeze time, snap my photos and run away with the subject never knowing. Portrait photography is a world I want to explore, but I'm too uncomfortable to dive in.

Two things

1. This week's The Onion is quite funny.

2. Flowers.

Ana Casas Broda

I'm not sure what to say about this photo journal, except that it's worth taking fifteen minutes out of your day to explore.

New Section:

<-- "Austerely-Titled Photos"

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Photos

I borrowed my Mom's digital camera. It was a perfect day for taking photos. Here are a few of them.

Cicada

Window Blind

Where Are My Nuts?

The Light of My Life

Fred Flintstone camera! Fred Flintstone camera! I just sent in my 2 UPC symbols from specially marked boxes of Cocoa Pebbles. Six to eight weeks and I’ll show all those fancy digital camera owners who got the real skillz. Yabba Dabba Doo, I ate two boxes of cereal the color of poo!