The Woodwork

I got an e-mail today in which someone asked to use a photo of mine for a Christmas prayer.

This use is well within my creative commons license, but it’s always a nice touch when I’m shown how my photos are used. Besides, I always had a soft spot for Episcopalians.
I noticed they’re using Joomla [...]

In an internal mailing list, a friend sent around these photos. Here is one:

The interesting thing was back in February, Mark Jen sent those same shots to me and the graphics design department. I composed a reply, but never posted it. I guess I better do something about that.
Very striking images! How did they take [...]

Seen while getting some brandy for my apples…

A body is meant to be seen…
Safeway, Sunnyvale, California
Lumix DMC-LX1
unprocessed raw
1/13 sec @ f/2.8, iso 200, 6.3mm (28mm)

“Like the starlet, a bottle of good Merlot is generally soft, sensuous, and uncomplicated—offering the ripe, jammy fullness of a fine Cabernet Sauvingnon without its complexity or tannic backbite. It is [...]

Mark sent this to me, with the title: “Ahh… $700 well spent :)”

Photo by Mark Jen

Someone left an interesting one word comment on a photo I took:

First jeans
Valley Fair Shopping Center, Santa Clara, California
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1
1/8 sec @ f/2.8, iso 400, 6mm (28mm)

The word was “kawaii.” (可愛さ)

The 50mm group has a bi-monthly contest. I threw a photo in and won. My lucky day!

Yellow flower backlit
Point Lobos, California
Nikon D70, Lensbaby 2.0, Tokina macro adapter
DxO (lighting, noise), Adobe RAW, nik (pro contast), Photoshop (flipped)
1/800sec @ f/5.4, iso 200, 50mm (75mm)

The key to this shot was a simple vertical flip. I used a small [...]

Mike Fletcher asked me about shooting the Golden Gate Bridge because he is coming up here soon.
I was shocked to find I haven’t processed any photos of it, even though I drive over it on my way to hikes in the north. In fact, I only took photos of it on one day, and not [...]

I was supposed to go to Yosemite today but had to cancel.
Based on discussions on flickr which reminded me about the rockslide in Yosemite blocking 140, I thought others would find this tip useful:
It is simply a must to subscribe to Yosemite Blog before your trip out there to supplement your trip. Besides some [...]

Last Saturday I took some photos at the Human Race, this was my first attempt at sport photography, something my camera (and background) is not suited for at all. I learned a lot of things that day, mostly about how stupid a photographer I am.
Caitlin was the official videographer of the event and I tagged [...]

Today, I saw a poster next to Michael Rowley’s desk and I asked if any of the baseball fanatics at Plaxo knew which stadium it was of.
Nobody did.

I mentioned that I thought that it looked like Forbes Field to me. Given what I remember of the remains of it (the right field wall and home [...]