Posts in Category: daily photo
abandoned
Found, about 200yds off the road near Williamston, MI. I can’t count the number of times I’ve driven past this barn without seeing it, but the sun across it tonight coming home from golf caught my eye. The sun was nearly down for the day as I drove up a narrow, overgrown kinda-road to get back there to take some shots. I had to shoot at 800ISO while holding very still.
abandoned
chief
I’m amazed at what sometimes comes in the door of our digital lab. Acetate audio tape from about 1958. It’s of course the only known recording… we have 7 reels. We’ve done this before – as long as we’re careful, make sure our machinery is working properly, everything usually turns out well. Can’t wait to hear what’s on the tape!
acetate
dead end
Posting two tonight – I’ve been looking at this sailboat just off of Zimmer road all summer as I drive home from my golf course. I’ve been trying to figure out how to do something with a shot here… could only half see the shot I wanted and couldn’t figure out how to frame it.
Finally – tonight – I stopped the car and just started shooting. Something will come out, for good or bad. Take the shots and see what the light finds.
The sun was setting tonight as I shot the first one:
almost
I got the shot above, but then thought I should walk around to the stern to get the sun’s last light across this old beat-up boat, hoping to see something better.
dead end
mustang
A much better day for shooting than the last time I took this shot, the Mustang caught my eye driving home from golf tonight. Such a beautiful machine, and such dedication to building this place of memory. As I mentioned before, he built this little piece out of time to satisfy his own whims.
mustang
Rebel XT ISO 800
200mm
reflections
Another from the Ann Arbor art fair. This sculpture caught my eye and I tried to get a reflection of the artist from it. He’s the guy in the chair.
reflections
Space Shuttle
An off-topic post for today. Instead of a still picture, I’m offering up a video. An old video.
The background story:
I worked with the Scouts in Columbia years ago with a person who turned out to be my old elementary school’s media director. We were good friends, camping and backpacking together for years. I moved away, years pass….
Then, back in 2004, the librarian at my old elementary school found a VHS taped marked “Space Shuttle: 1981” in storage. She brought it to my friend the media director, they popped it in and my friend immediately recognized the fifth grade version of me on the tape. With no warning or fanfare, they mailed me the tape. I popped it in and had the laugh of my life.
Thanks to Tor Steinke, Elizabeth (Zsoki) Warner, and several others, we have a list of the cast members.
Scott Pennington:Scott Pennington
Kevin Curtis:John Yarley
Brent Coull:A/C Foil Headset Guy
Margaret Hane:Bubble Girl
Read Folline:Read Folline
James Vaughn:George Paige
Cissy Fowler:Meterol.Alicia Duff
Laura McCarthy:Laura McCarthy
Richard Lucas:Comm. John Young
Tor Steinke:Pilot Robert Crippen
Michelle Darby:Interior Girl
Creighton Waters:Heir Waters
Sheila Hardwicke:Pigtail girl in Foreground
Laura Finley:1849 Girl
Nan Epting:1860 Girl
Allison Jones:1860 Cowboy
Dee Patterson:1870 Miner
Katherine Timberlake:1923 Flapper (TV invented March 1925 by the way)
Bev Moore:1975 Pink Girl
Lara Harnick:1975 Brown Girl
Allison Jones:Landing Girl
Helen Hill:Videographer
Kathy Andrieski:Audio
Kay Graham:Audio
Brannon Gregg:Visuals
UPDATE: Helen Hill was the camera operator on this video. If you’re on Facebook, join the cause!
to infinity and beyond
Model rockets. So much fun.
to infinity and beyond
blazin’ sunset
Fire, sunset, lake… how could I not take a picture?
blazin’ sunset
