An old (film) dog's odyssey to learn new (digital) tricks


Archive for December, 2008


Ristraville

Some red chiles hang out to dry in Albuquerque, New Mexico…

Waiting for better weather

Today’s picture serves both as a travel shot, and a warning…

Santa’s hanging out

Twas the day after Christmas, and all through the house, everybody’s cooling their heels — even Santa…

City and County

Another shot of the Denver (Colorado) City and County building, all lit up pretty for the holidays

eBay Ring light review

If you’ve ever done macro photography outdoors, you’ve probably run into a common situation — not enough light when you’re working up close.
So since I have an Olympus DSLR, and Oly’s macro light setups are both pretty expensive, I figured I’d try a cheaper approach. I bought an Opteka ring light off eBay (they’re widely [...]

It’s supreme, it’s preeminent, it’s…

Paramount

Mooning the capitol

The Colorado state capitol, that is…

This is another shot from my trip into downtown Denver last Friday night, primarily to photograph the Christmas lights on the mall and on downtown buildings. But as luck would have it, the night our little group went out shooting (December 12) was also marked by the largest [...]

That’s one small step for Darcie…

So I recently ran across a fun group on Flickr — it’s called Make It Interesting. The idea is that someone contributes an image for others to edit as they see fit, with the edited versions becoming entries in a contest to see which version people like the best. Win one of the contests, and [...]

Peace on Earth

Every year, the Denver City & County Building (in downtown Denver, Colorado) gets lit up in all sorts of colors for the holidays. Here’s what it looks like this year…

Divided We Fail

Sure, it’s an ad for a nonpartisan policy advocacy group, but it’s still a good sentiment…