Your intrepid idiot standing on the deck under the Lesner Bridge in Virginia Beach, taking pics with his iPhone on a tripod, in 18-degree weather.
Tag: photography
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Thursday, August 15th 2024
šµ Who Can Take A Tic Tacā¦šµ
Seriously, have you ever seen a box of Tic Tacs that small? Anywhere?
I smell Sharpie. I need to see someone not related to the campaign or the party with a box of Tic Tac that small. I suspect itās something he had made, itās not out of the realm of possibility he knows someone who makes props. Iām just not buying it.
When The Project Laughs At You
Iāve had a long term photo project Iāve wanted to do for ages. Iām not even sure it will work, but I still want to do it. I want to start in Maine in the summer and make my way down the East Coast, and take photos of life in the small coastal towns, tourist traps, and everything in between. Part two would be doing the same in Winter. I was reminded of this about a month ago when we drove to DC for a talk by Neil Gaiman that didnāt happen (if you know you know). I rented an SUV for the drive (remind me not to do that again), and I was reminded that the reason I bought an MX-5 in the first place was to travel. However, it occurs to me that I can go only so far in a weekend because of the need toāand this is a technical termānot starve. So the project can laugh at me for now, but Iāll come up with a plan of some sort. Even if itās to go where I can in a weekend and get back in time to continue not starving.
ME? DIY?
Thinking about ripping everything out of the studio/office and renovating it. I have some ideas about a floating desk, and Iāve been down a rabbit hole on YT looking for how to do this. I think I can, but I lack power tools. This may be for the safety of those around me. Like the Joker said, āItās all part of the planā. Iāll just add that he also said āDo I look like a guy with a plan?ā Soā¦
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Tuesday, July 16th 2024
In all of history, it turns out that there is nothing like a crisis to take control of the narrative. Itās the best way to help people point fingers at someone for something theyāre also guilty of. The more dire the circumstances the better. Gabby Giffords would like to have a word with us about this.
CORRECTION
Starting, I have a correction to make. My friend the photographer who was recently laid off has a website, but itās different from the one I *thought* he had. I linked to his FB Page yesterday, even though I really canāt stand Facebook. Hereās his page on Pixels. Please take a look at his work and buy something. Heās a great guy and a great photographer. Thanks.
NEW IDEAS
Thinking of new content ideas for the blog/podcast. Iāve long had the idea to do a rewatch of Doctor Who, starting with An Unearthly Child in 1963. There certainly wouldnāt be a lack of content. Other shows I have had the itch to do is Bosch, and The Newsroom. I did give some thought to doing a review of WWE Raw and Smackdown, but that would be an impossible turnaround for me. I started watching Bond Movies starting with Dr. No, but the further I got into it, the more creeped out I got by how Conneryās Bond would not be tolerated today at all. Different time, I suppose.
LINKS 2 3 4ā¦.
What about a separate page here on the Site dedicated to daily links? See here for an example.
LAYING OFF THE SHINY
I may have reached the point where the new shiny stuff doesnāt excite me. I upgraded my phone, and as it turns out my new phone is going to be able to do the new AI stuff that Apple is going to release in the fall, but all I wanted was the damn camera. AI doesnāt grab me. Maybe it should, but I also realize that AI is coming for my job one of these days, so I canāt find the room to get that excited about it.
Additionally, I find myself sick of consumerism, late-stage capitalism Iām supposed to think is synonymous with freedom. I donāt think the new shiny is synonymous with freedom. Itās synonymous with bankruptcy. At least, thatās what Living Color told me.
JUST ANOTHER WORD FORā¦
āFreedomā has become a word that means whatever the person or group using it wants it to mean. I invite you to go back to the opening scene of the first episode of The Newsroom for a better explanation of the use of that word. I might be a bit idealist, but I donāt think it was always so. You could say the same with āAmericanā. I do not have to be a white cis Republican Evangelical to be an American. I donāt have to be a woke bisexual atheist to be one either. There is no real definition other than through the lottery of life I was blessed to be born here. The rest I get to decide because I am allowed to, and folks that would like to set our watches to 1952 donāt get to choose that for me.
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PHOTOS: Atlantic Ave At 31st Street
Saturday afternoon, filling time while waiting to pick up the daughter, thought Iād play with the camera a little. Some selections for your general derision. Enjoy
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PHOTOS: December 2023
Some selected photos from the Eastern Shore of VA and (very) Southern Virginia Beach from December 2023. Enjoy.
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JOURNAL: Tuesday, November 7th, 2023
Iām sure you know the old clichĆ©, āThe dog that caught the car.ā If not, itās when a person attains an ambitious goal and has no idea what to do next. Watching the election results this evening, I thought Dobbs was just one example of the car: the recent Speakerās election and the preceding three weeks with a stalled House being another. An argument could be made that the response to COVID-19 is another car, and you might make the argument that itās not a bunch of cars, rather everything since January 2017 is one large bus.
You would think that after years in the minority, and in the case of Dobbs, 50 years of planning for the day Roe would be overturned, there would have been a plan. Not so much, which leads us to a hard truth: Todayās Republican Party has no interest in plans, policy, or even the bare minimum of governing. This new group is only there for the clicks.
After years of getting my hopes up at other companies, I stopped worrying about merit increases a long time ago. If the company chose to give me anything for my work, I considered it gravy. Iāve been a salaried employee for a little less than ten years between two places, and the increases are usually better than anything I ever received as an hourly employee. Itās those 25 cent raises that beat the hope out of me, so I donāt worry about it. So it was nice to have received a note from on high telling me that I received something more appropriate for my work over the year. I still come from the school of not disclosing what I make to anyone, other than to say that I now make more than Iāve made anywhere else. As long as the bills are paid and I can still buy eggs, Iām solid.
Friday off for the holiday, and weāre thinking about heading west to the Blue Ridge to see if we can squeeze the last bit of fall color out of the trees. Last year we went to High Bridge State Park, and in a strange twist, I had no trouble with the heights but Kim had terrible vertigo. Additionally, we had a storm come through that week, and it wiped out most of the leafs on the way through. Not a total bust, but close. Hoping for some better luck this year. Trust Iāll put some photos up here if we get lucky.
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Shutter Saturday: Oreo Has No Comment
Oreo is not a fan of the paparazzi and asks you to direct all questions to her media rep.
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Shutter Saturday: Old Man Films At Cloud
Kimmers took these photos of your intrepid creator.
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Shutter Saturday: The Jug Handle Bridge
The Jug Handle Bridge is a recent addition to the Outer Banks. It goes into the Sound, then curves back towards land to disembark at the Rodanthe Roundabout. The reason is pretty simple: The Outer Banks is eroding and sinking, and the people that live there insist on living in a Short Term Paradise and need a bridge to get them there.
But the bridge is so new itās almost white, and very stark and minimal. On the day we were there, it was practically a clear day. It almost looks like a bridge to nowhere. Itās a clean, elegant photo.
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Shutter Saturday: Girl In The Dunes
From our trip to the Outer Banks, this person was just sitting in the grass on top of the dunes reading. She began to turn her head as I started taking pics, I donāt think she was aware I was shooting her. The other two shots have her looking up into the sky with the back of her head towards me. But thisā¦
I am the last person to tell you that my photos are worth a damn, but I love this shot.
