Just shooting nondescript images today as a matter of equipment & technique testing (including Corbin’s back button focus trick) …
Yeah, it’s true. Charlie is the only family member who has yet to audibly protest about serving as subject matter.
Last night, we watched a Van Gogh documentary and I went to bed thinking about his use of shades of yellow. So when I awoke, I jumped up to join Kim on her early a.m. Charles walk (instead of just rolling over for another hour as usual), thinking that I might be able to catch some crazy yellow/golden sunrise action and do double duty by testing an unorthodox lens/camera combination. So we headed for Gangloff Park, where I made some nondescript test shots while Kim & Charlie explored the landscape and ventured into adjacent Pioneer Park as well.
But, being the old curmudgeon I am, I tend to prefer black & white …
Later on today, we took surprise delivery of a package from my old and marvelous photog partner, Bill (remember him?) — two ancient, pre-digital-era manual lenses that proved capable of being bolted up to my new camera body. In my eagerness to try these things, I started with a nearly 50-year-old macro lens and shot handheld, bypassing any judicious and warranted use of a tripod. And I was obliged to use totally manual control over shutter speed, aperture and focus (that last one is the real challenge!). But here are some early results …
Spent this Saturday morning at Eric’s, where we worked on “The Project” and discussed a range of topics from fear-driven politics to creativity and innovation to culture and education. We compared notes on the 2014 Dean Kamen documentary, “SlingShot” (available on Netflix and YouTube) and talked about figures like Leonard Da Vinci and Michelangelo. I told him about meeting and photographing Buckminster Fuller (when I had a press pass to the World Cooperation Conference in Santa Monica in the late 70s), so we naturally delved into topics like geodesic architecture, trash as a resource, and, of course, the ill-fated Dymaxion three-wheeled car. And he showed me how to carefully, painstakingly, gradually pull the dent/gash out of my rocker panel.
The problem …
And action …
Lloyd, a farmer from the Cove area, makes a weekly delivery of eggs to our doorstep. He customarily leaves Charlie with a homemade beef jerky treat, perhaps to quell the latter’s barking and protective actions. Today he left an oversize egg in a bag as it wouldn’t fit in the usual egg cartons he delivers. Later on, we walked through strong winds and slushy streets with Charlie Boy. And we got in another hour or so of reading aloud, now about 450 pages into the 750 page total of the Joseph Mitchell, “Up In The Old Hotel” book. Stay tuned for more thrills.
A walk downtown …
Saturday morning. Met Eric down at his shop for a little work on the project vehicle.
After hosing off some dust …
Eric welds up the unused rear panel holes …
Also ran into Dennis there as he was shooting paint on some components of his sculptures slated for display during a visit to China in April.
[more complete doc at the project blog site]
Mostly clear and warmer; good chance for a little countryside drive …
(Some B&W renditions on the 944 blog.)
Tuesday means accompanying Kim on her shopping day. All over town, random sights to see.
