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New Toy: Nikon D70s

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Thanks to some very kind assistance in the mysterious and tricky realms of credit and financing by the best girl in the world, I’ve got a new toy to play with for my birthday:

New Toy!

  • Nikon D70s
  • Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 G (the kit lens included with the D70s)
  • Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 D
  • Quantaray 28mm f/2.8
  • Quantaray 70-210mm f/4-5.6 One Touch

So. Many. Happydances.

This is only one half of a deal, though. See, while I’m working on rebuilding my credit after doing a rather impressive job of digging a financial hole for myself some time back, it’s still in pretty sad shape. So while I’m at a point where making payments on a setup like this is quite reasonable, there was no way my current credit score would allow me to finance this.

The deal, then, is simply this: in return for helping me with the credit end of things, I quit smoking and apply the money I’ve been throwing away on smoking towards making the payments for the camera. It’s all a matter of priorities: what’s more important to me? Continuing to throw money away at something that will do nothing except make me sick later in life? Or better my health while putting the money towards improving my photography?

Really, not a very hard choice to make.

So, while I may have a rough few days or couple of weeks ahead of me, I’ll just pick up the camera every time I have the urge to pick up a cigarette. It should make the transition from smoker to non-smoker far easier to deal with.

Now…it’s time to go play!

iTunes “Do You Remember the First Time?” by Pulp from the album Hits (2003, 4:20).

Portfolio 2: KidsQuest Childrens Museum

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Every so often, someone contacts me after finding one of my photos and asks permission to use it for one project or another. Here’s another: exhibit design firm PPI Design and Fabrication used this photo as part of an exhibit at the newly-opened KidsQuest Childrens Museum in Bellevue.

Prairie and I were able to stop by the museum this morning to find my photo…

KidsQuest Childrens Museum, Factoria, WA KidsQuest Childrens Museum, Factoria, WA

My Picture, KidsQuest Childrens Museum, Factoria, WA Me with my picture, KidsQuest Childrens Museum, Factoria, WA

iTunes “Trust (Never)” by K.M.F.D.M. from the album Glory (1994, 4:36).

Dad’s on Flickr

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After having some recurring problems with the Gallery software that we’d been using for the Hanscom Family Gallery, I decided to throw in the towel and talked dad into putting his Flickr account to use.

I’m so glad I did.

He’s been going through and scanning in a lot of old pictures that he and mom brought back from Florida after her parents died last year, and putting them up. Such great stuff in here!

Harold and Arline Ward
Mom’s parents, my grandparents, Harold and Arline Ward.

Harold teaching swimming
My grandpa teaching swimming — probably at the YMCA, if I’m remembering correctly.

Halloween Berta 5th Grade
Mom in about 5th grade, dressed up as a clown for Halloween.

iTunes “La Vie Boheme B” by Original Broadway Cast from the album Rent (1996, 1:53).

Portfolio 1: The Berger Partnership

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Every so often, someone contacts me after finding one of my photos and asks permission to use it for one project or another. A few of these haven’t gone anywhere, but here’s one that did: landscape designers The Berger Partnership are using this photo on their website detailing their work on renovating Cal Anderson Park.

Cal Anderson Park

iTunes “Ikons” by K.M.F.D.M. from the album XTORT (1996, 4:11).