Photography

I’ve been an amateur shutterbug for a long time. This tag is primarily for posts about photography and the associated tech.

My Father’s Eyes

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Me, Feb. 2005:

Prairie, Grayland, WA

Dad, early ’70s’:

Berta Contemplates Lake Huron

Me, Oct. 2004:

Seattle Arboretum, Seattle, WA

Dad, early ’70’s:

Stone Steps Near Lake Michigan

Me, Aug. 2003:

Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA

Dad, early 70’s:

Child Feeding Gulls

The more I see of my dad’s photography as he scans in old slides and posts them to his Flickr pages, the more it becomes clear to me where my eye for photography came from. Few exact matches, but lots of similarities in the compositions and subjects that we like.

Thanks, Dad!

iTunes “Oh, Lady Be Good! (From the musical “Lady Be Good”)” by Finck, David/Previn, André from the album Panorama: George Gershwin (1998, 4:20).

Random Bits…

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  • The Ick has been beaten into submission, and I once again feel normal…or at least as normal as I tend to get.

  • I just saw the Simpsons episode (“Deep Space Homer“) responsible for coining the “…and I, for one, welcome our new (FILL IN THE BLANK) overlords,” catchphrase.

    • Aside from the occasional random episode while at friends’ houses, I’ve never actually seen The Simpsons. Therefore, Prairie and I have been picking up the season sets on DVD from time to time. We’re up to season five, and all these episodes have been brand new to me. It’s been a lot of fun discovering the source of various catchwords and phrases that I’ve known for years after they seeped into the general public consciousness.
  • I now own a white dress shirt, black bow tie, and black suit jacket. These will be worn tonight along with my mocker kilt and 14-eye Doc Marten boots while I’m photographing NSCC’s Career Link Academy Prom. I only wish the long-lost Tuxedo Utilikilt (seen here being worn by Dick Clark) would re-appear, as has been rumored for quite some time now. Still, the black Mocker will work for tonight.

  • Prairie will be heading down to see her sister graduate with her Master’s Degree from college this weekend. My work schedule, unfortunately, prevented me from going along. However, both Prairie and I will be at Jason Webley‘s Eleven Saints release party on Friday night, and I’ll be at Camp Tomato on Saturday.

    • A couple weeks ago, fellow Tomato Scout Laura Mulinski was kind enough to send me a package of bootleg Webley recordings to be added to my Jason Webley Bootlegs page. What I didn’t realize when she first asked me if I wanted these was how many she had to send, so I was quite surprised (though very happily so) to open the envelope to find 22 CDs that encompassed eleven shows recorded during 2005. I will eventually get all of these shows encoded to .mp3, tagged, and posted on the bootlegs page, but I haven’t even had a chance to get started on them yet…this will probably be a summertime project.

iTunes “Brandenburg Concerto #6 in B flat – Allegro” by I Musici from the album Bach for Book Lovers (1997, 6:01).

The Scarlet F

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Photos from Saturday night’s show have been posted: The Scarlet F (some images NSFW)!

The Scarlet F

I make no claims as to perfection (though, thankfully, it’s far better results than at last year’s Cascadiacon), but overall, not too shabby…and hopefully over time, the results will continue to improve. Everyone’s gotta start somewhere, right? ;)

(Major thing I need to remember: a center-stage seat isn’t necessarily the great idea it seems like, especially when it means any spoken word or vocal performers will be hidden behind the microphone. Oops. Hey, I’m learning….)

iTunes “Wrath” by K.M.F.D.M. from the album XTORT (1996, 10:09).

Upcoming Photothingies

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After a few days of grumbling and plotting devious ways of kicking my manager (severely, repeatedly, in the shin), my schedule has been reworked so that there are no more conflicts. Well, not true — I’m going to have to skip school for one day — but no major conflicts.

So.

Upcoming things where I will be wandering around, camera in hand:

  • Saturday, May 27: Northwest Folklife Festival

    Prairie and I will be wandering around during the day, I’ll be shooting more or less randomly. No set schedule or plan.

  • Saturday, May 27: The Scarlet F

    At the request of the lovely anzu, primarily for the fashion show and burlesque bits, but apparently I’ll be able to shoot the whole thing. Fun! Given that this is an “in your face celebration of queer femininity and femme identity”, I’m debating as to whether wearing my “I’m just here to get laid” t-shirt would provoke laughs or beatings (and not those of the enjoyable type).

  • Thursday, June 1: NSCC Career Link Prom

    Prairie’s teaching for Career Link, a G.E.D. program for students 16-21 who aren’t in high school. One of the things they do for the kids is throwing them a Prom, and I’ve been asked to act as a ‘roving photographer’ — no formal posed against a backdrop shots (as I understand), just candids throughout the evening.

  • Friday, June 2: Jason Webley‘s Eleven Saints EP Release Party

    Jason’s the one local artist that I’ve become a huge fan of since I moved to Seattle (see my Webely photos on Flickr or Webley posts on Eclecticism, for example). This is the release concert for his latest album, ‘Eleven Saints’. Seriously — if you’re not doing anything that evening, you should think about attending.

  • Saturday, June 3: Camp Tomato 2006

    Also a Jason Webley event, this is the sequel to last year’s inaugural Camp Tomato. Expect an afternoon of picnics, silliness, games, and tomatoes.

  • Friday, June 16: NSCC Career Link Graduation

    Along with Prom, I’ve also been asked to act as photographer for the Career Link graduation ceremonies. Nifty!

And that covers pretty much everything planned over the next few weeks. I’m hoping to be able to make it to some of the Seattle Pride festivities on Pride Weekend (June 24th-25th), but that will depend on my work schedule.

(Speaking of…did you know that we get two Pride Parades this year? I really wonder how well that’s going to go over….)

iTunes “Oh L’Amour” by Erasure from the album Pop! The First 20 Hits (1992, 3:07).

6,000+ Pictures

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I’ve just passed the 6,000 picture mark in my Flickr account…I figure I’m averaging about 10 pictures a day uploaded. Can anyone say photo whore? ;)

This, then, is picture number 6,000:

Cal Anderson Ducks

Ducklings! Cute widdle fuzzy ducklings looking at their fuzzy widdle tummies!

Excuse me…I need an insulin shot now.