ignorance and entropy...

For those of you who actually viewed the bottle study and still care enough to know, my favorite of that group was the fourth one from the bottom. Second place would have been the second from the bottom. Why? Who knows...

Just to tease you, I'm working on a guest writer for this Wednesday. The two photos for tomorrow will probably come out of a group of photos I've been saving to add to Autochrome once I've finished updating the code. These were a few of the photos lucky enough to be copied to a different hard drive. A hard drive that didn't die. When will the Autochrome gallery update be finished? Who knows...

For you Coleman fans out there (and you are Legion), Jennifer spent her "fun" money (plus a bit of "budget" money) on a new Sony Camcorder. Expect to see video clips of extreme, teeth-rotting cuteness in the coming weeks. When exactly? Who knows...

And finally, for you uber geek types, I purchased a new toy yesterday. Sick of having a swarming hive of remote controls buzzing around your couch and getting lost in the cushions? So was I, so I bravely took action and fought back with the Best Buy credit card. Yes, our budget took a couple of bruises yesterday. When will we learn? Who knows...

confessions and corrections...

• I realized when I put up the photos for the Two'fer that I had a complete brain malfunction when I posted the tulip study. I got it into my head that the Tulips won last week. (Presumably because I liked the tulip best, but that's a conjecture for another day.) Anyway, since the bottles really won the contest, I've created another page with all twenty of the pictures I took of the glass bottles. You can find it here. Again, the photo used wasn't my favorite of the group. Again, you're free to guess which photo I liked best of the group.


• Made the trip last night to the H & R of Blocks. After selling stocks to make a down payment on our new home, I was sure we were going to have to pay. So sure, in fact, that I saved a large portion of the profits to pay Uncle Sam. In the short drive there, I guessed out loud we would owe between 1.5 and 3 thousand. As it turns out, we're receiving a refund. Wow. Of course, I blame Bush.


• Speaking of taxes, I would rather have to pay $50 then get back $200 as a refund.


• Oh, back to the tulips... I never did confess to which photo of the tulips I liked best of the grouping. My favorite was the first one. Congratulations to those of you who guessed correctly. You will each receive a No Prize.


• Monday night I visited P Say Jennies to partake in the "Indistinct American Leader's Day Sale." I purchased a new pair of jeans (because, somehow, mine were now pink), a pair of cargo pants, and a new pair of work pants. All of the pants I owned before Monday were of a size 36. The three I purchased Monday were of a size 38. Nothing makes a man feel older than when he must admit his waist size has increased. I drove home through the tears and sobbing.


• I've recently realized why I don't post as much as I used to, but I'll save that explanationconfession for another day.
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two'fer tuesday: pre-spring lighting...

It's all about the way the lighting hits your subject, really... Leave your vote in the comments before 11PM EST.

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another peek behind the scenes...

For every photo posted here, in Autochrome, or Coleman's site, assume that I took ten photos you may never see. I found early on in this hobby, that the number one trick to taking good photographs is to take A LOT of photographs. Luck is a factor. Even when you think you know what you want in a photo, the final result might not live up to your imagination. Sometimes what looked interesting to your eye loses its luster in the frame. The reverse can also be true. Experimentation is key. Twist your camera. Twist your eye. Kneel. Bend. Lay down. Roll over. Climb up on a chair. Move. And all the while, click away. Sometimes art happens in spite you.

Previously, I confessed to you a little of the post processing I do to photographs here on the site. Not sure if you found it helpful, insightful, obvious, or just plain disappointing, but I thought I'd give you another peek at the process I go through to bring these visions to your screen. I set up every photo I took of the tulips the other day in a separate web page. Each one is straight from the camera and untouched. I also included the camera settings, for those of you who are interested in such things. The picture I selected to be in the Tuesday set was not necessarily my favorite. As a challenge, see if you can pick the one I liked best...

Valentine Tulip Study

three'fer tuesday: love day bonus...

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what will happen next?...

I'll tell you what'll happen next. The hard drive that contains all my photos for the last year will crash and I won't have a back up of them.

click. click. click. click.

what a week...

First I had to go out of town for a funeral. Then I got sick and missed the funeral. Then I get back to work this morning and we have an earthquake.

Ok... What's next?

gone home...

pray for shane, jen and cole...

They are traveling today.

the traffic never stops...

last weekend in alabama...

two'fer tuesday: the color of irony...

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