brief deep thoughts
This morning I’ve left notes and comments on BookFace with wildly diverse people. A photo of a Christian minister doing a service with an Imam in Santa Cruz. Photos of the family of a...
View ArticleFacebook privacy warning thingie
For those of you that do not understand this posting, Facebook is now a publicly traded entity. Anyone can infringe on your right to blab about your still existing crush on your college sweetie while...
View ArticlePhoto Gallery Page Updates
I’ve been really active with photography lately, and it’s been a hoot. The great thing about Santa Cruz, the Santa Cruz Mountains, and our associated areas is that we are surrounded by beauty....
View ArticleWhy exactly is this fountain in such disrepair?
This fountain had to be beautiful once. I have never seen that day. Why exactly is it still in such disrepair? Somebody’s done some work on it; you can see a big patch to what had to be an auto...
View ArticleFlowers Dangit!
Ahem. Fellas? Working late? Need those flowers ASAP? Drive a lot? Fear not, these nice folks are staying around late. I imagine prices are not exactly going down with time though. Nice folks.
View ArticleGun Violence Rally at Santa Cruz Clock Tower and actual gun violence…
Several images from today’s rally against gun violence at the Santa Cruz clock tower. I know this will load slowly because the images are large. News media are welcome to use these photos. This...
View ArticleSome images of the Santa Cruz Police procession
I was in Los Gatos and saw some of the procession on its way to HP Pavilion. I hoped I could get to the closest thing that might work as a vantage point. Here are 3 photos as they passed through Los...
View ArticleHighly Optimistic – or maybe it’s the espresso
Woah things are good today. I mean crazy good. It’s sunny and warm, I tackled some big thingies at work, the grrrrrrrrlz are thriving, and it turns out I am not The Pope. Seriously I could not ask for...
View ArticleAbandoning The Ultimate Driving Macine
There’s been a BMW “parked” along (something something) Road in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It’s been kind of a curiosity to watch it deteriorate over time. Today I got creative and decided to document...
View ArticleFIRE downtown Boulder Creek
Fire this morning (3/22/13) downtown Boulder Creek. The guys at the hardware store across the street dropped everything to help. OK, that’s all of the pictures. It was early in the morning so the...
View ArticleGolden Gate Relay passes through Boulder Creek & SLV
Ahhhhh you know ‘em, you love ‘em. The Golden Gate Relay has passed through our fair communities again this weekend (5/5/13). I was on hand taking… ooooooh let’s say one gazillion pictures in the hope...
View ArticleGun Takeback, FCC Santa Cruz
Note* — a more complete set of pictures can be found on my gallery page here You may recall that I was present at a gun violence rally at the Santa Cruz clock tower the same day two Santa Cruz police...
View ArticleTry under-reacting first
I once read that when confronted with big stressors the best course of action is to under-react. Recently I steered straight into the storm with the plan to under-react. We went upon the giant task of...
View ArticleSemi-Pro Photograpy and Fundraising: Flights for FA Foundation
Yesterday I attended a service (or life celebration) for a special friend. She changed the lives of countless people throughout her life. Often with an unforgettable smile and personality, other times...
View ArticlePhoto editing fun with open source software
This photo was a ton of fun. I’ll explain the setting in a post later, but the general idea is this: setup the camera on a tripod set an aperture about 8.0 (could have been 10, I forget) focus on the...
View ArticleBroken
I was in Starbucks in Capitola this afternoon mostly leaching WiFi and power. I had a task to complete for the GISHWISHES challenge (I’ll explain all that some time soon). I’ve made myself comfortable...
View ArticleWhy I’m not flipping out about the latest Facebook data usage update thingie.
Yes, this update right here: https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-site-governance/10153167395945301 A friend of mine, who is a big privacy advocate (and I use the word “big” in the same way you’d...
View ArticleCarmel Magazine photo contest submission
I entered a set of pictures to Carmel Magazine’s photo contest. My best one is over on their Facebook page submitted for their Scenery category. Please drop by and vote (“like”) your favorite pictures...
View ArticleDecomposition 2013
More coming. More than anything I want people who took photos with me to find them. Wow this was fun and everybody was so kind and generous. What a great atmosphere.
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