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Please Don’t Drink and Fly

Three Portraits

Telephone Pole Alley

Telephone Pole Alley #2

Telephone Pole Alley #2 (click to view large)

I’m starting to look again at photos I took on a trip to Bishop last month in which I had a little “camera settings mishap.” Let’s just say I won’t be printing these very large. Not large at all.

Telephone Pole Alley #1

Telephone Pole Alley #1(click to view large)

Red Light

Red Light

Red Light (click image to view large)

If one’s parents are going to drag one all over Seattle while they live out their nostalgia for relative youth, especially by frequenting dank, hipster, second-hand shops, there could at least be a big comfy couch on which to rest.

Kitchen Cabinet

Awnings and El Caminos

Panther Meadows

Panther Meadows #3

Panther Meadows #3 (click to view large)

We hiked through Panther Meadows on our way to the little summit of Gray Butte at Mt. Shasta. In person,  it was interestingly beautiful on account of these strange little pines. In digital, it is rather more strangely beautiful in terms of the color. This was the first time I actually found myself in the mountains with a polarizing filter on the camera. It seems to have done things to the color that I was not expecting and can’t seem to control well. This was especially so in the meadow here, for some reason. Nonetheless, I found these shots interesting.

Panther Meadows #4

Panther Meadows #4

A Walk in the Neighborhood

Afternoon Stroll

Afternoon Stroll

Soon after arriving at the vacation house, we were settled in and ready to go explore and figure out where we were. We headed out on foot, going south along the gravel road until it came to a gate and paved road. Just beyond a stand of pines to the east, a house stood, with debris and equipment, including a backhoe, strewn around. We passed through the gate and took a right, walking up a gentle slope away from the house. A couple hundred feet in, we came to gravesite. We huddled to confer. We decided to turn around; we were getting hungry, anyway. The girls led the way back. Mt Shasta stood guard in the distance.

Enjoy Weed

In the final moments of our time around Mt Shasta, I managed to get my group to wait for me while I wandered around Weed, CA shooting the local color. Actually, it didn’t take very long. But it was fun while it lasted.

With subjects like these, it was definitely about color. I was shooting with a polarizing filter, which I have little experience with, and I’m surprised by the deep, dark blues that resulted. Click an image to view large.

Town House Motel, Weed CA, July 2012

Town House Motel, Weed CA, July 2012

Cedar Lanes, Weed CA

Cedar Lanes, Weed CA

Hi-Lo Cafe and Motel, Weed CA

Hi-Lo Cafe and Motel, Weed CA

Oakland Noise

Now that I’ve got your attention… Shots from a concert of sound artists at Liminal Space in Oakland last Friday. Thomas Carnacki performed a piece with video projections. Opening the evening was Zachary James Watkins, followed by Vulcanus 68. Grinding, howling soundscapes, architectural imagery, and nice little art space. I’m looking forward to next time.

  • Zachary James Watkins
    Zachary James Watkins
  • Vulanus 68
    Vulanus 68
  • The Atmosphere
    The Atmosphere
  • Starship, The Musical
    Starship, The Musical
  • Sign of the Vintage Cross
    Sign of the Vintage Cross
  • Shuddering Triad
    Shuddering Triad
  • RED
    RED
  • Precious
    Precious
  • Particle Wave
    Particle Wave
  • It burned
    It burned
  • In a Memory
    In a Memory
  • Apex of No One
    Apex of No One
  • An Imperceptible Shift
    An Imperceptible Shift