Started playing with a make-shift light box one afternoon..
My sons dump truck
My favorite lens right now
SB-700, getting an external flash is an eye-opener. So much more to work with. So much more to learn.
My wedding ring
More bokeh shaping… still have a too-large mask which the aperture cuts off..
This is just random
Getting this out there a little late, I know. But I’ve been really busy trying to be a dad and also trying to be an engineer. I wish I had listened to more albums of 2011. I’ve been trying to catch up now in January, so if I were to wait with doing this list its likely it would change. But but, that’s neither here nor there. On with the list! (Oh, and I haven’t bothered rating them. They’re all great.)
Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
You shouldn’t be surprised since it’s my favorite artist and this latest album was awesome. I would've included the live album unless I counted it a little unfair since some of the songs are the same.
Veronica Maggio - Satan i Gatan
I feel like I should say I’m embarrassed to put this commercially successful pop-princess among my top 10. But I am not. I think it’s a stellar album with a nice mix of happy and sad, both feeling equally real and relatable. Lovely voice. Nice production by Christian Waltz.
I will say it’s not as shockingly amazing as the debut, but its fantastic.
Bright Eyes - The People's Key
It’s all in the first guitar riff. Love the Bright Eyes.
Jonathan Coulton - Artificial Heart
The wonderfully hilarious and nerdy JoCo is doing it for real this time. I [artificial heart] this one!
Florence and the Machine – Ceremonials
Massive, grand, stunning.
A new discovery for me, singer/songwriter Dan Mangan is a welcome addition to my stable of guitar playing males.
Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind of Fix
BBC change it up and although it sounds very different from Flaws, its another really satisfying release.
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
Swedish sensation. Saw her live as well in 2011 and love-love-loved it.
Well, honestly I havent listened to this as much as I would have wanted but I’m pretty sure it is one of my 10 favorites.
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If you want the whole list as a Spotify playlist it’s HERE
So, had I been a more active listener in 2011 I think PJ Harvey and Tori Amos would have been included….
Now it’s time for daddy to clean-sleep-getup-gotowork
//Peace
Tried this thing I’ve recently come in contact with; shaping the out-of-focus light dots that show up when taking photographs. Simple enough as a first test, I just cut round pieces of black paper that fit onto the plastic lens shader on my nikkor 35mm 1.8. At the center I cut shapes, just by hand for this first test. See the results below. Some lessons learned are: the shape of the cutout is really what you get so If you want a “pretty” heart, better have a nice stencil and a sharp cutter. Mine look like shite.
Street light
Christmas lights
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