Goodbye guitar

I know how to play two songs, home on the range and simple gifts. Neither of which are worth playing around the campfire and I've forgotten three quarters of each of them. So after 17 years it's time for this little guy to have a new home. I've decided to sell my guitar. After going back and forth on the matter for months now due to sentimental value, I've finally decided for sure. This guy has been benched for years now, he's never gotten his chance to shine, because I can't be musical to save my life.

Well buddy, I've taken your picture to remember you by, but I'm sending you to the big leagues, or atleast to a league so you can play.

Bobbins and such

My friend Kate is a sewer. She sews great things. In fact, she's so good she could quit her day job. Last summer my Seattle roommates and friends, Kate and Andrea, were making their bridesmaid's dresses for a wedding they were in. They worked diligently every evening after work on their dresses. And, while they were sewing I was usually drinking a glass of wine and playing on facebook, completely wasting time in comparison. Eventually I decided to document a bit of the process. At one point, Kate left the light of the machine on while she went to talk on the phone with her beau. And, that's when I took this one.

It was fun to watch you guys create your beautiful dresses. I was very impressed.

Silly moon, tricks are for kids

This is the moon. It sure is. After I left studio one night I took this photograph. I remember looking up and seeing the bright full moon. I wanted to get a long shutter photograph of the moon "dancing". But, to do it, I basically had to be looking up and dancing around in the parking lot myself, swirling my camera around. It's a good thing no one was around, or I might have looked a little crazy.

Happy Friday the 13th.

Infiniti in the sky

This is my favorite car, currently. The Infiniti FX35. It's nice. I love it. Last night was a gorgeous night. Wonderful breeze, still a bit cooler. So I decided to go up to the roof of the parking garage and just take it in. Once I got up there I ran into my friend, the infiniti. He was up there all by his lonesome, in perfect position for me to take his portrait. The sun was practically down, but was still reflecting off the skyscrapers glass, so I had a few minutes to get a shot. As an aggie, I know I'm not supposed to like burnt orange, but man I dig it on this car.

If I ever get an FX35, I'll probably park it on the roof too, it looks good up there.

The wall jem

I'm walking along this residential wall one day and as I look over I see this jem inset in the wall. And delicately falling next to it is the vines of its neighboring plant. It was very enjoyable, especially with the shadow created by the inset of the jem. It reminds me of the opportunity we have in design; it's not always about the big stuff, sometimes its the smaller things that really amp up a design.

I guess Mies van der Rohe said it a little better though, when he said, 'God is in the details." Well, Mies I think you would have really like this little jem.

El diablo

This is my friend Alejandro, and no, he is not the devil. But, he did pose quite well for this photograph. I took this photo a while back for my "slow shutter" assignment in photography class. We set this shot up in the conference room of the office we both worked in at school, obviously at night. I had bought a red bulb to emit the light behind him. I really had no clue if I could pull the shot off the way I had planned.

The top of the fork is drawn with a lazer pointer over a six second shutter. We tried over and over to get it right. It's quite difficult to draw with a lazer point, especially when its dark when you start, and your first click has to be right on or the light will show up in the shot. Poor Alejandro had to stay very very still while the shutter was open and while I drew over and over again. But, finally we got it right. I don't typically crop photos, but this one I did and I think it turned out well.

Miss the dreads Ale, they sure worked well in this shot!

Roasted memories

It was about this time last year that I became a "regular" at Lighthouse Roasters in Seattle. This is for sure the coolest coffee house I've ever been to. First of all it was literally a stones throw from our apartment. And, the sun would come up so early in Seattle, you could get a cup of joe at 6AM and you'd be able to enjoy the daylight. Inside the shop was great. They roasted their own beans there. They would keep the back doors open near the roaster and it really gave the place a community feel. Eventually I would walk in and my buddy at the register just knew to ring me up for my short drip. Newspaper were everywhere, you could grab one and catch up on a few stories before getting ready for work.

This photo looks down the counter towards the cream and sugar area. That's the roaster in the background, it's a very cool machine. Today I drink my coffee to you Lighthouse, and remember our good times.