Gaviota State Park, California

Back into Action....

In the end of May, my camera bag was stolen. I had just finished shooting an event and so I had everything with me.  Basically everything in this picture is gone with the exception of my phone and the Ricoh SLR.  Not pictured was is a lens and speedlight I had just purchased. Unfortunately I got a little screwed with the insurance company too and only got 1/8th of what I paid for all of this. I ended up getting a better camera just in time for me to go to Jamboree, but I have a feeling I'll be paying it off for a while.

With the theft of all of my gear also came the end of my 365 project. For now I'll just keep the blog going and maybe start it again next year...

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It dumped a bunch of rain on us in the morning, but when I went out for lunch, it was nothing short of amazing weather.

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Again... right place, right time.  I just happened to be walking by this wall at work, to use the restroom, and as I came back it was there and by the time I finished shooting the picture and walking back to the store and told someone to go look, it was gone.

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I went to lunch at the Corner Bakery (mostly to use their free internet, but it was down) and as I sat down to eat, my eye caught this amazing couple.  The love they had for each other was as obvious as getting slapped in the face.  The bits of conversation I overheard, eating off each other's plate, holding canes in one hand and holding hands with their others as they walked out of the restaurant.  It was truly refreshing. I can only hope, if I were to get married, that my wife and I could have the same passion as these folks.

90/365 - April Fool's

Last year we (at the scout shop) played a prank on a former boss. This year we followed suit and worked it out with her assistant to let us in and set some stuff up for H to find the next day.

A balloon trap was rigged to drop a box full of balloons as soon as she opened the door to her office.

We also filled her toilet with balloons.

Our original plan was to fill her small office with balloons.  I unfortunately left most of them on the counter at our shop in a rush to get over to the other store.  We had some pre-blown up and used those to the best of our abilities.  I had also coded some fake error messages to pop up and make her think that she had a virus that was deleting files, with the last pop-up saying it was a prank.

Time to start planning for next year...

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Another amazing day for photography with perfect lighting.  Same location but just the poppies... and some other creatures...

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The lighting made for an amazing day for photography.  A layer of clouds covered the sky to make a natural light defuser, but thin enough to still let quite a bit of light through.  So we took the puppies out to have a photo shoot with the poppies.

Tabasco:

Zeb:

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I wasn't quite happy with the water drop pictures, so I did a little more research and went back the next night with some new information.

Then I started experimenting with some construction paper in the bottom of the bowl I was dripping the water into.

I waited a long time to be able to capture some of these images....

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First attempts at capturing water drops...

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These are partially why I fell behind so bad on posting images.  I first built the work table on top, then I went out and bought a stack dado set for the table saw and played around making the box.

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