A King

Surveying his kingdom:

St. Patties Day

With Andy in his pyjama pants, I mean Irish pants:

Love And The Kitties

The cat who loves the attention:

And the cat who doesn’t:

A Cornucopia

Of foods:

Falling Into The Couch

So lazy is she:

Street Struck

Not sure what this is but the only worthwhile shot I got all day (with not much shooting):

Blatant Plagiarism

From an old Miles Davis poster that I kept thinking about after previously focusing on fingers and skin:

And a non-self involved shot:

Flying Back

Looks like the sea but is just the sky:

Clouds all the way to the horizon:

Oh yeah, these were taking from my first class seat.  Booyaa and thanks for the upgrades.

Lots Of Lights

My favorite shot of the trip.  I like the contrast in the lights:

And just a blue light:

And a phone with a ridiculous amount of advertising:

Princeton

While staying in Princeton I got to wander around at night and take a couple of shots I really liked.  It was a great city but reminded me a lot of the movie Hot Fuzz as it seems like they keep the students locked away from the general population.

This was my favorite.  The fact that you can see the fan in it makes it for me:

Even though fuzzy I like how this turned out as well:

Lots of legs:

And a door going to what in my head is like the secret garden:

Transit Stop

Taken in New Jersey while waiting for the fourth train on my way to Princeton for some campus recruiting:

The incredible amount of rust on this wall astounded me:

And a little more barb wire:

Abstract Cityscapes

Lots of wandering around and taking random photos.  These turned out to be some of my favorite I have taken in a while.

This is the best shot I have from our balcony.  The clouds are astounding:

This took a while to get as the focus was not really working due to the many small focus points.  Once I got it though I really like the interest the barb wire creates:

A little ripple:

The bokeh on this is the best I have taken so far:

This is not as exciting but I do like a good shot of texture:

I just thought this was really funny:

Some flower shots with a off-normal focus point:

And some crock pot action:

Half way through eating when I remembered I wanted to take a shot:

Windows And Mirrors

Providing many prospectives:

In Jail

But not really.  In blinds would be a more appropriate title:

Fat Belly

I was looking at a lot of other photographers work and am pretty infatuated with how you can push and pull on skin.  There are some really cool ways of creating semi-abstract shots with fingers and skin.  This is not that but a step in that direction:

Raining Paws

Although it was not really raining when I took this shot it kind of looks like it.  The aspect that I appreciated was the shot of red in the sunset against the dark of the sky:

I just like how the leg looks here.  Also I am liking focusing on aspects of a subject that I would have just included earlier as part of the whole:

Bag Lady

Eileen looking her best in a bag:

Fashion Show

I was lucky enough to go with Yachi to a fashion show where the models were wearing her dresses.  It was on the 70-something floor of the Columbia tower which was pretty awesome.  I took a ridiculous amount of landscape photos but after staring at them forever decided that none of them were that good.

The shots of the models were a little bit better I think.  It was awesome to be able to take photos like this.  I learned quite a bit about timing and positioning.  I look forward to the next time I am able to do this as it beats taking photos of buildings any day.  People are so much more dynamic and the challenge of catching them at the best time is a lot more fun.

This is one of my favorite shots I took.  I like the whole composition.  It might end up somewhere on the Calla website:

The shot of this veil is my second favorite.  I like the contrast between the veil and the background:

This was another shot where I felt like the image the model was projecting really came through:

And here are the shots we are going to use on the Calla website as they show the whole dress:

And the fajitas I made for dinner:

Finished product:

Orientation?

Are they vertical or horizontal?

The texture on this one was great:

There were not quite as much fun but I still like the flipped perspective:

Ski Day

Work decided to give us a morale boost after a slightly rough beginning of the month so we got to head up to the summit in Snoqualmie.  It fit in with my once a year ski schedule and was a good time.

Got some good nature photos.  The mountains really are pretty when snowcapped, who knew?

This was just a fun shot from the gas station that has become one of my favorite.  I seem to really like reflections be they in mirrors or something else:

 

Final Snow Day?

We got a little bit of snow but looks like this might have been the last day.

Buildup and corrosion on a car:

Catching the light:

Little buildings against a big building: