Some days feel like this

Thoroughly Used – A fresh look at old things

My parents are children of the depression. Both were raised on farms in Oklahoma at a time when most folks didn’t have a lot, or even a little. What they did have they used the hell out of… tools, food, clothes, everything. Their retained impulse to save everything has long been a source of eye-rolling and [...]

The luckiest cat photo I have ever taken

When I’m experimenting with settings on my 30d, I tend to use my cats as subjects. They don’t complain, but they don’t hold still either. This shot, which looks staged, isn’t. I found her that way, her mouse tucked between her paws, and grabbed my camera. I managed to get off two shots before she [...]

Fruit Strips

This macro series I made from unrolling and vertically hanging fruit rollup strips. I hung them using a dowel in front of the cheapo lightbox I had made. They’re disgusting to eat (I had to try them), but make for interesting abstracts.