Pure Randomness

Image-a-day 7: Frosted Grass

2008-12-18T17:32:20Z

Here is a quick macro of the grass in front of my house. Getting these shots was harder then I thought it would be, since the camera is so low to the ground you would have to be laying on your stomach in the snow to look though the viewfinder. For this one I set the camera to auto-focus and took about 20 photos at various angles, this is the only one that turned out.

The photos below were taken of a different kind of grass while it was still dark out with a ring flash, the result is much higher contrast and a dark horizon.

This is a cross-post from my regular blog located at 4volt.com/blog.

Image-a-day 6: Exterior Scene, Night

2008-12-18T00:37:08Z

This is a cross-post from my regular blog at 4volt.com/blog

This is a shot from the passenger side of a car, it was a stereotypical Portland night. I love the third shot because of the coincidental person waiving to someone unseen.

This is a cross-post from my regular blog located at 4volt.com/blog.

Photo-a-day 1: AGFA PD16 ReadySet from Hot Sams

2008-12-16T08:50:13Z

Dear LiveJournal,

I posted a few photos in 2005, and i'm getting back into posting more photos now. I'll be posting images here and on my "real" blog at 4volt.com/blog

I am a collector of many things, photos is one of them. If I see something interesting, I'll snap a few quick photos and add them to my collection. I took about 7,000 photos in 2007, and I'm up to about 6,000 for 2008 so far. I make an annual physical photo book to give out to friends and family, but I don't do much else with the photos other then let them sit on a drive, so I'll be posting some of them here each day.

About these photos:

This is the AGFA PD16, marketed in 1935 (possibly). It's a medium format camera with a non-standard film type. Even though it's from an era when it was common to change your shutter speed and aperture, I don't see a way to do it on this one, there are only two settings, INST and TIME. When In INST, the shutter flicks on and off normally at one speed, but in TIME mode the shutter stays down until you push it back up again manually. Can you imagine timing your camera's shutter with a stop watch and manually closing it? It seems that would be pretty common if this were your main camera.

I got this camera in Minnesota at an antique grounds called "Hot Sams", where there are several acres of semi-organized antique stuff including old cars, some amusement ride carts, a full boxcar, and a homemade submarine, and lots of other random large antique stuff, all for sale.

In the very center of it all was a tiny house stuffed with more traditional antiques, with a tiny old lady running it all. She came out when we were posing by the 10 foot tall Statue of Liberty and invited us inside. Dawn found the camera and I haggled the price down to something around 15$. It wasn't a great deal, but if anything it is a souvenir of Hot Sams.

Image-a-day 3: Retro Robot

2008-12-16T08:49:34Z

I don't have any entertaining stories behind the origins of this photo, though I was told by the old man in the magic shop I bought it from that it carries many mysterious properties. He also made me promise not to wind it after midnight or Mechagodzilla could be awakened again.

In my opinion, he could also be a distant cousin to Bender Bending Rodríguez. (Bender from Futurama)

Photo-a-day 2: Tiger Stencil

2008-12-16T08:48:36Z

This is a stencil I found in San Francisco, I find the layering of paint fascinating, it's almost monochromatic. Also, if you look closely you can see where the stencil was held on the door, and the hand print in the upper right. Evidently it was a messy procedure.

Image-a-day 5: Construction

2008-12-16T08:45:14Z

Here is an quick photo from a night I was working in the attic at night laying down floor boards after cutting them to fit. At the time there was no lights installed and I had to work with this and one other work light. This light has a porcelain socket and a metal cage to protect the bulb, I inherited it from the previous owner with a whole workshop of other old tools.

Candles

2005-06-09T06:28:06Z

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Candles

Knobs

2005-06-03T07:57:00Z

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About the Image:
An array of knobs.

Water

2005-05-31T22:54:31Z

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About the Image:
Water in a glass.

Dark Clouds 1

2005-05-31T07:39:50Z

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About the Image:
Drastically darkened clouds to match any dark mood.

Leaves

2005-05-29T17:35:38Z

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About the Image:
Leaves.

F/6.3, ISO-200, 1/450 Sec.

King Street Station, Seattle.

2005-05-27T22:51:17Z

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About the Image:
King Street Station, Seattle.

F/3.5, ISO-800, 1/30 Sec.

4volt @ 2005-05-26T10:22:00

2005-05-26T17:24:40Z

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About the Image:
A blistered overhang at King Street Station, in Seattle.

F/5.6, ISO-800, 1/60 Sec.

4volt @ 2005-05-25T10:50:00

2005-05-25T18:27:09Z

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About the Image:
A grate in downtown Seattle.

F/3.5, ISO-100, 1/25 Sec.
The perspective of this photo has been changed, and cropped.

4volt @ 2005-05-24T09:23:00

2005-05-24T16:30:17Z

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About the Image:
Smoke curls from a smoldering candle.

F/2.8, ISO-160, 1/125 Sec.

4volt @ 2005-05-23T08:11:00

2005-05-23T15:09:57Z

I've been working on re-painting my office all weekend, hence the lack of updates, I'll post pictures of my new room as soon as I can clear out all of the junk.

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About the Image:
An alley in seattle

F/3.5, ISO-100, 1/40 Sec.
Note: I used my new action "Super Contrast" on this picture, you can get it at: http://www.4volt.com/projects/actions/

Fisherspooner

2005-05-20T16:58:40Z

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About the Image:
Fisherspooner Live in Minneapolis, 2004.

F/2.8, ISO-200, 1/50 Sec.

Back from Seattle

2005-05-18T19:01:25Z

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About the Image:
Watchface Macro.

F/16, ISO-1600, 1/3200 Sec.
Technical note: I made a mistake of using iso-1600 in this set, I will possibly re-shoot.

4volt @ 2005-05-13T23:27:00

2005-05-14T06:27:30Z

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About the Image:
Taraxacum officinale (Dandelion)

F/7.1, ISO-100, 1/125 Sec.

Cannon Beach

2005-05-13T06:31:42Z

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About the Image:
Driftwood in Cannon Beach, Oregon.

F/5.6, ISO-100, 1/80 Sec.

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About the Image:
Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach.

F/8, ISO-400, 1/125 Sec.

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About the Image:
Haystack Rock.

F/14, ISO-400, 1/250 Sec.

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About the Image:
Dawn and I (forground) Melanie being silly behind.

F/9, ISO-400, 1/125 Sec.

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About the Image:
A scattering of small jellyfish.

F/9, ISO-400, 1/125 Sec.

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About the Image:
Dawn and Melanie.

F/14, ISO-400, 1/500 Sec.

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About the Image:
Seagulls fighting over a scrap of food.

F/13, ISO-400, 1/250 Sec.

4volt @ 2005-05-11T19:42:00

2005-05-12T02:42:07Z

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About the Image:
A band promotion piece for my brother and I.

Backyard Wildlife

2005-05-11T06:19:23Z

This is a short series of pictures of things I found in my backyard.

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About the image:
A bee, or wasp, not sure which, perched on the side of my house...

F/9, ISO-400, 1/125 Sec. (Cropped)

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About the image:
A large spider, quite hairy, the actual spider size is probably about 1/3rd of an inch.

F/13, ISO-400, 1/250 Sec. (Cropped)

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Another bee or wasp, alight on a small flower.

F/13, ISO-400, 1/250 Sec. (Cropped)

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About the image:
A frog, enjoying the mud by the garden box.

F/10, ISO-400, 1/125 Sec. (Cropped)

4volt @ 2005-05-10T11:00:00

2005-05-10T18:11:57Z

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About the Image:
Frost on a Minnesota morning.

F/11, ISO-400, 1/100 Sec.

4volt @ 2005-05-08T21:00:00

2005-05-09T04:00:34Z

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About the image:

A foggy night in oregon, heavly edited, a self portrait.

F/8, ISO-160, 3 Sec.

4volt @ 2005-05-08T20:19:00

2005-05-09T03:19:07Z

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About the image:

A weathered restroom door sign.

F/2.8, ISO-200, 1/160 Sec.