Zawsum

Garlic

2006-11-27T09:00:00.000-05:00

Gum Tree

2006-11-22T09:00:00.000-05:00

Butterfly3

2006-09-01T16:03:00.000-04:00

Butterfly2

2006-08-31T14:33:00.000-04:00

Butterfly

2006-08-30T12:30:00.000-04:00

Planet Miami

2006-08-29T08:16:00.000-04:00

Bridge

2006-08-07T08:14:00.000-04:00

untitled

2006-07-13T10:34:00.000-04:00

PeaPod

2006-07-12T08:31:00.000-04:00

Pod

2006-07-11T09:25:00.000-04:00

Peas

2006-07-10T09:00:00.000-04:00

DayLily

2006-07-07T10:58:00.000-04:00

DayLily

2006-07-06T10:35:00.000-04:00

nightbloom

2006-06-08T00:26:00.000-04:00

Pop

2006-06-07T11:41:00.000-04:00

Zinnia

2006-06-06T10:36:00.000-04:00

Palm

2006-04-26T09:17:00.000-04:00

Dwight's Basement 4

2006-04-13T08:20:00.000-04:00

This image will draw the Dwight's Basement series to a close. I needed to work it out of my system. It is officially out. Thanks for you patience.

Dwight's Basement 3

2006-04-12T08:00:00.000-04:00

Happiness

2006-04-11T11:12:00.000-04:00

If you'd like to try to approximate my degree of happiness right now, watch this
The last time I saw this video was 20 years ago and I have been looking for it ever since. Thanks YouTube!

untitled

2006-04-10T12:50:00.000-04:00

Dwight's Basement 2

2006-04-06T09:54:00.000-04:00

Dwight's Basement

2006-04-05T09:53:00.000-04:00

WhiteOut

2006-01-23T12:08:00.000-05:00

Berries

2006-01-18T11:56:00.000-05:00

Guggenheim

2006-01-17T10:39:00.000-05:00

Man Burning

2006-01-11T13:14:00.000-05:00

Seeing Eye Cows

2006-01-10T09:15:00.000-05:00

Trestle

2006-01-09T09:47:00.000-05:00

untitled

2005-11-09T12:04:00.000-05:00

The Machine

2005-10-24T08:33:00.000-04:00

an impressive large-scale kinetic sculpture. in the middle of the desert. at Burning man.

Biltmore

2005-10-20T10:04:00.000-04:00

Just another shot from my walk around Providence yesteday morning. I particularly light the light gradation across the subtly curving front of the building. A curve which, until yesterday, I never really noticed.

Hoods

2005-10-19T09:52:00.000-04:00

On an early morning walk around town I found these covered lights which, taken out of context , could really give the wrong impression of our town.

LoompaDeDoo

2005-10-18T11:19:00.000-04:00

A place we stumbled past featuring elegant roof sculpture and more... ummm... foreshortened wall-top sculpture.
Oh, and in regards to the post below, did you see Stone Phillips do it on the Colbert Report last night? Since watching it, I haven't been able to get it out of my head. I thought I'd share the madness with the rest of you. Enjoy!

At a minute or two 'til two

2005-10-18T11:00:00.000-04:00

Oh what to do to die today at a minute or two 'til two
A thing distinctly hard to say yet harder still to do
For they'll beat a tattoo at twenty to two
With a rattatta tattatta tattatta too
And the dragon will come when he hears the drum
At a minute or two 'til two today
At a minute or two 'til two.

Steps

2005-10-17T10:11:00.000-04:00

Molto Grafitti

2005-10-14T11:04:00.000-04:00

A lesser common route taken to Venice led to some very scenic industry and grafitti.

Road In

2005-10-13T10:21:00.000-04:00

Here is a view of Pyramid Lake. My absolute favorite view along the long road to Burning Man.

Dome

2005-10-12T09:43:00.000-04:00

I huge inflatable dome/nightclub in the middle of the desert in the middle of the night. Lit by blacklights and green lasers. Very cool.

Sunrise

2005-10-07T08:56:00.000-04:00

Let me tell you something about getting up before the sun at Burning Man. It's cold. Really cold. Fleece hat (with earflaps) wish-I-had-gloves cold.
But we bundled up, got out of the tent, rode our creaky bikes, and found this. Not a bad way to start the day.

Eye

2005-10-06T09:25:00.000-04:00

I chose this shot in favor of ones with better overall exposure because I was really liking how the variations in light led my eye around. While it initially seemed too dark, there was this sense of "getting used to it" as you would in a dim room. I found the longer I looked at it, the more detail I could see, and I, personally, liked that. What do you think?

MirrorMirror

2005-10-05T10:33:00.000-04:00

....and we're back.
Thanks for the patience. Lots of photos to sort through and lots of exciting stuff I want to share with you. So please continue to check back and let me know what you think!

Grief, The Good Kind

2005-09-29T10:00:00.000-04:00

Hey Everyone. Just wanted to let you know the trip was wonderful and there are tons of pictures to be sorted through and distilled down. So that's good.
My web host has had some kind of major malfunction and deleted all of my web-based emails, as well as reverted to the index page I had up after the elections last november. Until this morning, I have been unable to even log into my account, and now his file system is all sorts of weird. So that's bad.
Needless to say, I'm in the midst of switching web hosts, which is always kind of.... bleh.
So, I'm going to start posting images here, at least for a little bit, and then see how the whole web-site thing smooths out over the next few days.

-Ken

2005-09-15T10:51:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone. Sorry for the lengthy delay in posting, but I undertook the somewhat monstrous task of trying to make my well intentioned wedding photos look like semi-professional photos.
Here is a link to my flickr page (with convenient slideshow feature to save you from clicking through all the images).
Here is a link to my web gallery (done largely with the assistance of Picasa's web gallery tools).
They both have the same images, one has a white color scheme and one has a black.
I have 1 more trip (starting tomorrow) and then I'll be back on a regular posting schedule. I'm so excited to show some Burning Man pictures! Give me 12 more days and I won't let you down!
Thanks!
-Ken

The Man

2005-09-08T14:50:00.000-04:00

Here is one of the shots I'm pretty pleased with.

Lomo2

2005-08-26T08:16:00.000-04:00

More play with the lomo techniques and another image of the Turks Head and surrounding buildings.

Turks Head

2005-08-24T20:07:00.000-04:00

I just love this building.

untitled

2005-08-23T08:44:00.000-04:00

We took a few hours out, last night, and headed to the beach for a quick swim and sunet.

2005-08-22T09:20:00.000-04:00

Facade

Gracies

2005-08-19T08:48:00.000-04:00

I'd have to say that Gracies is easily one of our favorite restaurants in Providence. Jane was given a gift certificate for her birthday (Thanks Corey!)
What you are seeing here (bigger image on my website) is:
1. The cheese sampler. What I learned from this is; a) I tend to like cheeze from vermont. b) Stinky French cheeze, not so much.
2. Vegetable Sampler. While a second course, Jane got it for her first course, and it was amazing. --She didn't share the watermelon, so I'm assuming it was amazing. --The grilled cheeze was made with some of that aforementioned vermont cheeze. It was incredibly buttey and rich. -- The tomato soup was better than any other tomato soup I've had. Which isn't the most powerful statement, since I don't travel the world and critique tomato soup, but if I did, I'm pretty sure this would be up there with the greats. --The thing that looks like an egg roll, is... basically... an eggroll. It was called a roulade and it had leeks and other goodness inside, but the outside was still reminiscent of an eggroll, which is not to say it wasn't good, just not as exotic as the others. --The bean salad (with leeks and garlic and creme fraiche) was really great. Before we knew what the dressing was, we spent each bite debating whether it was sour cream or yogurt. It turns out, we were both kind of right. --The tomato and chickpea salad was intense. The chef had a bit of fun with this salad. We've deduced that they soaked the chickpeas in white balsamic vinegar. The result is that when you initially eat the salad, it seems a little under-dressed, then when you bite into the chickpeas you get an explosion of flavor. Pretty crafty!
3. My appetizer was a smoked salmon and sweet corn sald. The salmon and corn were a great combination of salty and sweet. On top of that was a tomato gelee (I think), which is basically a jello made with tomato juice. I know, it sounds...kind of...BUT IT WASN'T. It was much more flavorful thank you'd expect and melded really well with the salad. Very inventive and tasty!
4. I had the lamb. It was nicely cooked and especially tasty over the celery root puree.
5. Jane had the cod (with fancy name that escapes me). The bites she allowed me were fantastic. It was kind of poached and well peppered. Super tasty.
6. We finished dinner sharing a nice glass of port that made us giddy for the walk home.

All in all, a great night on the town/belated birthday dinner.

Gaze

2005-08-18T09:29:00.000-04:00

This image started its life as a picture of a doorknob. While I'd like to take credit for the focus, the D70 actually chose which bubble to focus on. I think the shallow depth of field, and the blurry forground continually lead the eye back into the sphere. What do you think?

Dearth

2005-08-17T09:53:00.000-04:00

Sorry for the lack of posting! Between travel to Maine and issues with monitor calibration, I've not quite been myself lately.
If anyone could help adivse me on monitor calibration issues, I'd certainly appreciate it.
Here's my situation. I'm running a dual CRT monitor setup and I can't get my screens to match. I've made very dilligent efforts, but to no avail. What I'm finding both frustrating and paralysing is that I've shot a whole bunch of wedding pictures that look fantastic on 1 screen (my older screen, a sceptre Dragon Eye from 1998) and washed-out on my newer screen (a ViewSonic G90f from about 2002). While I want to trust the screen that makes the pictures look beautiful, I don't want to spend hours and hours doing work that will ultimately be off.

So, fellow visual people, how do you know your colors are on?
Thanks!

ripple

2005-08-10T10:21:00.000-04:00

untitled

2005-08-04T10:05:00.000-04:00

untitled

2005-08-03T09:47:00.000-04:00

While I have a ways to go in regards to understanding and processing RAW files, I am loving the interface, speed and DOF of the D70.

Flux

2005-08-01T08:47:00.000-04:00

Much as the flux capacitor makes time travel possible, cups of coffee make Mondays possible. Plus, I just kind of liked the shot.

Bee

2005-07-30T10:05:00.000-04:00

For hours, this bee was milling around the center of a sunflower in the yard. He'd get pissed when I brought the camera in too close, so he'd fly at me, make a circle and land back on the flower.

Maine3

2005-07-29T09:33:00.000-04:00

Barnacle Bloom

2005-07-28T13:10:00.000-04:00

While scrambling along the Maine coast, I came across these barnacles at different states of open and closure.

Descent

2005-07-26T09:39:00.000-04:00

I'm particularly fond of the negative space between Kate and Jane, the tension that is created by their nearly touching hands, and the splashes of color intersperced between the rocks.

Blueberries

2005-07-25T08:31:00.000-04:00

We were in Maine for the weekend and the blueberries are in season. While it can take hours to pick enough of these pea-sized berries to be useful (thanks Kate and Jane!), the pie that Kate's mom made for desert was beyond-words-good.

Steeple St.

2005-07-19T13:51:00.000-04:00

This is my first attempt at doing anything with the HDR plug-in in CS2. I did all the processing on my other machine and thought it looked good. Now when I look at it on this machine, it looks a little washed out. I'd love feedback and opinions for how it looks on your screen and how I should change it (ie, more saturation, darker, more contrast, etc...) Thanks!

A little screwy

2005-07-19T09:40:00.000-04:00

The blogger-bot seems to be a little screwy today.
If you're anxious to see a new pic, go to:
MY WEBSITE
I'll get it up here a little later when things seem to have settled.

Bad Ass

2005-07-18T09:45:00.000-04:00

This was another shot done while out on our stormy scooter ride. I'm particularly fond of the stormy clouds in the background, and the gradation from black tire and shadows up to white, almost squinty, clouds.

The View Home

2005-07-15T13:13:00.000-04:00

While on a scooter ride, a huge, dark thunderhead came in between where we were and home. We waited it out and stayed dry, but returned home to find Providence soaked from massive downpours.

Deep Water Dig

2005-07-14T15:43:00.000-04:00

Mark (seen here) pulls a hard right hand carve. Stay tuned for a gallery of images in coming days.

Self Indulgence

2005-07-13T10:15:00.000-04:00

I promise I won't routinely be posting images of myself, but Paul got this great pic of me, and I was too excited not to post it.

3 Feet of Air

2005-07-12T10:12:00.000-04:00

Paul (pictured), Mark and I spent the better part of Monday cruising up and down the Hudson River's near glassy conditions. It was so nice to finally be the people we routinely see from the bridge and look at with envy.

2005-07-10T05:34:00.000-04:00

Grand Canyon

Damn!

2005-07-09T13:53:00.000-04:00

Here's the Glen's Canyon Dam. It is much cooler and free-er than the Hoover Dam. So, to re-cap, if you are heading out west and want to see a dam, go to the Glen's Canyon Dam. Not the Hoover Dam. Unless, of course, you want to pay about 18 bucks a person to tour the dam.

Civilization

2005-07-08T11:40:00.000-04:00

I DO NOT photoshop my pictures. The is exactly what it looked like when we hiked there.
Seriously. I am not lying. It really looked like this.
Okay, I'm lying. I was sorting through my craptacular pictures from that day and I couldn't really arrive at one I was happy with. So, I'm kinda happy with this now.

Arches Detail

2005-07-07T10:19:00.000-04:00

While doing a late morning hike in Arches NP, I noticed sunlight piercing through openings in the sandstone.

Delicate Details

2005-07-06T10:44:00.000-04:00

Yes, this is the arch. And yes, I have the picture you are supposed to take at the arch. But I thought this one was more interesting. If you'd like to see the other, let me know and I'll put it up somewhere.

Passage

2005-07-05T10:47:00.000-04:00

The was the quality of light bouncing off of, and in between, the sandstone walls in Bryce.

Angels Landing

2005-07-04T10:47:00.000-04:00

This was the site of Mom's first hike in the west. Her side of the conversation went something like this, "Where are we hiking?" "No..." "No, seriously..." "No, really?" "All the way up there???"

Driveway

2005-07-03T10:47:00.000-04:00

When looking for the house we were staying in, the directions read, "Turn right onto dirt road, and continue for 3.2 miles." You can probably understand why we were feeling a little unsure of ourselves.

BeeBalm

2005-07-02T08:34:00.000-04:00

I just noticed that the BeeBalm buds are beginning to mature. There's a weird, white, specular pollen (I'm guessing) on the center and inner leaves that make the photo look kind of pixellated, so please bear with that. I wasn't about to photoshop out hundreds of tiny white pollen spores, for the sake of a less specular photograph. Thanks for understanding!

MDM

2005-07-01T10:09:00.000-04:00

Here's the last in the BlackJack series. I'd love feedback on this one. Personally, it makes me a little uneasy.

Amongst

2005-06-30T09:59:00.000-04:00

This one is for my brother, who, according to yesterday's comments, would like to see more stamen. I personally would like to hear More Cowbell, but that's just me...

BlackJack

2005-06-29T07:51:00.000-04:00

The first of the lillies have finally come into bloom. These were ones I bought on impulse last year, because I was so taken with the color. They have not disappointed in their reprise.

Progress

2005-06-28T11:32:00.000-04:00

Foggy morning loomed over awful new construction.

Psych!!!

2005-06-27T09:36:00.000-04:00

You couldn't really have thought that I was done with my airshow pix... It was kind of like at the end of Season 3 ( I think) of Punk'd when Ashton said that that was the end of Punk'd, but everyone secretly knew he was gonna do more. Yup...that's me... just like Ashton Kutcher... sans trucker hat and Demi Moore.

Passion Leaf

2005-06-26T13:53:00.000-04:00

This is a great example of what happens when the late day sun breaks out of the clouds (a common occurence here in Providence) and saturates anything colorful with warm angular light.

7 Stars

2005-06-25T10:31:00.000-04:00

Jane and I just got back from a sunny, warm scooter ride. We stopped at 7 Stars Bakery for breakfast and had these delightful baked goods. If you ever come through Providence, you really can't go wrong with 7 Stars. Here, we have: Lemon Cake, Raspberry Bar, and Walnut Coffe-cake muffin. All were very nice.

Snapdragon

2005-06-24T08:58:00.000-04:00

These were snapdragons we got at our local CSA plant sale. The colors are much more mottled and vibrant than most snapdragons I've seen. The crop doesn't feel quite right, yet, so if you have any thoughts, I'd love to hear them. Thanks.

Shockwave

2005-06-23T10:09:00.000-04:00

Finally, images of the real reason I went to the airshow. I like this image alot as a solo image, but it also serves as a nice gateway to the gallery page!

Waiting in Line

2005-06-22T13:53:00.000-04:00

This was how I got to the airshow, so it seemed like a fitting way for you to get my pictures of it! Click the image to get to the gallery.

Smoke Trails

2005-06-21T08:54:00.000-04:00

While the rest of the airshow was very carefully choreographed, the skydivers just seemed to haphazardly jump out of the plane (a.k.a. the sherpa) and sail to the ground.
I'm not totally satisfied with this one yet, but I like where it's headed.

Classic

2005-06-20T10:46:00.000-04:00

I mentioned yesterday, on my main potd, that I was going to the airshow. The main reason I go is to see Les Shockley's Shockwave Truck, which is just about the coolest thing ever (pictures to follow tomorrow, probably). As I scrolled through the digital mountain of pictures I took yesterday, this one struck me as the most iconic image of what it is to be at an airshow. This is an F-15 streaking past the crowd. It was so loud and fast and appealing on some kind of carnal level.

Guinness

2005-06-19T08:42:00.000-04:00

It had been such a nice couple of days with the dogs, I thought Guinness deserved his own post. (He's my favorite, if you couldn't already tell)
And.....ermmm..... no... I didn't have to hold a treat right next to the lens to get this pic, he always sits so pretty!

Whithered Jack

2005-06-17T11:52:00.000-04:00

Back from a few days in NY and all was not as I left it. Sadly, Jack is done for this year, but, with any luck, we'll see him in about 11 months.

Weir's

2005-06-15T22:31:00.000-04:00

A great roadside ice cream shop by my mom's house. Just about the perfect thing for a hot summer evening... Actually, it wasn't that hot tonight, but it still worked out to be just about the perfect thing. Ice cream is funny that way.

2005-06-15T22:30:00.000-04:00

Diets be damned! This was a 2 scoop sunday with
1 scoop Coconut Almond Joy Ice Cream and
1 scoop Cookies 'n Cream,
with hot fudge to round out the goodness.

Still away from my desk...

2005-06-14T10:33:00.000-04:00

...and in no hurry to come back!!!

Grillin'

2005-06-13T11:17:00.000-04:00

We finished the day out with a Barbeque
at Jane's house. Grilled veggies, sausage,
pears, home-made whipped cream,
guaccamole, salad. So good.

Away from my desk right now...

2005-06-13T11:08:00.000-04:00

Summer is finally back and the river is warm enough
for knee boarding and wake boarding again. Yesterday
was about as perfect a day as you could hope for,
humid and overbearingly hot, so it was nice to have
the option to jump over the side on a whim.

(that's me) photo credit goes to Jane who had
great success shooting pix from a
moving boat on choppy water.

2005-06-13T11:07:00.000-04:00

(that's Paul)

Bloodshot Jack

2005-06-11T10:12:00.000-04:00

In its final form, I think this one will get a nice
square crop. But I kind of want to look at it like
this for a couple days to make sure I agree with
myself.

Evil Jack

2005-06-10T16:40:00.000-04:00

Jack

2005-06-09T11:39:00.000-04:00