15-3-28

Two takes on the same picture. I didn't take it first, but I saw it before it was taken first. Or something like that.

15-3-27

Finally getting around to finishing this one.

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There is a magic to busy streets when they are deserted. The meaning of a traffic light changes when there are no cars.

15-3-23

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15-3-22

Sophie and I do Ai WeiWei.

15-3-21

20mm is a pretty wide lens. I had a 14-24mm Nikkor lens for a while, and I still have a 24mm lens that's fantastic but I don't use it very often. The 20mm is a pretty wide lens. Pretty wide.

I had forgotten that with the 14-24 you had to be careful about collapsing perspective, buildings looking like they are falling in on themselves, or rooms looking, well, just odd. But it lets you stand across the street from monumental buildings of magnificent scale, or, about a block long-ish, and swallow the whole thing in with that big, wide, 20mm lens.

It gives you lots of room to fix the photos on the computer. Some of the magnificence is lost, and the slightly unnatural perspective sneaks in when you stare, the verticals are parallel, but unnaturally so, the buildings can start to look like they get wider at the top. It's not too bad when the buildings are only 4 stories tall but if you look at it too long it comes across as slightly off. Both are slightly off, I guess. I don't know which I like more. Or less.

15-3-20

Thom Yorke. Limited white vinyl pressing.

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I'm glad the days are getting longer because it seems I'm leaving work later too.

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15-3-15

The beginning of curry beans and rice. Soooo good.

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I've been told by more than one person that I should read Murakami and I even have one of his books but I've just never found the time. But the design of this one is so beautiful that it might jump the queue of books I'm aspiring to read. Such a great looking book.

15-3-12

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15-3-10

Foggy Vancouver. Longer days and I'm finding it hard to find the time to take picture. Tired. Going to bed instead of heading out to take a better photograph.

15-3-9

Georgia Viaduct. There's a rumor they might rip this thing down. Not sure why it was built in the first place. It mostly goes over vacant land. Anyway.

15-3-8

I bought a 20mm lens off craigslist and it didn't work. I checked it but not thoroughly enough. I called the guy who sold it to me and he said I must have dropped it. I didn't. It was broken.

I spent the better part of last night taking it apart to fix it. The aperture blades were sticking. There was a whole lot of really small screws but I managed to not lose any of them and used them all to put it back together too.

I've been feeling like black and white photos recently, so I would have converted these anyway, but the lens still has some colour fringing and isn't super sharp. But it was $200, which is what it was worth if it worked. Broken they aren't worth fixing, unless you've already spent $200 on a lens that you can't use. So maybe I start filling a jar with change and, because of loonies and toonies, maybe I'll have a better 20mm prime by the fall. Though I'm getting picky about these things, it may take a lot of loonies and toonies because Zeiss is German for "expensive" and no one else seems to understand my desire to own a quality 20mm prime.

Maybe it's me.

It's probably me.

15-3-7

Full on spring, no denying it.

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15-3-2

Health & Beauty. And Butcher Shop. One in the same?

15-3-1

There's a hole in the road by my house. Someone thought it would be good to put an upside down table next to it.

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Might be time to dust this one off and take it for a spin. Made in the early to mid 50s, it's lasted 60 years or so, I need to do my part to make sure they keep on making film for this thing.

15-2-25

CS

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15-2-22

Steelhead trout head.

"I'll just take this into the back and get it filleted for you."

"Why?"

"You want to do it yourself?"

"I think that's part of the poetry of it, no?"

"Huh. You're the first person to not want us to fillet it for you."

"That's unfortunate."

For the record, way too much butter in a saucepan with finely chopped shallots until the shallots are about 2/3rds cooked. Pour over a fillet, salt and pepper to taste, and bake for 15-20 minutes. Some might like to add lemon juice to the sauteed shallots. I don't. But I wouldn't tell you that you were wrong if you wanted to.

15-2-21

4 hours in the wood shop. Cut list and design semi-finalized. I'll be making 20 of these next week. Should have build time down to 2 hours each by then.

15-2-20

Tonight's line up.

15-2-19

Spring green.

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15-2-17

I like that this one used to say "Stop 'the oilsands'" and now it's been upgraded to simply "Stop 'Harper'".

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