7/13

Industry of Street

6*2*13

newer and older

Film shots recently scanned...

Yellowstone NP, 6x7cm, 2012

Western U.P, 35mm, 2010

Two Shots

 Couple shots. Morning. Fog.

Badlands, SD

 

Stems. And Tourists. And Junk.

 I don't usually wander around during Tulip Time (or, like this year, "Stem Fest"). As someone that grew up in Holland, was part of the parade through St. Francis de Sales for years, and as someone that generally doesn't go for things with large groups of people--I've been pretty burned out on the whole idea since, probably, the end of middle school.

I love junk food, however. I'm Midwesterner through and through.

Handyman

When I was still little, my father would carry me around on his shoulders every time we went to the grocery store. I was always happy, sitting above everyone else--up high, chewing gum, and happy.

He would ask me, "Are you still chewing your gum?"
"Yes," I would say. If I wasn't, I had swallowed it.

I was that kind of little.

One day at the grocery store, he asked me "Are you still chewing your gum?"

"No," I replied.

starry nights

Last night I took pictures of the northern lights for the first time, which I was also seeing for the first time. When I heard they were going to be out, I got excited and quickly ran out of the house with my camera, forgetting things like a headlamp, hat, gloves, and warm clothing. It was windy, and it was cold, but it was awesome.

This is a picture that I had thought about taking since last summer. Initially I wanted to set up my camera for a long exposure on a clear night with the moonlight lighting up the rocks. Because of the south facing view, the stars would have made a nice arch over the rocks. However, being a south facing view, the moon passes right through the sky in front of the camera, which would make an ugly streak and back light the waterfall. For this shot I just set up a 30 second exposure and lit the waterfall with my head lamp.

Tri

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Two Shots (No Chaser) - Street

Super Crop (Not Starring Jackie Chan)

I've really been into square crops, lately. I'm not really sure what brought it on, but I just feel like it works so well for a lot of things that I might not be one hundred percent on board with.

For example...

Zeeland, MI

 I shot this at f5.6, 125iso, and 6 seconds.

 

I'll usually try a couple different settings to see what I like best. After the jump, there's another shot, cropped slightly differently, and shot at 8 seconds rather than 6. There's also one other shot from a different spot, shot at 5.6, 200iso, and 8 seconds.

These are the Daves I know.

Lately, what with work being a bike shop in the spring time, I haven't had too much time to really get out and ride. Luckily for me, the Daves live just a couple blocks from the shop. They're two brothers, they're both awesome dudes that have plenty of years of riding ahead of them, and awesome attitudes to boot. And their driveway rocks.

Dave 1 (David) got a new frame the other day.

Dave 2 (Davy) picks up tricks faster than you can pick up sticks.

Some Random

 Little Javi is a shredder. Here, he's not doing that. Street portrait.

*(I looked at this picture on a different screen, and it wasn't as dark as what it looks like on the computer that I'm viewing it on now. So, if you can't see it clearly... I don't know. There.)

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Figured this one might as well go up, too.

Glory be!

The weather is finally getting better.

A follow up to eating.

I'm purging the annals of my photo collection. I promise, it won't be too messy.

Just a couple more shots of some of the fire antics that, for whatever reason, are a normal thing in my family. My father, in the first two shots. 

The snow is thick (and I can't wait for it to be gone)...

So I thought I'd throw up some more pics from the past. Some people may have seen some of these... some people, maybe not.

 Hip transfer tailwhip. Seth McDowell; Lincoln Park, Holland, MI. Also some time in the past.