The plum trees in our yard have been in full bloom for about a week now. The blossoms are small, maybe 3/4″ wide, and have a couple dozen stamens. I tried to focus just on the pollen at the end of the stamens (the ‘anther’).

Spring cleaning time, and that means files, too.

I was working on another Strobist lighting exercise. The idea is to use one strobe to light the subject, and to create a specular reflection off the wall behind. This is actually one of my test shots, the ‘formal’ ones being a bit too, well, formal.

Arroyo Lupine, Lupinus succulentus
Sarah and I went hiking today on Russian Ridge in the Midpenninsula Open Space Preserve. The wildflowers are just beginning to come out.

Eric does a little freefall soloing. Taken at iFly, an indoor skydiving operation. This is a vertical wind tunnel that simulates skydiving with airflow from 100 to 150 mph.

The workhorse of microphones, shot as a lighting exercise.

Lighting info:
Vivitar 285HV full power reflected off umbrella 2-3 feet above the mic. 1/180sec, f/8.0. White reflector board below the mic on the left to kick up the bottom/left side of the mic, 8.5×11 sheet of white paper held close to mic on the right to reflect rim light on the right side. Got three lights for the price of one.

Home cooked jambalaya for dinner tonight. Spicy!

My first shot using the Droste Effect.

Thanks to Josh Sommers for developing and sharing the mathmap code. His tutorial is here.

Kanji is all the rage in tattoos. Any idea what this one means?

I usually try not to repeat themes two days in a row for my ‘picture a day’ efforts, especially with my easiest subject – Shane. But this guy was so happy today with an almost empty jar of peanut butter that I needed to spread the joy.