Category Colors and their Meaning

Feeling plum crazy?

This color chart should help you figure it out. via LiveScience.

One speeding ticket later

It was a road trip in the sense that Kerrilynn and I covered 450 miles… but not in the true sense as it was driven in less than 48 hours. I have a bad habit of shooting pictures while driving. The pictures are usually pretty bad but it looks so good whizzing by at 80 [...]

The 4th of July

Is the 4th of July the most photogenic of U.S. holidays? It certainly is the most fun. Food, drinks, explosives. From the house I grew up in I could see the fireworks streaking over the Washington Monument and the 4th of July is filled with many strong memories: –a Beach Boys concert on the National [...]

Fire + Cops + Skateboard + Jameson = A Photograph I Didn’t Take

My most recent The Photo I Didn’t Take: I’m talking to my wife, Kerrilynn, and Xan Cassavettes yesterday evening at the store when Xan turns around mid sentence and says “holy shit, what’s that?” Directly across the street, curtains are on fire in a ground floor apartment. Like a real fire fire. I run to [...]

The Summer Light of Fireflies

My wife pointed out the first firefly siting of the summer last night while eating in the garden at Franny’s. It is such a pleasure to see that light. It evokes strong childhood memories of Virginia summers and backyards full of them. Sadly I don’t see as many as I used to but I was [...]

A Day at the Beach / the Meaning of Light

Kerrilynn and I went to Rockaway yesterday. It was a bright day and that West Coast looking filter-y yellow light I love was very much alive as the sun was setting. The best time at the beach is always 4-8 in my book. Less crowds, cops, and chance of skin cancer. The water was cold [...]

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