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photography

19 years and counting — in Winthrop

22 July 2010

Last week­end J and I spend a few days “away” in Winthrop WA. It was a nice chance to relax and spend some down time with each other.
Fri­day after­noon was hot and dry when we left Seat­tle. The long route through the moun­tains (up to Hwy 20.)
The canyon below Dia­blo dam was com­pletely dry.
Sign van­dal­ism is a […]

Tagged as: norton commando, roadtrip, winthrop wa

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TGIF: Chickens — The Essay">TGIF: Chickens — The Essay

2 March 2009

The final ver­sion of my photo essay on our chick­ens is up.

Click on this run­ning chicken for more pictures!

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Photos from Puerto Vallarta

24 February 2009

two quick gal­leries with­out any edit­ing work -
Mine:
http://blackdogandmagpie.net/galleries/index.php?album=laras-rough-cut
Jim’s:
http://blackdogandmagpie.net/galleries/index.php?album=puerto-vallarta-1

Tagged as: photo, puerto vallarta

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New Pictures

2 February 2009

Two gal­leries of pic­tures from last week’s day-trip to the Fri­day Har­bor in the San Juan Islands for the pur­pose of pick­ing up the pig. (Yummy fresh pork!)
First a gen­eral gallery — mostly shots that Jim took.
And a col­lec­tion, mostly mine — a few of Jim’s, taken at the ferry dock at Lopez Island on the way […]

Tagged as: ferry, friday harbor, jim, lopez island, san juan island

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30 Minutes with Photoshop

29 January 2009

I have a desk­top wid­get that acts as a sideshows photo frame on my devel­op­ment machine. Hav­ing some­thing pleas­ant to stare at when my mind goes blank on a prob­lem is nice.
This morn­ing, dur­ing a par­tic­u­larly intense “now how the hell is that sup­posed to work” spell the photo below came up.
Click on the photo to see […]

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New Gallery Software

25 January 2009

I have added an instance of Zen Photo for Ms. Shoes.
The first album is a set of pho­tos that I took this morn­ing of birds vis­it­ing our bird feed­ers. (yes that is snow, again.)
Click on the pic­ture to go to the gallery!

Tagged as: birds, feeders, snow

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