Summit Talks

by | Dec 16, 2020 | Around Home

I shot the kitty Gigi on the entry way pergola amid the wisteria the other day. It was quite a wonderful shot in color and the look on her face priceless. It seemed like a good candidate for a visitation from the Sun King. After that I pulled the image into the PS Camera, which is a strange app with some interesting filters, but it also does a lot of inserting images into the picture. I normally eschew the use of such filters, but, on whim, I clicked on the “Mythos” filter, which turned the picture black and white and also gave me the option of putting King Kong, or the Kraken, or the Mummy behind the house. I couldn’t resist. I did a few other clean-up tasks on the picture and boosted the contrast and voila! I love it.

All done solely on the iPhone, as usual.

Monkey Blue On The New Table

by | Jun 27, 2020 | Around Home, Everything

Just did the first pass planing this table I am building. I started building it last year in August, assembling the two halves of the top and the bases. Finally got it assembled in my studio for final finishing and assembly. After that, dinner parties!

A Bee Story

by | Oct 9, 2019 | Around Home, Everything, Selected Writings

I’ve been building a photo studio where I now live ~ this amazing raw warehouse space in East Oakland. We finally got this big old display case out of the spot where all the natural light comes in from the two rows of clerestory window that rise up from the roof above. I put up a backdrop and shot a couple pictures with my phone. Can’t wait to get a real photographer in here to do test shots. I may need to get more gear, i.e., diffusions screens, because the light can get pretty intense.

I also put up backdrop rack on the opposite side of the main room and took a couple pictures there as well.