We got off to an early start to a long day. First destination: Sol Duc forest, about ten miles west of the main part of Olympic NP. Peter, Layla and I were on the road early, and when we arrived, only David was at the trailhead. I came here to…
I’ve been meaning to post this, but have been so focused on my transit blog, I haven’t had the time. Anyway, camping out in a hotel room in rainy Port Angeles, working with my computer and camera, I thought I should post this picture of my beautiful new bookshelves. Yes,…
Rain. The day started well enough: cloudy, but dry. I drove out with Peter (a former 20th Century Fox exec) and Layla (a student from Victoria) to Marymere Falls, just west of Olympic NP. David, our instructor, joked that there was always one person who pounded out to the Falls,…
Today was Day 0 of the Olympic NP Workshop led by David Middleton. Day 0 meaning, I thought everyone would get in Friday evening, and we’d be shooting today. No such luck. Workshop’s first meeting was this evening. There are sixteen of us, I think, only one other is in…
I took my longest solo ride on my scooter yet yesterday: from Building 17 in Redmond all the way to Port Angeles, 90+ miles, including a five mile ferry ride from Edmonds to Kingston. My boss ran into me on my way out the door, spied the tripod in my…
It’s all about the last few seconds. I have been trying to buy a Canon L-Series f2.8 16-35mm wide-angle lens. The going price used is somewhere between $950 and $1,050. I have set a top bid at around $1,000 three times, and in the last three to seven seconds, someone…
This morning’s photographic foray was Pike Place market. I have a lot of trouble with Pike Place. The colors and patterns of the fruit, flowers, vegetables and other goods for sale should be easy, even with the tricky lighting. But I walk out with three or four weak pictures every…
My photography workshop in the Olympics is only a few weeks away. After moving/painting/packing, WoW, work and a lot of rain & clouds, I’m rusty. Hell, I barely became familiar with my new camera in Guatemala. I still feel like I could better predict my pictures using the old, entry-level…
I’ve been ramping up my blogging again since uninstalling Warcraft, and my transit blog is taking off. I’m hitting about 100 page views a day, helped greatly by a brief entry from the Capitol Hill Seattle blog. I’m getting more comments, too. Not a lot. But, you know… I almost…
I did the deed. Uninstalled WoW, deleted the downloads. If I want to play, I’ll have to leave my computer downloading for 16 hours again. Not likely.
