Ephemera

Postcard Luck

Some postcards are too good to give up. Yesterday i drove to richmond and stopped in to Chop Suey Books, bought "Our Band Could Be Your Life" and then saw an article on John Whiting. He owns a paper ephemera booth in Hanover Antique Village near Mechanicsville. I found a lot of good finds.

Two Views

Two Views of the Galleria Umberto 1 in Naples.

Shooting Slump

I finally feel like I'm making a move to get out of my shooting slump. I've got film, I'm surrounded by kids every day, there's nice light in the art building. So I'm starting to finally shoot once again, and will ask questions later. "Eighty percent of success is showing up" -Woody Allen. I add "with a camera".

Cats! (again)

I know, I know- I don't post often, and when I do it's about cats. I should retitle this blog and look for advertisers. I can't help it...life out here in the country is slow, and our cats are a good portion of our entertainment. We've been letting Slim and JP out for "supervised" walks, which quickly turn into chases out into the huge field behind our house.

Bill and Kay's new cat Leon, who must have some street cat in him judging by his skills with a piece of string.

Three Days in Berkeley

I flew out to Berkeley to photograph Ms. Waters. Weather disrupted my flight, and I ended up travelling all day. In addition, the airlines misplaced my luggage (both there and back). But it was all worth it to spend several days with good friends, and to meet an icon. Here is Doug in the hotel.
Adam
Adam and I drove up on one day to the Berkeley hills and enjoyed the fog and rain.
We did a bit of searching for the right light. Some pictures were made indoors and out. I'm looking forward to seeing them all. I only made a few images with the smaller camera, mostly of Adam in the light. Most of the time i was busy trying to make things work with the 8x10 camera. Having Adam there was so great- I'd talk with Alice, compose, and then say "ready" and Adam would take a reading, stop down the lens, and hand me the film.
We were rewarded with amazing food- oysters, fresh salad with baked goat cheese, braised pork, rabbit, pasta with pesto.

Pear gelato with pomegranite and almond tuiles.

Vanilla Ice Cream "affogato"...drowned in espresso

Percival Island Baptism