The 2014 Christmas Card

We try to do a unique Christmas card every year. It started years ago, long before we had kids. The first one was a dead cow in 2005… Beautiful, isn’t it? It went to about 20 people.

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It’s been a strange road since then. Most people ask if we have these planned out in advance. The answer is no. Never. I’ve got a list of ideas I think of over the year, but we’ve never used any of them. It’s always a last minute thing. I imagine us doing a normal card every other year and something unique on the odd years. It doesn’t pan out. I secretly vow every year is the last. Until the third week of November. Then I spend a hundred dollars on 8 yards of green felt and waste an entire day cutting out bad costumes and yelling at kids to hold still and cursing at finicky (and expensive) wireless triggers. Continue reading

Summer Storm 2013 – Canon 20D and Holga Lens

Summer Storm 2013 – Canon 20D and Holga Lens

I found these in last year’s folder… Sometime last summer I spent a month shooting almost exclusively with my Canon 20D and a plastic Holga lens. I remember having a project in mind when decided to lug around and shoot with a 10 year old DSLR, but I can’t remember what it was. I shot these on Highway 6 south of Woodside and north of I-70, and never noticed the lightning bolt in the final image until this morning.

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