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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