Monthly Archives: May 2013

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Homage to my old boots

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We completely cleaned out our garage a couple of weeks ago to make space for a video shoot of our band. Tucked away amidst the years of accumulated clutter were my old Santa Rosa Brand work/hiking boots. I’m pretty sure I bought them in the very early 80s, and I obviously put a whole lot of miles on them before they were retired to the garage. Now, they just look cool.

Old boots in black and white

Old boots on an old trunk

Old boots on old garage concrete

I couldn’t resist a little pastoral treatment for the old waffle stompers.

Old boots and blue flowers 1

Old boots and blue flowers 2

Lenses: Images 1, 4 and 5, Canon EF 40mm f/2.8. Images 2 and 3, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L.
Flash: Canon 430EXII for images 1 and 3.

Canon 5DM3 loving old leather.

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Amaryllis on Mother’s Day

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The control wheel has gotten flaky on my “old” trusty Canon G11. I’m pretty sure this video shows the simplest, and definitely the cheapest, fix. But anyway… Yesterday, while I was trying to find a solution for the wheel problem, I had the camera out so I took it outside and grabbed a few shots of our red amaryllis. I metered for a “high key” look for these first two shots.

Red amaryllis 1

Red amaryllis 2

And because the G11 does great macro, I had to get in close.

Red amaryllis macro

Canon G11 on the patio.