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  • Larry the Bucket Guy

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    First time we were finally formally introduced, he put on a show for me. In honor of “The Hunger Games Friday,” I should call this “Larry on fire.” Nice guy–and quite humble too. You’ll usually find him at 4th and Market, in front of Old Navy.

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  • Mare Island #2

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    Here’s a second shot from Mare Island. See the first one here. Photo tip that I was able to share that night: Your DSLR may have in-camera noise reduction automatically turned on by default. If that’s the case, for each second of exposure, your camera will take another second to apply noise reduction and you…

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  • Photography Stance

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    I think I was posing for a group picture, so this was “shot from the hip”. I remember they were a friendly bunch. At Panjiayuan (潘家园), Beijing, China. 2010.

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  • Mare Island

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    Free night workshop that wasn’t much of a workshop. I guess you get what you pay for. I should have centered myself a bit better on this one. Not sure what the turnstiles are for, we just walked around it on the left. Anyhoo, I don’t usually shoot much night stuff but I thought those…

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  • Back into the Wild

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    So, I don’t always drive with two hands on the wheel…sue me. Somewhere in Wyoming, 2011.

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  • I Shoot People

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    …with my camera, of course. If you don’t know, that’s Walther.

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  • Merry Christmas

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  • A Google Birthday Surprise

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    I’ve been offline quite a bit these days, but I happened to jump on today. I didn’t realize Google does a personalized doodle for you on your birthday. Scared me for a second at first. It even said “Happy birthday, Jen” when my mouse hovered over it! From the Google blog: Because doodles are such…

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  • The Second Greatest Commandment

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    “Love your neighbor as yourself. (Reference)” Am I inadvertently starting a trend of self-portraits around my birthday/Christmas? See #1 here. This one includes my photo friend Brad. Image info: Forgot to take down this guy’s name. We just chatted a bit while he lit a smoke. Taken somewhere in the Mission. Man, I gotta work…

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  • Blue Scholars

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    Blue Scholars at Slim’s. San Francisco, October, 2011.

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  • You can tell a lot…

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    You can tell a lot about a person by looking at their hands. Hands were not posed. I take it as I see it. That’s how I work. Location: Some table near Boudin’s, Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco. Hand model: Sherry

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  • Flag Football and Alcatraz

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  • Half

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    Half a chopper and half a bridge. Taken aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard during this year’s fleet week.

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  • Happy 10th Anniversary

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    Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self. -Cyril Connolly It’s already November. What year is it, 2011? Holy cow, I’ve been blogging for 10 years. Not that I write much (see my pathetic first post). After 10 years, I still hate writing (most…

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  • M is for Moleskine

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    I’ve been using these notebooks forever and I still love them. Check out the Star Wars Edition. I wish they had more Star Wars elements in the notebooks themselves, not just in the packaging. Image of my current Moleskine taken on my desk.

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  • It’s Fleet Week Again!

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    The Blue Angels will be here again in San Francisco next weekend for Fleet Week 2011! Sorry, I posted this early because I’m a little excited. The images above were taken in Seattle earlier this year. They’re extremely poor quality because I was visiting friends and only had my 50mm, not that I have any…

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  • Ceremony’s Over

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    I now have 2 weddings under my belt: one where I shot stills and one where I shot video. That’s not a lot of experience, but if I had to compare the two, I think I prefer shooting video to document events. Maybe that’s why I can’t get myself to bring the camera out to…

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  • Best Feelings Ever

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    No image to post, just some random thoughts. As my cousins and I were watching the Giant/Dodger game today,  I said striking someone out is one of the “best feelings ever.”  Keeping it rated G, here are some that we came up with: striking someone out in a baseball game hearing something get sucked up…

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  • Meet Geordi

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    This post has been sitting in draft mode for the longest time. My camera is not new, and neither is the name for it, but I thought I might write about it here. I like to name things that I own. From early childhood, I had given names to everything that I liked. I have…

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  • My Niece the Doozer

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    I think my niece #2 looks like a Doozer. Non? Not sure why I always make weird connections like niece #1 and Alton Brown.

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