Archive for the 'Photography' Category

May 30th, 2007

WAT Logo

Sometimes I like to make logos for which I have no practical use. Here’s one I made for myself. It’s my initials (WAT). The “IT” part isn’t really deliberate, but as a software engineer, I work in “Information Technology”, so I guess that works. This is just a rough concept. Maybe eventually I’ll refine it.

May 28th, 2007

Hogle Zoo

A few weeks ago we took our kids to the Hogle Zoo, where my seven-year-old son learned to wrangle metal rhinos. About the time we got to the hot and stinky reptile exhibit, we decided to split up and I got to explore the zoo one-on-one with my son. In addition to the regular attractions, […]

May 12th, 2007

Rusty Farm Equipment

I went for a walk a few days ago and took some pictures of rusty farm equipment near the office where I work.

May 2nd, 2007

Chuck-E-Twins

This is my four year old daughter playing on a slide at Chuck-E-Cheese’s a few days ago.

May 2nd, 2007

Muddy Kids

When I got home from work today, I found my two youngest kids in the yard, covered in mud. I took a few pictures. Most of them turned out blurry, even though I used the flash. I’m still not very happy with the Pentax Optio W30.

April 24th, 2007

Howdy Car

I saw this car on the freeway while riding to work one day. I have a friend who uses the nickname “howdy” so I try to take a picture any time I see “howdy” on something.

April 24th, 2007

Rolling Rock

Rolling Rock beer has bizarre stuff printed on the back of the bottle, apparently worthy of its own wikipedia article:

March 27th, 2007

Initial thoughts on the Pentax Optio W30

Today my Pentax Option W30 arrived in the mail. So far most of my pictures have come out grainy or washed out. Probably because I’ve been experimenting in poor indoor lighting, or attempting macro shots with flash. A few days ago I read an impressively thorough digitalcamerainfo.com review of the camera based on limited experimentation […]