Please excuse the absence

So, I had this wonderful plan for yesterday. I was going ride my bike over to Avila Beach with Noah and take lots of pictures. When we were almost there though, a dog (who was not on a leash as he should have been) ran right into the front of my bike (which was going fairly fast at the time). I decided I would try to fly over the handlebars and land on my face, hands and knees. The flying didn't work out so great. The landing definitely happened. So, instead of spending the day at the beach, I spent my day at MedStop having my face literally glued back together (better than stitches!) and picking up Vicodin. So much for picture taking. Noah did take some pictures of my face, but I won't gross you out with that nastiness (it seems to be getting nastier with every passing hour). Luckily all my camera equipment survived and is in working order, the dog is perfectly fine and I was wearing sunglasses so my prescription glasses aren't smashed in the least.

So, sorry about the lack of pictures the past couple days. I'll get back on it soon enough...promise!

Got it pinned down

The bubbles tickle my nose

I do love my macro lens...best...birthday...present...ever!

The key to success

Or to my garage...one of the two.

Monday? Really?

Am I right?

Mathew Brady

Today, we meet Mathew Brady. He was known as the brilliant leader of a project that for the first time showed the glories and horrors of the battlefield to those who were far front line. While he was rarely ever behind the camera himself, his team chronicled the Civil War in photographs.


War photography at that time was a far cry from the war photography that we know today. Due to long exposure times and complicated chemical processes, it was nearly impossible to shoot the battle in progress. Nearly all the images in Brady's archives are of the moments before or after the bullets were flying. There are pictures of forts, trenches, cannon and mortars, arsenals, and portrait after portrait of groups and individuals posing. Then, there are the shots of what remains when the battle ends. Haunting photographs of the bodies of Confederate and Union troops littering the battlefield; the bombed and shelled remains of buildings that once stood proud.


And on that note, I hope you have a very happy Sunday!

It's Caturday!

It's a big Caturday!!