Day 5: Alison and the huge, over-compensating truck

took this picture to demonstrate how idiotic people really are. I wish I wasn't so kind, I wouldn't have obscured the license plate, then maybe someone could track this person down and shake them free of their apparently enormous desire to polute our very small and generous planet and also maybe cure them of their need to clearly compensate for some presumably terrible misfortune.

That, my friends, is not just a giant, coincidentally filthy pipe in the back of that truck. It is, in fact, the exhaust. Proof? Note the lack of exhaust under the carriage. It's got to come out some place. And when it does come out, it's black as coal.

This douche drives around my town. Maybe next time I see HER, I'll snap a photo of the billowy black smoke she dumps every time she accelerates.

::stepping down off my soap box::

Alison Day 5: Fish are friends..

This is Morty. He's my old-as-shit goldfish. Doesn't look it, but he's at least six inches. Cool old dude, but I realized he really doesn't enjoy his picture being taken. I bought him a long time ago... several years, like 8+ from the feeder fish tank at Wal-Mart.

I'm hitting the hay. G'night guys.

Harry: Day 5

I made this delicious pasta thing for dinner, and going off Allison's texture post from yesterday I felt like I needed to take a photo of it once it cooled. I can't quite decide if it actually looks appetizing or revolting.

Jared Day 5: Fun With Shutter Speed Part II: Self Portrait x5

Messing around with the shutter again tonight. I took this one in the driveway, just set it on the back of may car and slowly walked around for 20 seconds.

pabs(t)mear: First post: January

Greetings everyone...


I know that it is the 22nd and not the first but I figured better late then never. I am not a photographer, but I am interesting in capturing memorys, actions, and moments so that I may never forget what or why or where I have been.

1. "He was reduced to flirting with waitpersons"

2. "He's considered to be an expert on potential accidents" 3. "The would be well fed and given a safe place to sleep"

4. "Otherwise put, just like daily life"

5. "We have work to do, and loads to lift"

6. "Ill wind blow far and find a ready welcome"

7. "Addict," said Crake"
8. "fear has homogenized his bowel"

9. "His time, what a bankrupt idea"

10. "He too is a castaway of sorts"

All title and Quotes from "Oryx and Crake" by Margaret Atwood

Feedback welcome.

Jason: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5

I really wanted to join the project back at the beginning of the year, but I am glad to be able to finally join here. I purchased my Olympus FE-360 on Friday, Jan. 16th, and hesitated none at taking photos for this project. As of this post, I have taken 137 photos with my new camera, but only 5 of those will be posted here! Without further ado:

Day 1: So, I had just gotten my camera when Susan and I decided to get some food at Sonny's. After a little while of being there, she noticed this man's shirt and directed me to read what the shirt said. She wanted to take the picture and use it for her picture of the day, but her camera couldn't get a good shot of it. So she decided that she would take the picture with mine; thus, allowing me the freedom to use it as my picture of the day. The shirt actually says "I got my meat pulled at Slow and Low Bar-B-Que Bar and Grill".

Day 2: I woke up this morning around 8am. In fact, this photo shows that it was taken at 8:46am. There was a CD sitting on my desk and the light was shining in through my window and reflecting off the CD. Those two main components just lined up for a perfect shot of the day, so I took it. :)

Day 3: I ride my bike back and forth to work. On my ride home, I sometimes ride on the sidewalk and I happen to pass by the wall of art. This caught my eye today and I thought I would take a picture of it. I took the picture in super-macro mode, which actually looks pretty good for a budget-priced camera.

Day 4: I think I was lacking creativity this day and didn't really know what to take a picture of. I took some pictures of some of the places around work that I go, but I figured this one would be best. I am actually riding on my bicycle while taking this photo. I thought it would blur a bit, but it actually looks pretty good. Thank goodness for the wrist-strap. :D

Day 5: I had the idea to take this picture a little while before I purchased this camera and decided to pick this as the photo for today. The idea came up when I saw this graffiti one day and thought about how the big wall of art a couple blocks south of this was meant for that type of thing. I also happened to notice graffiti in another location, but thought this one was a better photo overall.

Oz : New Year New Day

I have been on the run from myself for the past two weeks. The internet is sparse for this modern day carnie. I've been traveling so hence minimal posts. Moments, and memories are hard to capture, it is the mundane things that are the most striking to me. I love remembering moments in time, that’s what my posts are about. This is a year of change and I invite you to join me. Let’s explore this insane messy existence and the swirling of the cosmos together.

Day 1- New Years day - I am sitting on a ledge both physically and metaphorically this year is about taking the leap into the next phase of my life. Lets hope I land on both feet.

Day 2 – Experience LA day – View from perishing square, just around the corner from my temporary apartment.

Day 3 – Disneyland day – Clock at Wilshire, looked cool in the fog and at night.

Day 4 – No leaving apartment day – I smoked too many cigarettes and played to much xbox today.

Day 5 – Observatory day – Went to Griffith Observatory today, I learned all about space and had some face time with James Dean.

Day 6 – Blast from the Past day – Met up with an old friend from middle school today. Spent some time thinking about the past and watched the sunset over downtown from the roof.

Day 7 – Self portrait day – I have been experimenting with self portraits recently. I need to get a shutter release thingy but for now I have to hit the timer button repeatedly.

Day 8 – Pirate bar day – Went with Mitch to our favorite bar only to find that the hipsters had invaded it requiring a long wait after the art walk. He took me to another bar a few blocks away that had a pirate theme. Awesome.

Day 9 – Rolling fog day – A heavy fog rolled into downtown and everything looked all eerie, went to the roof and took some more photos.

Day 10 – Haunted hotel day – Wondered around the hotel today, some rooms and floors are completely abandoned, It was too creepy and I scared myself a few times. Took some out of focus pictures of Duncan.

Day 11 – All for me day – Packed my stuff to leave for Sundance, took some photos in bed cause I was feeling saucy.

Day 12 – Full moon bond day – James Bond party and the moon was full. It looked perfect in a way that my camera cannot capture. The clouds and the light were just incredible.

Day 13 – Starfish beach day – Went to the beach with the brother, a very nice way to end my trip. Under the boardwalk we found a starfish, Duncan took it and returned it to the ocean. This is the biggest ripple I have ever witnessed, I feel lighter. Today reminds me of how beautiful the universe can be.

Look foraward to daily posts when I get back from being out on the road.

Patrick: Week One - At A Slow Pace, but I'm Catching Up

Good Evening,


So, This is my first image for this project and it is, well, its my ear. I don't do face shots but I figured that an introduction was in order so. Here it is. What you get to know of me.



This is prior to my haircut when I had blue highlights, which I miss ever so much; though, there really isn't much I can do about it now.

This is my photograph for day two.

It is entitled Love.

I'm not terribly good at being random so I figured I would give myself themes to look for during my day. This one just struck me as being somewhat ironic. Not somuch in the obvious sense that animals generally don't bite things they are fond of, but in the sense that my cat does.

The Cat is Yuki Eiri, by the way. He's def. my baby. If I had a child - he would be it.

Day three. This one is called Dark.

This one. Is ever so special to me cuz. Chocolate always catches my eye. I swear. I have a cocoa-dar or something cuz I can hunt down the stuff from a mile away. I love it and always have some on hand. Why not photograph it?

This piece is entitled Light. It is a piece I took one random night but I figured I would clean it up for day four.

This image is of the moon; though you can't really see it that well. I don't know why I was inspired to take this photograph. It just struck me as being somewhat odd to see the moon so clearly as it was that evening I suppose.

In any case, I find the appearing of the full moon facinating. That and the air is different on those evenings. Behold the wonders of gravity.

Anyway, this is a simple image, but it has a lot to say if you listen carefully. You know. See sounds and hear colors. *shruggs*

Day five. This canteen. Is amazing.


The piece is entitled Rot.


This piece is pretty much a statement supporting my father who is VERY into going green. He actually bought this 20 dollar stainless steel jug as a Christmas gift for me.



Now, I carry it everywhere. And water that doesn't taste like petro-chemicals or have an experation date is growing on me.

January sixth. Break.

Vitamins are kinda important. I mean. The majority of what is in them generally doesn't make it into your system; but, ya know. They help.

Anyway, during high school I took a lot of diet pills so this one just reminded me of that struggle with image. I called it break because my esteem issues kinda. Broke me. More of a personal thing than an art piece but, whatever.

This is my final submission for week one.

This piece is entitled heaven. Its kinda silly but I was lieing down and I looked at the ceiling fan and it reminded me of the saying a light at the end of the tunnel so. Then I wondered what would happen if you met someone who wanted to go into the light. Ya know....

In any case, I think the picture explains itself pretty well in conjunction with the title.

Okay, so this it is for week one. I'm open to critic, but a gentle approach is appreciated. Suggestions are also appreciated, especially regarding night photography.

These images were all dark roomed and cropped to 8x10 (or 10x8) from roughly 34x42s or something like that. I also desaturated spots in Introduction and Dark.

That's it for now. Have a pleasant evening.

Alison, Day #5: Charley McCarthy.

For people who don't know, this is a ferret. I know you can't see much of her, but she's precious I tell you. This is more a snap shot than what I'd prefer to post, but I'm tired tonight; I know I'm not really putting forth much effort.

So meet Charley; she's one of my four children (two dogs, a cat, and Charley). This was taken just after bath time tonight. She likes squeezing her face into small spaces -- I'm not forcing her to do anything here.

She's such an active girl, the only way I can get her to sit even remotely still is to give her a bath and then wrap her up in a towel and dry her. Eventually this tuckers her out and then she's tolerant of almost anything.

Lily Rose Day 5: My Life-Line

I don't know how many of you are familiar with dialysis and since it's a major part of my life, I decided to take a picture of the machine after I got hooked up this morning. Basically what you are seeing is about a cup of blood that is drawn out of my body, filtered of the toxins and then returned to my body through a catheter in my chest. This is my job four hours a day, three days a week. I have made a lot of friends since I started dialysis and lost some too, either to kidney transplantation or, unfortunately, death. I chose this picture in memory of Ms. Annie Cummings. May she rest in peace.

January 5 2009: Things I see when driving home

I work part time at an auto restoration shop in Grafton, NH, and it takes about 45 minutes for me to drive from there to where I call home at the moment. I got out early today, around 4, which just so happens to be around sunset, and decided to take a slightly longer way home just so I could get a picture of the covered bridge. I had to walk down to the river to get this shot, I kind of felt like a flatlander taking pictures but that's why I bought the camera in the first place. Anyways, not much digital editing, I put the red intensifier filter on and messed very little with the contrast...

5th January 2009

That´s the castle of Petzenkirchen, my hometown. The castle was built arround 1364 and got into royal hands in 1823. They used it for staying over and going for a hunt in the forrests arround the town. I also heard that once there should´ve been water arround the castle, but now there isn´t any!
Since 1945 the castle belongs to a university, to the BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (main part in Vienna) and there´s a laboratory inside.

The castle´s only 20 meters away from the house of my dad and even it was about -5° I made a small walk there and get you a photo. =) It look so good in the sunshine and I don´t know how long we´ll´ve got some sun... tomorrow it can be cloudy or snowy again! On the ground you can even see a bit snow, but the main part already melted.