Out of the Shoebox Out of the Shoebox: Pink Butterfly for Mayor For better or for worse, my computer's back. I know I blamed my woes on Big Sur, but a couple of things are clear. There was a problem with the battery, and I'm not credible when it comes to tech issues. I'm not absolving
Out of the Shoebox Out of the Shoebox: One more then move on I got fixated on the images from the anti-sharia protest in Seattle in June 2017. I'm not sure why. It's probably a combination of things: I didn't look at them closely at the time, the content seems relevant to this strange loop we'
Out of the Shoebox Out of the Shoebox: Simmering, not quite a boil It's good to be honest about our weaknesses. I have a lot to be honest about. I am hopeless when it comes to sorting through photos. I am easily distracted. In June 2017 I took photos at a protest in Seattle. I can't remember the details,
Out of the Shoebox Out of the Shoebox: I want to go back; is that denial? Always have a notebook and pen at hand. I thought about this post a lot tonight. I had some real pithy zingers. Those zingers have been relegated to the abyss. Godspeed zingers, we hardly knew ya. But to borrow an annoying word (among many) from the past year or so
Out of the Shoebox Out of the Shoebox: Do Not Block He's gone, and I'm grateful. He was a con artist who conned a lot of people. 70+ million people disagree with me on that, so the math suggests that...I got a 33% on a geometry test once, I should never bring up math. I stopped
Out of the Shoebox Out of the Shoebox: A hazy shade of summer I braved the 2017 Northwest Folklife Festival to see Roselit Bone. It's a great event, and I went to subsequent ones, but festivals aren't really my thing. Just too many people. All that jostling and bumping. The nerve of people, having a good time while listening
Out of the Shoebox Out of the Shoebox: Please wait to be seated I've mentioned working on photobooks a few times here. It sounds pretty cool, but I always try to clear up that misconception. I'm talking about using one of the dozens of photobook apps or companies to assemble some photos and print a couple of copies. So
Out of the Shoebox Ode to a forgotten project I like talking about photography. There are loads of different types of photography and photographers. I'm most drawn to documentary photography, but on most days I'm still trying to figure out what that means. There have been a couple of times I thought I was on
Out of the Shoebox Out of the Shoebox: Less is Moore Good ideas breed excessive behavior (for me). I started doing 'Out of the Shoebox' as an antidote (not a scientist) to the drudgery of photo catalog scrolling. It's gotten away from me, I need to dial it back. I'll try to find some discipline
Out of the Shoebox Photography: Let's talk crops again To crop or not to crop. I know we've discussed it here before. But talking photos is fun, let's do it again. In photography discussions, it's possible to get way too deep into the weeds. Let's try to keep it simple. When
Out of the Shoebox Out of the Shoebox: One More Month It's been a strange four years. One more month of the Trump administration. Can we bridge this awful divide? Seattle, May 2017.
Out of the Shoebox Out of the Shoebox: Random protest moments I remember taking this photo like it was yesterday. I thought I'd stepped onto a 1970s film set. Capitol Hill, Seattle, 1 May 2017.
Out of the Shoebox Protest Dog I get distracted by dogs. Working my way through some photos, trying to organize and keyword. It's a losing battle, but sometimes it pays dividends. 1 May 2017, Seattle.Awesome dog. What do you reckon? No longer a pup, not quite an adult? 3+ years on - I
Out of the Shoebox Out of the Shoebox: Curiosity I'm hooked on the idea of printing photobooks/zines*. Sounds fancy. It certainly can be, but mine aren't. Just a fun way to work with one's photos and get them out of the literal or virtual shoeboxes. But it can be a real grind
Out of the Shoebox Out of the Shoebox: Howell Street Grocery I've always loved corner stores. In my next life, when I'm organized, I'll cook regularly and rely solely on corner stores and farmers' markets. Goals. I've lived in some corner store meccas. New York City, Turkey, Tunisia, and Libya. The perfect
On the Streets On the Streets: 29 March 2017 There's not much to this post. At this point I'm just trying to stay away from the news and the daily numbers. Because the numbers are bad, and I fear they're going to get worse**. My guess is that most people in the country
On the Streets McDonald's, in a different light I can't remember the last time I ate McDonald's. In 2003, my meat consumption dropped to once in a blue moon. In November 2020, Dingfelder's Cometicatessan created an unusual number of blue moons. Anyways...I don't think the salads are pulling a
Out of the Shoebox Out of the Shoebox: Capitol Hill Spring 2017 This is getting out of hand. I've created another distraction monster. It's one of my skills. I'm a regular Dr. Frankenstein when it comes to creating distraction monsters. Time to reel it in. One more Out of the Shoebox, and then I'll
Out of the Shoebox Pano Test I've made it to mid-March 2017 in the photo catalog. Apologies 5 regular readers, about to provide some context for that. I'll keep it short. I'm a photozine convert/amateur, so I'm trying to put together a few coherently organized zines. Nothing
Out of the Shoebox Out of the Shoebox: 21 January 2017 One great thing (or terrible thing) about trying to print little photozines is that it forces you to go back through your catalog and ruthlessly reassess photos. It's a chance to better organize the archive (ratings, keywords) and give photos a fresh look. I'm working on