Dogs!

Killing some time while dog sitting.  They don’t like being anywhere except under the table.

Heatbox

Here are some photos from my trip to the Heatbox and Maxophone show at the Yacht Club in Iowa City.  Not a bad way to spend a Friday night.  

Non-football, football

Georgie Tsushima does a switch heelflip over a four-foot gap as Darren Miller rolls tape on Thursday September 2^nd outside Carver Hall on Iowa State’s campus. Tsushima and his friends took advantage of the lack of police on campus in the words of Tsushima, “The cops are all at the game, so there’s nobody to mess with us.”

A non-football football related photo.  So I’m not starting the photo blog up as a daily thing, it’s just not doable at this point in my life, however that doesn’t mean I’ve hung up my camera.  If I shoot something I like, I’ll post it.  If nothing is happening, there is no need to generate photos. 

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It’s not that I couldn’t have posted a photo yesterday, I didn’t. I have decided to stop making daily photoblog postings and go of the radar for a while.  When the photoblog started it was fun, but at the same time I only had two classes and it wasn’t had to find time to do it. Last night, on the other hand, I was rolling into my 3^rd hour of Arabic homework and the prospect of a daily photo became more of a burden and less of something that I enjoyed doing.

I think it is a lot like quitting smoking, you’ve have to try it a few times before it sticks. Hopefully the next time I start I’m not 16 credit hours deep with one and a half part time jobs.

Thank you for supporting my first attempt at this slightly ridiculous project.  I really appreciate all the kind words and encouragement.

Andy

Day 35

Day 34

The outside of a dorm.

I was walking around at ISU today and saw some windows.  I need to start shooting earlier in the day, too much night stalking lately.

Day 33

The view from my porch. 

Day 31

Nothing to say

Video from the Daily today.  A little bit of coaching, and I think these guys will be on track. 

Day 31

Editor-in-chief Jessica Opoien takes a meeting in her office at the Iowa State Daily.

Busy day at the Iowa State Daily, tomorrow could be interesting.  Trying to get the video section rocking and rolling is going to be a challenge for sure, however on the plus side the people in video class on Tuesday seemed really into it. 

Oats frosts a cake.

I shot this last night after my photo deadline, but though I should put it up anyway. I really want an off camera flash.

Day 30, one month down

A man has a smoke against a stoplight pole in Ames.

Today was move-in day. What a zoo.

Day 29

Heelys in the suburbs.

My buddy Oats tries out some Heelys.  Also Heeb made me a logo.  THANKS HEEB!

Day 28

The suburban wave.

Day 27

The fire at the lake.

Not much of an image, I’ll give you that and two days at the cabin deserves a far better photo, but it didn’t happen.  Tuesday I’ll put full effort back into it.  The crazy Thanks for checking out the blog, I’ll see you tomorrow. 

Day 26, motorboating

Lowell drives the boat at the cabin.

I took a photo on a boat, cross that off the list; one step closer to being a Navy photographer.  On a separate note, this was Lowell’s third time driving a boat.  The first and second times he was pulling me in a tube.  

Day 25, I think this might be habit forming

A frog chills out near a weed near lake Minnewawa on Friday August 13, 2010.

I’m up at the lake now. Life is good. Probably going to be a couple of days of nature photography.  That frog is going to have a hell of a story to tell his frog wife when he gets home. 

24

Lowell shoots at a game of pool.

Day 23, did you hear there is a flood?

Ames is flooded. Just thought I’d jump on the bandwagon.  Flooding, what a waste of time. Guess what? It’s wet.

Day 22

Hot sauce on the table at the post fair judging celebratory dinner.

Went to the Iowa State Fair photo judging this evening to see if I had anything place.  The answer? A big no.  I had two photos on display among a sea of flower macros and shots very similar, but better than mine.  I clearly need to step up my game.  Disheartening, but still better than having nothing displayed. Next year’s a comin’ I better keep cycling my shutter. 

Day 21

A woman sits at Ames’s old train depot and has lunch.

Today was an exercise in photographing something that isn’t going on.  I like shooting stuff that’s happening, I don’t like shooting the every day. I know there are moments out there, but I can rarely find them. 

Day 20

Semi trucks jockey for position in a thunderstorm on I-35 headed north.  

Midwest weather conspired with my A/C-less car to get in the way of the photo of the day really taking shape today.  Tomorrow is a day off; hopefully I can go find something good.