The woman who I bought a camera from back in March now happens to have a flash for sale - a gently used Speedlite 550EX. I borrowed it for a few days and it’s prreeettty tempting. Here are my first test shots - first with no flash, then with the camera’s built-in flash, and finally [...]

Categories: Shutterbuggin' · Tech-ish

I assisted on a photo shoot with Eric Doggett earlier this week for Austin’s-own opera singer, Liz Cass (Brown). I helped with setup, took some video and mostly tried to stay out of his way. His photos have an amazing energy and beautiful lighting. I tried to absorb as much as I could w/out asking [...]

Categories: Austin-ish · Daily Photo · Friend-ish · Shutterbuggin'

These are links from my del.icio.us feed for August 30th through August 31st:

TECH: Mythbusters Paint Mona Lisa With 1100 Barrel Paint Ball Gun - "Mythbusters hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman demonstrate the difference between CPU and GPU by painting the Mona Lisa in 275 milliseconds using a 1100 barrel paint ball gun earlier this [...]

Categories: delicious

Shorty, our young, wild black cat has been having some problems lately. It’s a mixture of several things. She has extremely high energy - tearing through the house at all hours of the day and night - but that’s tolerable, Slinky prepared us. The next thing is that she doesn’t always get along with the [...]

Categories: Buster · Daily Photo · Home Sweet Home · Lucy Bella · Shorty

These are links from my del.icio.us feed for August 27th:

FOOD: Crisp Rosemary Flatbread - There was a short time when I was completely addicted to a rosemary flatbread from Whole Foods, so I can't wait to attempt this. I've never made bread before, but really, this is more like a cracker. And if I mess [...]

Categories: delicious

These are links from my del.icio.us feed for August 18th:

RECIPE: Grits with Corn and Onion Greens - Mmmm… grits. Nom nom nom.
MARKETING: Visa’s Exclusive Olympic Sponsorship Backfires - "Just about every Olympic traveller here in Beijing has a story to tell about one really annoying moment when they were trying to pay for something and [...]

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We said farewell to two of our most beloved Bulldogs on Friday, Alvin and Emily, who are moving on to new adventures in their careers. What better way to say ‘good luck’ than with a bright, tropical happy hour at Fonda San Miguel.
(*The title of this post was crafted by a co-worker, I take no [...]

Categories: Friend-ish · Giggin' · Shutterbuggin'

She Craves played at Emo’s on Friday, kick ass show as always. Right before them was a ska band from Baton Rouge, complete with a 5-piece horn section. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a good, live ska show. They were absolutely brilliant.

Categories: Austin-ish · Friend-ish · Music to My Ears · Shutterbuggin'