Category Archives: Captured Bits of Light
Resting Places
Trying another post from the iPhone, this time with photos. Yesterday, my wife and I went to put flowers on her dad’s grave. He’s interred at a beautiful temple / cemetary near our house. We took a quiet walk around … Continue reading
A Little Bit More
Here’s another couple of shots done with Camera Bag: This is the cinema filter: This is the Holga filter: I’m really digging the Holga filter.
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Toy Camera Phenom
A couple of weeks ago I went down to the park for the annual Hanami festivities. This year, for the first time in a long, long time, I didn’t take a camera with me. Instead I decided to put my … Continue reading
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Street Photos
JPG has put out the first theme for their next issue – Street. The editors have put in a clause mentioning that this is meant to be examples of Street Photography, not photos of streets; Street Photography is candid, natural … Continue reading
Intimate vs. Private
JPG is a good magazine. It’s a good place for aspiring photographers to submit to; it’s a good place for fans of photography to see some of the best, newest, freshest, non-commercial work around; it’s a good place for supporters … Continue reading
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Whale Shark
Fish Originally uploaded by SunToad. Ok, last Okinawa photo. Maybe. I took this at the Churaumi Aquarium; they have three whale sharks in this massive tank, along with sharks and stingrays and multitudes of little fishes. Disclosure: The quality on … Continue reading
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Back in Town
We’re back. It was a pretty good vacation; some bad things, but mainly good. Although, my absolute favorite part was the look on my wife’s face as she tried a root beer float for the first time at the Naha … Continue reading
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Hanging Lanterns
Hanging Lanterns Originally uploaded by SunToad. Hanging Lanterns at Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto.
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Enlightenment
Enlightenment Originally uploaded by SunToad. A small waterfall at the bottom of Fushimi-Inari shrine in Kyoto.
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Prayer Candles
Prayer Candles Originally uploaded by SunToad. Prayer candles lit at Fushimi-Inari shrine in Kyoto.
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Kitties
Kitties Originally uploaded by SunToad. Ceramic kitties looking in the window of a shop on a small road in Kyoto.
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Calligraphy
Calligraphy Originally uploaded by SunToad. One of the temple monks writing the temple’s name and the date in Japanese calligraphy in Mom’s temple book at Kiyomizu-dera.
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I (Heart) Huckabees
I (Heart) Huckabees is a really bizarre movie. In a good way. I think. It bills itself as an "existential comedy" and it is that. That story centers around a young man (Jason Schwartzman), who has been working to save … Continue reading
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Post
Post Originally uploaded by SunToad. Ok. Last one of these, I promise. (We're going to be out of the house all day today and I just wanted / needed a quick post.) Here's the last of the polaroid transfers I … Continue reading
Slot Canyon
Slot Canyon Originally uploaded by SunToad. Another polaroid transfer from the box in the closet. I blogged the photo that this was made from a few weeks ago (Flickr image here) so you can see how the end result is … Continue reading
Petals
Petals Originally uploaded by SunToad. Something else I dug up while going through the box… One of my favorite classes during university was one called "Experimental Photography 101". It started as a blow-off class, one that my lab partners and … Continue reading
Veronica Mars
Another TV show that I was horribly late to the game on. But what a great show. Good characters, good stories, a bit of humor, a lot of drama, good music. Makes me wish I was a teenager again, but … Continue reading
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Pig
Pig Originally uploaded by SunToad. I hate dieting. Excercising I'm ok with. Swimmming, biking, walking a lot. Cool. Dieting, though, just pisses me off. I absolutely loathe it. But I'll keep trying. I have to.
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In the Caves
In the Caves Originally uploaded by SunToad. It wasn't really my intention to turn this week into Toad's Resume week but that seems to be the case. Sorry about that. This particular photo is from a trip to Kamakura that … Continue reading
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Pools
Pools Originally uploaded by SunToad. By way of contrast to yesterday’s post, this is one of my favorite shots from my post-uni portfolio. There are no tricks in this shot, I just happened to be standing there at the right … Continue reading
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Jetting
Jetting Originally uploaded by SunToad. Here’s a shot from my post-university portfolio. I’m not sure how much I like it anymore. It looks to empty now. When I was in uni. I really liked empty photos. No people, lots of … Continue reading
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Jennica
Jennica Originally uploaded by SunToad. Here’s another older slide that I got scanned this weekend. My little dog Jennica, back in 1996. She’s quite a bit older now and starting to run into old dog problems. Decreased senses of smell, … Continue reading
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Way Back When
Northern Arizona Slot Canyon Originally uploaded by SunToad. Several of my commitments today were either cancelled or re-scheduled and I unexpectedly found myself with a few hours at home. So, I fired up the scanner and spent some time scanning … Continue reading
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Valentine’s Day
Charlie and Snoopy.jpg Originally uploaded by SunToad. So, I told M that I neither wanted (lie) nor needed (true) chocolate for Valentine’s Day. So she got me a Charlie Brown and Snoopy figure. This, right here, kids, is why I … Continue reading
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I Come From the Land of Ice and Snow
Ice and Snow.jpg Originally uploaded by SunToad. Here’s a quick look at where we went hiking yesterday. I took this picture with my cell phone’s camera, which explains the quality. I took my 35mm Pentax with me but the shutter … Continue reading
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Nagasaki Number 3
Nagasaki Number 3 Originally uploaded by SunToad. Trying again. This time I’m posting the photo from Flickr. We’ll see if this looks better than the last one.
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Test Post, of Sorts
I’m testing the photo uploading and posting functions with this post, so feel free to ignore it. On the other hand, for the curious, I’m finding that Word Press has more photo functions than Blogger, but getting the photos into … Continue reading
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The Weight
I was listening to The Band perform “The Weight” while I took this. I don’t know that they really match, but in my head, they go together nicely.
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