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Monthly Archives: December 2008

Dearest Graykit

In December 2007, Graykit, Jen’s kitty and Gus’ sister, disappeared. We panicked. We posted signs, searched shelters, posted ads on Craigslist, called veterinarians. We tried to divine from Gus’ behavior if he knew anything about her disappearance. We never found her. No body by the roadside. No tales from [...]

Arc and line, reversed

I’m really digging this photo I took while walking to work last month…

Check out the contrail illusion on the left. The contrail is at a higher altitude than the [insert proper name for the lower altitude hazy clouds], so its shadow is cast down by the sun, which is of course WAY farther [...]

Sweet vasoconstriction

I suffer from migraines… a lot. I’ve finally made it to the point where I’m ready to call a neurologist for an intake appointment, and I’ve picked my neurologist, and I bought a book my massage practitioner recommended (she is also a “migraneur”). I read most of the book, and let’s just say [...]

Arc and line

A few weeks ago I gave Richard a ride to work, down to the international district, and parked next to Uwajimaya to walk around and stare at things. I was only carrying my point and shoot, but I kept seeing the most beautiful things to photograph, and it made me happy… and then I [...]

Black and white post-processing

Katie, 2008
This is the right eye of my friend Katie. She has beautiful blue eyes, but I just wanted this particular photo to be black and white.
I was going to leave my post at that, but I thought I’d explain, for once, how I post-process. I do most of my black and [...]