other assorted 4th of july weekend pics

since stoogepie commented thusly:

As a for instance, that picture of you taking the picture in the reflection of the wheel is totally fucking unbelievable! Crazy awesome!

i decided to post up a couple of more pictures directly…

on the last two shots i’m experimenting with a more “vintage” feel reminiscent of older photos we all remember from our youth. like digital audio, digital photo also seems to lack “character” which may loosely be defined as a kind of non-linearity. whether or not we actually prefer certain distortions because we actually prefer them, or because we’ve grown accustomed to them, is up for endless debate, but i love tube amps so you can probably see where i stand on the issue. 🙂

don’t get me wrong–i will not be giving up my digital image sensor and mp3s any time soon. i just recognize where newer is not always better, and in fact, can often be worse.

i’ve also added a link on the sidebar under the “flickr slideshows” that is a collection of my favorites on flickr (by other members). check it out if you’ve got a few minutes… there’s some incredible work in there (but not all of it is safe for work!).