Venice

Colombia 2016

Cartagena and Bogota.

14 Small Shiny things I Found Laying on the Ground, Ranked by Their Mystery Of Purpose

I Still Can’t Figure Out Number 13!

(If it looks like two items are in a photo, it’s the same item from two different angles.)
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Surprisingly Famous

Medium Format Black and White Studio Constructions

Forgot about this stuff

Black And White Studio work Winter Quarter 2015. 

A Weekend in San Francisco

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     Please allow me to once more be your annoying jetsetter friend with my story of how I spent the weekend in San Francisco the other day. Well, not so much a story but a collection of loosely collected images with very little information attached. Just like my real memories!

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    This is Hazel and our cat Markl standing in Hazel’s kitchen. Did I mention she’s from San Francisco and that’s why I’m even here in the first place? Right now I have so that’s out of the way.

Acey and Ashley

So this one time I was a wedding photographer.

Hazel Visits Alaska

Girl Visits Alaska, Goes Hiking and Looks at Things

Summer 2014

Christmas 2013

     Hey, Merry Christmas. I say ‘merry’ at the beginning of every holiday now, because ‘happy’ is a feeling, but ‘merry’ is an attitude, like a higher level of happy. But everyone looks at me funny when I say “Merry Thanksgiving!” Or “Merry New Years!” So it’s nice having a holiday where you can say merry properly.
     We’ve got a very big show for you today, first a video of me telling a winter–type story, perfect for all you displaced northerners, and then we have a bunch of pictures. Not a lot of text, because it’s all packed into the video! Almost a thousand words and the bonus of my face. You’re welcome. Merry Christmas. Merry Holidays too.

Autumn in Alaska {2013}

It’s pretty neat up here when autumn rolls around.  When some trees turn bright yellow and the mountains turn white, it’s a visual poem in primary colours.

The Obscurantists

     I was reading a book about libraries, and they made reference to this old guy who had opposed the exploration of the new world. I forgot his name, but they called him an Obscurantist. That word struck me, I was sort of familiar with the concept of someone who would oppose new things, who would embrace obscurity in all its forms. I am that guy, most of the time. Then this record cover came to me almost in one piece in my brain. 

    I sort of imagine them playing retro R&B style music with a saxophone, a xylophone. some drums, and a crackly electric guitar. All their songs would sound uplifting, but are in fact veiled cries for help,  or angry sounding but with very cheerful lyrics. There would have to be that juxtaposition. And they would have lots of secret references to an agreed upon, very boring text. Possibly a history of europe. 

Tracks: {*Most if not all imaginary}

[Side 1]

1. I’m Alright, Alright!
2. Please Stop Calling Me
3. Here We Go, Oh No
4. Glorious Court 
5. Love is for Losers and Us Two Too

[Side 2]

1. You’re Okay By Me
2. Sometimes is not Forever All The Time But it is When it Rains
3. Nothing Can Hurt You if You Don’t Care
4. Let’s be Boring Together
5. We’re All Going to be Okay

Original

Better version of original

Alaska State Fair 2013

I didn’t take as many pictures as I usually do.
That’s odd.
But I did see some fake egyptian artifacts, and a bunny. So, definitely a good day.

So before we left I saw this smug little snotface. 

Stayed just out of reach too.

Time Travel

Hey! I got ahold of a time travel device but it only has the one shot left, so this is what I decided to do. 

—Jacob

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GE Sponsored Tour, Day Two

The second day had a lot more stuff in it.

Portrait: Photographing a photographer photographing a photographer.

Included: The first time the staff photographer smiled. {The guy on the right.}

GE Sponsored Tour, Day One

THE whole point of this trip was something oil–related, I think there was a conference?
{Dad’s part in this was that he and his team were buying spare parts from GE.} Because there were so many people there GE sponsored a tour for the “Spouses” {Really the wives/Girlfriends. And Me.} Spouses is in quotes because I was the only guy {On the Tour} I saw.
 There were a bunch of organised things, but I only went on the tours of the last two days.

We were on Tour #1. 

Portrait: This was quite the official outfit, there was a guide and a guard and a photographer.

This is the photographer, I took a couple of pictures of him because of his grumpy face.

Florence: Gross

Seriously, this one is gross. 

If you’re a veganitarian please go read one of the other absurdly long photo posts we have available.

St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome. {1/2}

ONE of the things most people go and see in Rome is St. Peter’s basilica, spiritual and political centre of the catholic version of christianity. 

  Dad kept calling it the Vatican, and while The Basilica was in Vatican City but I think the vatican is actually a bunch of offices and such in the back that tourists can’t get to. 

The Vatican City and St. Peter’s Basilica are way too big to see in a day, especially if you have a cold. 

Graduation