Oh, I do occasionally rarely post to instagram and my vsco grid:

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For this post I thought I’d do something different and highlight my outtakes instead of my selected images. These are mostly shots that were either under/over exposed and/or blurred because of a slow shutter speed (and in some cases because my focus was off — it happens ).

Even though they are outtakes, there is still something I like about them…but you know, it’s all subjective. I chose to convert these to black and white because of color variations from being under/over exposed. Once I did the b&w conversion I thought, hey, these might look cool square and heavily vignetted…kind of a holga/toy camera look. Again, purely subjective.

If you want to see the gallery of images that made the edit, you can take a look at them over here on my photo archive.

And if you want to see what my photo editor published, you can take look over at SoundSpike, here.

Oh and if you don’t know the band, or even if you do, here’s their newest video:

The only bad thing about this film pack is that there are soooooo many options, Well, ok, it’s not so much of a bad thing, but it certainly takes the “no post” of traditional instant camera photography completely out of the equation. Here’s a pretty simple, basic photo of a flower taken from raw file to a tiny fraction of the various emulsion looks.

Clockwise from upper left, straight raw, raw adjusted for standard contrast, color; Fuji Fp-3000b HC; Time-Zero Polaroid (Expired) ++, Fuji Fp-100c Negative +, Fuji Fp-3000b Negative ++

It’s still a work in progress, but if you’d like to see a few images from my trips to New Orleans you can take a look at my New Orleans Gallery on my archive site.

Most of the shots I took were of my family but here are a few from the weekend that are more in the travel arena.

Oh, one other thing.. the detail this camera and lens capture is pretty fantastic.  It’s hard to see it with these smaller images, so I’ve linked the pics to slightly larger versions to give you a better view.  Also, for those of you who may want to know, all of these were shot at ISO 400.

This first one is part of my never ending effort to produce the next “most expensive photo in the world.”  I don’t know what my obsession is with empty spaces.  If anyone out there has any ideas, please share.  This was shot at the airport while waiting for the van to the hotel.

Seattle is one of my favorite cities and I’ve mentioned on my blog before that I absolutely love the Olympic Sculpture Park.  I could sit in that park all day and be perfectly content.  As you can see, the weather during this trip was a little overcast..but after spending some seriously hot days in Colorado, the cool temps and cloudy skies where great.  Anyway, one of the things I love about this place is that it was a barren industrial zone remade into a beautiful waterfront park.  I also like that the park still has a bit of the industrial feel to it with the concrete hardscapes and the train running through part of the park.

This next shot is a good example of the shutter lag issue.  Compositionally, I like this photo for a couple reasons.  But the one thing I don’t like is the bike tire intersecting with the sign…which was due to shutter lag.  Can I do some photoshop magic, yes…but I prefer to do my very best to capture everything in camera.

These last couple shots were taken during our drive into Lake Union.  Yes, I wrote “drive.”  If you’ve ever taken a Duck Boat Tour you know what I mean.  It’s a land and water tour in an old WWII amphibious landing vehicle.  We toured the city streets and then drove right into Lake Union to see a few sites on the water.  If you ever plan on doing a duck tour, I highly recommend doing it with a group of people who aren’t afraid to be a little crazy.  Most of the boat captains dress up and their schtick is to act a little bit goofy, crackin’ jokes, jammin to music..so if you’re with a group of people who like to get their crazy on every once in a while, chances are you’ll have a real fun time.

Anyhoo, when the family decided they would still make the trek out here to visit, Cec and I were thrilled but also worried that everything would still be closed. In fact, when they first arrived everything was still closed with the exception of Seven Falls so they checked that out first. Due the drought, the falls weren’t flowing like they usually would this time of year but it was still enjoyable. It was nice just to be out! Thanks to the tireless work of the firefighters and some cooperative weather, throughout the week the rest of the local parks, along with HWY 24, opened back up. The fam was pretty much able to do all the things they wanted, We hit Garden of the Gods, took the COG up Pikes Peak, spent a day at The North Pole..the kids loved it, the adults not so much, only because our equilibrium isn’t what it used to be..the tilt-a-whirl did a number on my brother-in-law and the umbrellas hit me pretty hard. I remember the days when I could go on rides over and over again, now I can barely handle two minutes. We capped their vacation with a hike through Palmer Park. I think we may have convinced them to move here from Kansas City. I LOVE COLORADO!!

For any of you out there reading this thinking about visiting our beautiful state but having reservations due to our wildfires, please don’t let that hold you back. There is still a ton to do and see. You won’t be disappointed! Also, if you want to help some of those people who have lost their homes or the fabulous firefighters who are out there battling the blazes:

http://www.coloradoredcross.org
http://helpcoloradonow.org/
http://imsalvationarmy.org/
http://www.wildfiretees.com/

Here are some shots from the week. Again, I found myself shooting primarily with my iPhone. This time I edited just about everything with VSCO Cam App and a few with Instagram. There are couple below that I shot with my slr but edited on my iPhone. Can you tell which ones? I’m heading to Seattle in a couple of weeks, I’ve decided to rent the Fuji X-Pro 1…see how I like it.

The painting area was definitely my favorite. This may sound weird but, I was fascinated by how clean it was. Well, the entire shop was virtually spotless, but the painting bays were pristine. And the sci-fi geek in me loved how the guys looked in their protective gear in that bright white room.