howdy, pilgrim

howdy, pilgrim

Gotta love the hat.

 

dillo

dillo

From Texas, hanging around.

 

particle’d

particle’d

I wonder how much of this air floating around my room is composed of the fine dust from Black Rock City, Nevada?

 

shelf life

shelf life

From the House of Chang.

 

what brown does for me

what brown does for me

I find simple joy in much of my surroundings and I’m glad to so often have my camera on me to photograph them. There’s …

 

it’s what’s for dinner

it’s what’s for dinner

It was yummier than the residual looks here.

 

back porch bokeh

back porch bokeh

I love my city lights view.

 

x’ing over

x’ing over

Caution: it’s probably a bad idea to take photos while you’re driving. But if you’re going to do it, make sure you’re looking at …

 

saturday morning

saturday morning

At the farmer’s market, SF.

 

captives

captives

Scenes from the shelf of beautiful smells.

 

the beautification continues

the beautification continues

My home away from home (where I’m typing right now, at almost 9pm on a Friday…)

 

crossing

crossing

After dark, across the street from the Pacific Ocean.

 

tangle’d

tangle’d

This is either “a good example of not having to have an expensive camera to shoot fun photos” or “i’m so glad that I took …

 

(still) moving in

(still) moving in

I’ve been in my new place for over a month now and there are still piles of stuff like this laying around waiting for me …

 

lamp’d

lamp’d

This is one of those “ack!-i’m-in-bed-but-i-forgot-to-snap-a-photo-so-hurry-and-make-one-happen-and-go-back-to-sleep” shots.

 

out back

out back

From my SF back porch.

 

k

k

Workin’ it.

 

blindside’d

blindside’d

On the inside.

 

the view up there

the view up there

At night, from the back corner of the balcony of our office, while a huge party rages below undetected.

 

george

george

Our in-house analyzing machine. We feed him stats.

 

playa past

playa past

I wish I’d taken a higher quality photo of this one so instead I’ll just tell you what it says: “No playa past this point …

 

bent again

bent again

I took a lot of photos of my friend Bent while in drag during a night that technically spanned two days, which was good because …

 

truly bent

truly bent

My Danish friend Bent being Bent.

 

it’s for the kids

it’s for the kids

Every once in a while I co-host my friend’s radio show with her and twice I’ve come on with this guy. I hope he …

 

our dutch panda

our dutch panda

There’s always room for a Dutch panda in the back of the truck. We feed him Starbucks.

 

do not disturb

do not disturb

17th floor of the Grand Sierra Hotel in Reno. Yep, I still find a lot of beauty in symmetry.

 

unicorn poop

unicorn poop

You probably just had to be there.

 

the inspector, himself

the inspector, himself

Call it ironic, fitting, or just practical, but photographers rarely ever get photos of themselves. I’m happy to take a photo of this man …

 

wonder

wonder

WB doing his thing.

 

on the plow

on the plow

This one night at Burning Man…

 

herr von eitner

herr von eitner

 

beware of greeks bearing gifts…

beware of greeks bearing gifts…

Did you know that this horse likely never existed in Greek mythology after all? Google it.

 

unicorn’d

unicorn’d

Polly being fabulous, as usual.

 

it goes both ways

it goes both ways

E V O L

 

sweet and shameless

sweet and shameless

 

the lamest photo i’ve ever shot

the lamest photo i’ve ever shot

Thanks to Jonathan for being so spectacularly lame!

 

mohawk’d

mohawk’d

Another day in Wonderboy’s chair…

 

on top of the world

on top of the world

Burning Man 2011.

 

the beginning of a long, long trip

the beginning of a long, long trip

So to speak.

 

cs

cs

At the office.

 

someone’s feeling horny

someone’s feeling horny

From the desk of DMH.

 

in bloom

in bloom

From my dining room table.

 

not working

not working

From the closest gas station to my new home.

 

just another cockatoo at a rock concert

just another cockatoo at a rock concert

Stone Temple Pilots in San Francisco. Apparently this parrot is a fan, too.

 

across the way

across the way

My co-worker, working.

 

super stylin’

super stylin’

The man, the myth, the legend. Or just TTT.

 

on the way down

on the way down

This is somehow the only photo I took this day, and I did it while walking and trying to put on a backpack. Mad …

 

and another…

and another…

I know that there are a lot of photos from my work here now. But for as much time as I spend here these …

 

feather and all

feather and all

My friend putting feathers in her hair. It looked really cool in the end but I don’t (yet) have a photo of that. …

 

lining up the third eyes

lining up the third eyes

 

just the 2, er, 3 of them… or is it 6?

just the 2, er, 3 of them… or is it 6?

My new friends Will and Katie are having a baby next month. While she was still pregnant she participated in being casted for an …

 

rockridge

rockridge

A 5-photo panoramic from outside the Rockridge BART station while waiting for a ride.

 

inside the office

inside the office

I love this building, so you’re probably going to keep seeing photos of it. This one is 15 or so photos made into a …

 

on set

on set

Watching Justin film something cool for CS. Can’t wait to see the finished product!

 

blowing stuff up

blowing stuff up

My friend and I took a glass blowing class in Berkeley. I love this shot!

 

the man underground

the man underground

I grabbed this shot right as this car was coming into the garage. I originally wanted to come back and snap it again when …

 

garden of the people

garden of the people

The wonderful backyard flowers of two amazing friends of mine.

 

at the box shop

at the box shop

I’ve been helping with a Burning Man project called Aurora The Willow. It has 4,499 other leaves like this one. I can’t wait …

 

spirit of the times

spirit of the times

Taken at Zeitgeist in SF while people were waiting to pee (sorry for the wait!)

 

the village plan

the village plan

Wonderboy planning out the best use of our camping space at Burning Man.

 

muni

muni

On the Judah line.

 

up on his perch

up on his perch

TTT overlooking it all.

 

glassy

glassy

The day before I lost these sunglasses. Boo.

 

pool’n it

pool’n it

My only photo from this day. It’s not very level but i love the colors.

 

all in a moment

all in a moment

CA.

 

workin’ it

workin’ it

In our new office. What, we need furniture? Yeah, right.

 

my new home away from home

my new home away from home

Alas, I now work at a steady location. But at least it looks like this.

 

it had yellow

it had yellow

 

photo paint’d

photo paint’d

This was another day where I almost failed to take a photo until I was almost asleep. So this is a 4-second exposure on …

 

shamelessly

shamelessly

 

hopes and dreams

hopes and dreams

I had an amazing weekend with a lot of new friends in Geyserville, California, working with Robert Bengtson on his Collective art installation for Burning …

 

cast’d

cast’d

I had an amazing weekend with a lot of new friends in Geyserville, California, working with Robert Bengtson on his Collective art installation for Burning …

 

collective

collective

An amazing weekend with a lot of new friends in Geyserville, California, working with Robert Bengtson on his Collective art installation for Burning Man 2011. …

 

wall ‘r window?

wall ‘r window?

This comes from one of those occasional nights where I’m laying in bed and think “oh, crap, i forgot to take a photo today!” and …

 

amnesiacs

amnesiacs

I’m not sure who this band was this night at Amnesia but they certainly didn’t suck.

 

where buses go to dream

where buses go to dream

This is one of my most favorite photos that I’ve taken in a while. I’m not convinced that I got the crop just how …

 

another day, another wedding

another day, another wedding

My friends J-Rad and Sparkle Bottom (only in SF, right?) celebrate their anniversary by getting married each year. This was wedding #3 for them. …

 

dan and his pig

dan and his pig

This one should probably have a disclaimer for you non-veggies out there. Anyway, my friends Simon and Julia had their SF wedding celebration at …

 

you’d follow, too

you’d follow, too

 

me and the p-raw

me and the p-raw

Hanging out with the ‘Raw.

 

pretty enough to eat

pretty enough to eat

And, I can “fully” say, it was yummy.

 

trax

trax

Trax is the best place in the city to play pool. There’s just one table but it’s always open because Trax caters to mostly …

 

down and out

down and out

It’s rare that I go up or down these steps without thinking about how pretty they are, especially at night.

 

meow maker

meow maker

Actually, this guy doesn’t meow as much as he just breaths super heavily and audibly. Remember that dog who swallowed the chew toy in …

 

direct from the eye of jimstone

direct from the eye of jimstone

This photo cracks me up. Why? Let me explain. First, I’m mostly sharing because I did far too little photograph’n on this …

 

orb’d

orb’d

Finding my inner orb with Al.

 

where graffiti becomes wall

where graffiti becomes wall

Coolest graffiti’d bathroom wall I’d seen in a long time. This was taken with the camera on my phone, by the way, so it’s …

 

hate and feel more

hate and feel more

I would have taken a photo of the corner of Haight at Steiner but the play-on word gag in the title worked a lot better …

 

girl with pot

girl with pot

I’m not terribly proud of this one, but it at least reminds me to take more photos throughout the day.

 

sf or bus’d

sf or bus’d

Day 5 and we’ve returned home. We even unloaded most of the stuff carted around by Peter and his bus. It’s not quite …

 

bus’n

bus’n

Good times on the bus on the way back from the playa.

 

things that go boom in the night

things that go boom in the night

The desert seems to be full of them.

 

it was exploding when i got here

it was exploding when i got here

Fire goes boom.

 

on the road again

on the road again

Out in the Nevada desert again…

 

j-line

j-line

My friends have a house with this awesome hand railing up the stairs. We later learned it’s one of the original cables from the …

 

surprise!

surprise!

My friends and I have been working a surprise for my friend Cameron for the last 2 years or so and finally were able to …

 

…and the brain

…and the brain

My friend’s dog Pinky.

 

hug’d

hug’d

Hugging it out at 9i.

 

a boy and his bacon

a boy and his bacon

My friend Peter and a few others of us stomped all over town on Sunday after a night of zero sleep for San Francisco’s famous …

 

becoming marilyn

becoming marilyn

My friend works as a singing telegram and her most popular request is for her Marilyn Monroe. I drove her to her gig on …

 
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