The flute man

Table for one

Published on July 22nd, 2008 Leave your comment (5 so far) »

Although I miss Neil (he’s away for business), I must confess that I’m kind of glad he wasn’t here for lunch today.

I didn’t have to share.
Of course, he hates celery, so I could’ve waggled a stalk in his direction to protect my brie and bread.

I’ve been really productive over the past day and a half. I’ve blown through loads of to-do list tasks and I’m feeling great. I treated myself to about a third of that brie today knowing that I’ve easily burned off enough to deserve it.

Now it’s time to switch gears and dig into some writing. I’ve done the obvious crap around the house that would have nagged and stolen my focus and so I can now sit still and put my brain to work. I haven’t decided which project will get my attention for this solo time, but I’ve got until the kettle is done boiling to figure it out.

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Just out of reach

Published on July 19th, 2008 Leave your comment (3 so far) »

More fun with my modern-vintage camera set-up. This ominous looking door leads out to our beautiful balcony. The very nature of the Through the Viewfinder contraption set-up forces most photos to be taken at a height much lower than we normally see, and so I wanted to exaggerate that perspective even further.

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Revamping regularjen

Published on July 17th, 2008 Join the conversation »

You’ll notice some weirdness… I’m updating, upgrading, and revamping the blog.

All will be well soon and please let me know if there’s anything that you spot that should be fixed.

Thank you!

UPDATE: It’s late and I’ve been passively looking at this blog, code, Photoshop, Browsershots, and other stuff on a computer screen for most of the day. The revamped regularjen.com looks mostly good on most browsers and so I’m calling it a night. More tweaks to follow tomorrow as I get the rest of my campaigns in the sidebars and refine some bits here and there. I’m loving the fresh new look and I hope it’s to your liking too.
Good night, interwebs. * smooch *

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Beyond the Sea

Published on July 15th, 2008 Leave your comment (6 so far) »

The weekend came and went in a blur. A good blur, but a blur. Work at the part-time job Saturday was busy due to a staff member calling in sick, then a slumber party (that’s right, a slumber party), and then work at the part-time job Sunday with one and a half less staff than is normal for that day of the week. Crazy. Good times, in general, as the people around me were pretty fantastic, but I was wiped out from it all.

About that slumber party… (this ties directly into the title of this post). So three of us from work decided to get together at Naomi’s place for an overnight. To say she lives in the middle of nowhere is almost an understatement, even in a country where it’s actually difficult to be anywhere more than 5 miles away from a pub. Surrounded by a beautiful forest, we ate junk food, laughed and went out to the porch to roast marshmallows over candle flames. (We didn’t have a campfire, but made do.) The woods made their woodsy noises, we giggled and listened and told stories. Cathy and I went into the yard and did our best horror movie screams. Many marshmallows and a glass of wine later we heard it:
Somewhere, beyond the sea… Somewhere waiting for me…

Somewhere, beyond the trees, Bobby Darin was playing. We sat there in the dim light of three candles, wide-eyed and stunned by the creepiness of it. I think just about any other song would have been acceptable, but for some reason that song whispering in the pitch-black distance was just about the spookiest thing three girls alone in a house in the middle of the woods could hear.

We went inside not long after. If you ask any of us, it’s probably because it was getting chilly out. Honest.

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1939 Ensign Ful-Vue: Through the Viewfinder

Published on July 11th, 2008 Leave your comment (3 so far) »

This is a really fun form of photography. It’s called Through the Viewfinder and it’s a simple concept: use one camera to photograph a subject through a vintage camera’s viewfinder. I just got this little 1939 Ensign Ful-Vue off of ebay for the task.

For more about my first TtV photography, the restoration of a vintage camera, and the process I went through, please have a gander at my Through My Viewfinders set on flickr. Expect to see a lot more of this stuff from me. If you’d like to see what others are already doing with TtV, check out this group on flickr.

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