Fountain Head
2009-11-21 Or alternatively, Head Fountain. A bit creepy, this steel head faces the sky and water comes out its nostrils and mouth, dripping into the pool behind its head. It was in a very interesting part of the LA Central Library - an outdoor public art space that detailed the rise of language and other things. This head actually had nothing to do with that - it was just a left over piece that the artist wanted to use. We got a lot of interesting tidbits of information today on our library tour. Read more about it on my BLOG! That's right. I started a blog. You know, to set myself apart from everyone else on the web. [ last year - http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/Year1/i-4VF3VqW ]
![<span id="date">_09/22/10_</span> <span id="title">Under the Pier</span>
Happy Autumn! I took this shot about 80 minutes before the equinox. I headed to the Santa Monica Pier to get either a cool sunset or moonrise shot, since they were occurring near the same time and I heard all about how great the moon was going to look tonight.
As you may have noticed, this photo is neither the sun or the moon, but it's definitely the coolest looking shot I got from the outing.
In other news, I finished my <a href="http://blog.jawsnap.net/2010/09/photographing-fishies/">blog post on the Aquarium of the Pacific</a>, including all the fun things I learned about shooting in an aquarium.
<a href="http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year2/7157835_BfJPF#658278511_SLzmX">[last year]</a>](https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-white/i-Bc5rzF8/2/f860305b/Ti/2010-09-22%20Under%20the%20Pier-Ti.jpg)
![<span id="date">__02/13/11__</span> <span id="title">LaFourche Bayou</span>
<em>New Orleans, Day 5</em>
Today we flew from LA to LA - Louisiana to Los Angeles. Shortly after taking off Louis Armstrong International Airport, I got this shot of farms plots extending out from a river which turned out to be the LaFourche Bayou - not really a river at all but an offshoot of the Mississippi. The land use pattern reminded me of the old plantation map of the Mississippi that we saw on the tour we took on Thursday.
Converted to B&W since there wasn't much color to begin with. I've re-uploaded my last 4 iPhone daily photos that I did during the trip - they now are properly labeled and have EXIF data and all that good stuff. Stay tuned for a gallery and blog post... right after I go through these 800 photos I took :)
<a href="http://www.jawsnap.net/Travel/NewOrleans2011/15869305_3pC5e">More New Orleans Photos!</a>
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![<span id="date">_05/18/10_</span> <span id="title">Couple on Pier</span>
It rained a bit today so I headed to the Santa Monica pier around sunset, hoping for something pretty. The sunset was a bust, but I got some good shots anyhow. Deciding on my favorite was a tough call; I chose it because the composition was better than the others. I increased the exposure to give it more of a blown-out look, although it was taken 10 minutes after sunset. I like the motion blur on the 2 couples in the background.
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![<span id="date">_03/16/10_</span> <span id="title">Spoon Drops</span>
I experimented with capturing drops tonight - it's pretty hard! I need to read up on how to do it, I think. This is the best I could do before I ran out of time tonight. It's actually vinegar being dropped into a spoon full of oil... which is sitting in water.
I'd definitely like to play with this more, but I need more stuff - like an eye dropper. Any other suggestions?
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![<span id="date">__02/03/11__</span> <span id="title">Pots and Pans</span>
Desperation shot of two pots and two pans hanging on our new-ish pot rack. I experimented with holding the flash so that the shadows didn't overlap at all. Black and white was an obvious choice since the scene was lacking in color to begin with.
Thanks to <a href="http://mccommon.smugmug.com/">Donna</a> for the New Orleans tips! I definitely will visit the French Quarter and I hope to make it to a cemetery, but we won't have a car, so... it'll have to be close. Anyone else have ideas for me? I'll be there next week. :)
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![<span id="date">_03/11/10_</span> <span id="title">Star Projector</span>
Today I got to see a planetarium show, which was fun! I don't know the last time I did that, maybe middle school? Here's a quick and dirty shot of the projector with the dome's curved lines providing the background.
I'm planning to go back - they do <a href="http://www.astro.ucla.edu/planetarium/">public shows</a> every Wednesday followed by telescope viewing. Yay space!
<a href="http://www.jawsnap.net/gallery/7157835_BfJPF#489753586_Tvz4K">[last year]</a> <em>reminds me I should visit the poppy reserve this year...</em>](https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Black-and-white/i-VPCSg6G/4/5bf09cc0/Ti/2010-03-11%20Star%20Projector-Ti.jpg)
![<span id="date">_05/01/10_</span> <span id="title">Pacific Plaza</span>
Had a great time today seeing a movie, eating and walking around downtown Santa Monica with my wife. We poked our heads into various buildings along Ocean Avenue, including this one called Pacific Plaza. According to <a href="http://www.apartmentratings.com/rate/CA-Santa-Monica-Pacific-Plaza-Towers.html">apartmentratings.com</a> the place is a dump, but I thought this symmetrical view was neat.
I actually took a really cool iPhone panorama of the inside but there are some major ghosting artifacts, so I decided it wasn't worthy of the One/Day Project. It's a cool scene though - I might go back and shoot it with my SLR.
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fotomom
on November 22, 2009That is a fascinating sculpture. Excellent capture in B&W.