Focus Feature II

Cool :-) Playing with my new camera.

Focus Feature

Yay! My new camera lets me change the depth of field! That is my hand and very long, skinny fingers framing my brother, who lets me use him as a model.

Oh Christmas Tree...

I got a new camera for Christmas! It's a Nikon Coolpix L22, it's red and I like it a LOT! There are a couple of features that this camera does not have that I miss, but it makes up for it with 12 megapixels, a screen that's almost 3" and being about half as thick!
This is our Christmas tree, under which my camera waited for me. :-)

Quilt of Color

Fall is my favorite time of year. Look at those colors!

Local Vegetation

Not sure what the correct name for these plants are, but they are pretty! This was taken in October during a walk around the block.

Myself

On the way back from a day in NYC

Calm Waters

Taken on the ferry on the way over to NYC

Bear in the Front Yard

Over the summer, my mom noticed a car hovering around the front of the house. They drove slowly by then a few minutes later they drove back in the opposite direction. They stopped a few times and by then my mom was curious enough to need to know what in the world they were looking at. She went through the garage and just past the bumper of her car stood a massive bear. She promptly did an about-face and was in the house in about 2 seconds flat.
Then we got out the cameras.Oh, that doesn't look that big, you say. Well look at THIS:
This was my very first in-the-wild bear sighting and I didn't turn the flash of my camera off, which is why it's so washed out. Who cares, look at that huge animal!

Creative Christmas Wrapping, part 3

This box is a smaller size which means the star in the center is a lot bigger. Instead of trying to make it blend in or add huge letters to match the scale, I decided to just go with it. It's now a shooting star!

And, as ever, there's the holly:

Creative Christmas Wrapping, part 2

For the next present, I decided to try something similar but new! So, you can see I snaked "Merry Christmas" around the box, drew some more holly and added some dashes and dots for fun.

I thought it was a little odd to end the box with "CHRI-" so I continued the rest of it down the side.

Christmas Presents!

I got a jump start on Christmas presents this year and thus I also got a jump on wrapping my presents as well. My brothers both got their gifts wrapped in plain white boxes from Macy's, but instead of wrapping them in paper, I decided to decorate them with marker.

For the first box, I had this vision of No Doubt's Rock Steady album in my mind so I printed "Merry Christmas" a million times across the box. I wrote the recipient's name in green for contrast and had intended to keep printing more "merry Christmas's" for the rest of the box, then decided the holly would be a little simpler.
I know everything is a little bit cock-eyed, but I think it's fine. I KNOW Adam won't mind (or probably even notice!)

The Same Foggy Morning

This one was also taken out of my car window, just rolling down my street. I think it looks awesome!

One Foggy Morning

I woke up one morning and was amazed at how dense the fog was. I didn't have much time before work to wander around taking pictures, so as I drove up the street, I stuck my arm and camera out of the window and just snapped a few.

Spooky Trees

I'm Nemo!

Another creation by Kari with assistance from me on the same beach. This was the same day that we ate apples and ice cream for lunch.

I MISS U

This is an outline of the state of New Hampshire with the words "I MISS U" written below it in rocks. Created for me by my wonderful friend Kari on a beach in NH. Miss you too.

Catch a Jet Stream

This is another attempt inspired by SKYplay.

Hoboken

Hoboken is right across the river from NYC and thus has a great view of the skyline.

He Really, Really Hates Me

I believe that is every single toy or doggy bone he has, piled up around him. The sound that goes along with this picture is "wah-wah-wah-waah"

Self Portrait in Mirror

This seems like a popular self portrait. I did this accidentally.

Video Series - Maroon 5

"Misery"
Adam Levine looks like Jack from Lost to me. Anyone else?

Christmas in July

Recipe for Onion Rings

Cut up a large onion into quarter inch slices and separate into rings. Make a massive pile.
In one bowl, pour about 1/2 cup of milk. In another bowl, add about a half cup of flour and a pinch of salt.
Plug in your electric skillet and add enough vegetable oil to cover the bottom.
Now the fun part: using a fork, take a ring and dip it in the milk. Let it drip off, then coat it with the flour mixture. Repeat, so the onion has been dipped in each bowl twice, using differnt forks for each bowl.
Add to hot oil and cook until golden brown, flipping as needed. Drain on a paper towel, salt to taste and ENJOY!

[I had an onion that started to sprout (as you can see in the upper left corner) and I cut off the bottom, as it was still edible, and used the sprouts as green onions! MMM!]

This Onion's Scared

He knows he's about to be cooked and eaten.
And he was so delicious.

Evening Falls

Mid-February Tulips

From my buddie :)

Video Series - 2AM Club

I really like this song. I'ts called "Worry About You"

Tree Branches

This is what kind of photo I'm into right now, I guess. First it was flowers, then American flags and now it's trees.

I See Some Bridges

The near one goes over to Brooklyn...

I Want to Touch that Sky

To Downtown!

On a bus tour of the city. We were the only people on the bus for a little while and got the best seats in the house; right up front on top!

Video Series - Whale sharks in Japan

Kuroshio Sea - 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world - (song is Please don't go by Barcelona) from Jon Rawlinson on Vimeo.

Really cool aquarium that's in Okinawa, Japan. That piece of glass is about a foot thick, 25 feet tall and almost 75 feet long! The tank holds nearly 2 billion gallons of water and is the home of whale sharks and manta rays. Read more on Wikipedia.

Favorite Fall Skies 3

Sometimes you don't even have to try. You just tilt your camera up and the work is already done.

Favorite Fall Skies 2

Favorite Fall Skies 1

Sleepin' Buddies

My pup and my pop, both napping only feet from each other!

View from my Window 1

The sun was setting, the blinds were down, but not closed.

Fun Lights!

I should probably crop this so the lights down in the left corner are more prominent...

Rainy Streets of NYC

It's kind of hard to take a good picture while walking quickly in the rain, at night. This was the first one I took, though and I think it came out pretty cool!

Raspberry Twilight

New Year...

...same ol' dopey brothers. We've got Mr. 2010 on the left and Beer Goggles on the right. Ladies and gentlemen, I present my siblings. (You can barely see it, but the ball is the the left of the "G")