this is an adventure

butterfly (and damselfly) garden extreme macro 05.29.2011

2011-06-13T09:00:00.000-07:00

if you flip your lens around backward (so that the part that's usually connected to the camera is on the outside), you can take crazy macro photos! but BE CAREFUL not to get dust/moisture/etc in your lens or the body of the camera. i have considered buying parts to secure the lens on backwards and a clear filter to keep dust out of the lens, but i haven't gone through with it yet...

bokeh!

butterfly garden 05.29.2011

2011-06-12T22:51:00.000-07:00

playing with my 50mm plastic wonder at the santa barbara museum of natural history butterfly garden

figuroa mountain 4.09.11

2011-04-20T22:38:00.000-07:00

more sean & alanna 3.3-6.11

2011-03-27T18:03:00.000-07:00

i took this one in a restaurant and the colors were all bad, so i got rid of them.

sean & alanna 3.6.11

2011-03-25T18:28:00.000-07:00

sean and alanna visited me and i took a lot of "couple-y" pictures of them. i'm not totally comfortable taking super posed photos and the angles on some of them weren't great. but i liked this one! and this was the only one where I told alanna to "show off that ring"! i have lots more (from knapp's castle where this picture was taken, in addition to ones taken elsewhere) so maybe i'll post more.

olympic national park 12.28.2010

2011-02-08T17:30:00.000-08:00

this is (finally) the last set from my trip to the northwest.

and now, back to my regular life.

mom 12.28.2010

2011-01-31T12:03:00.000-08:00

I am having some trouble with the formatting of multiple photos... blerg you blogspot!

tiny pinecones 12.28.2010

2011-01-18T21:00:00.000-08:00

yeah f/1.8 plastic wonder!

trees 12.28.10

2011-01-16T19:53:00.000-08:00

fish 12.23.2010

2011-01-13T13:02:00.001-08:00

will 12.22.2010

2011-01-11T23:38:00.000-08:00

it's really hard to get a picture of my brother where he looks natural, he is always posing and making silly faces. I really like this one.

mom 12.28.2010

2011-01-10T22:25:00.000-08:00

new years resolution: take more photos, post more photos

i took a lot of photos in the pacific northwest at the end of 2010, I'll post them soon!

preview!

octopus 12.4.10

2010-12-07T16:05:00.000-08:00

sunset 11.30.10

2010-12-06T15:53:00.000-08:00

ucsb lagoon. this is where I go to school. ha!

mystery gastropod 11.10.2010

2010-11-10T15:47:00.000-08:00

we found this unidentified gastropod at the ty warner sea center last sunday, maybe it's a bubble shell? I took these pictures with a camera connected to a microscope. these pictures are of its underside. the orange part with spots is the foot, the brown area is the mantle and you can see the sensory tentacles in one of the pictures.

des 09.24.10

2010-10-25T20:01:00.001-07:00

this picture is about a month old, but I forgot to post it. I don't take a lot of fake portrait-like photos of people, but I like this one!

puerto rican skies 9.12-21.10

2010-10-01T15:08:00.000-07:00

rainbow (duh)

sunset

sunrise

feet 9.17.10

2010-09-30T23:38:00.001-07:00

bryan 9.17.10

2010-09-30T19:54:00.000-07:00

this is one of my favorite photos I've taken in a long time.

anyone want to teach me how to actually use photoshop and remove the line and boat rails? eh? eh?

emily 8.6.10

2010-08-29T21:31:00.000-07:00

this photo makes me love my new (cheap!) lens with the f/1.8. I was on my way to being drunk but still managed to take this photo. I love the depth of field in it, it looks like a dream.

spider

2010-08-01T20:17:00.000-07:00

today I learned that if you flip the lens backwards, you can take super macro shots with a super shallow depth of field:

New Lens

2010-07-29T21:34:00.000-07:00

I got a new lens! After a year and a half! This is me just playing around...

Laura 7.16.10

2010-07-18T13:00:00.000-07:00

Trixie 7.4.10

2010-07-10T18:45:00.000-07:00

what? I still have this?

stimpy 4.5.10

2010-04-06T12:42:00.000-07:00

pup 3.1.10

2010-03-05T16:17:00.000-08:00

if i had a dog, i would probably take this photo a million times per day.

stormy saturday 2.27.10

2010-03-02T18:39:00.000-08:00

sunset 1.24.10

2010-01-25T20:23:00.000-08:00

we don't usually get real clouds here in santa barbara...

sorry i don't take artsy photos anymore...

i have a new blog! it's called so many noms! and i am doing it with Heather, Shalanna and Heidi and we post recipes. there are some photos, so this is kind of related?

a week in photos 12.16-20.09

2009-12-21T22:10:00.000-08:00

oed wrap up!

2009-12-01T16:12:00.000-08:00

this project was fun, but i think i liked the 3:30 project better. that one was more spontaneous, and this one i had to look every day for something and it was more pressure. i guess maybe this means i had to try harder which is probably good, but i am really busy these days... but it was really fun doing it with heather! the rest of you who said they were going to do it suck! i was thinking about doing another project for december because i'll be travelling a lot, but i don't think i'll have time.

oed project - tartan, n. 11.30.09

2009-12-01T16:08:00.000-08:00

oed project - mute, v. 11.29.09

2009-11-30T19:38:00.000-08:00

oed project - silken, a. 11.28.09

2009-11-30T19:34:00.000-08:00

oed project - heartless, a. 11.27.09

2009-11-29T17:36:00.000-08:00

oed project - parade, n. 11.26.09

2009-11-29T17:30:00.000-08:00

oed project - pock, n. 11.25.09

2009-11-29T17:26:00.000-08:00

oed project - dance hall, n. 11.24.09

2009-11-29T17:20:00.000-08:00

heather gets the prize. i didn't take a photo this day. i'm full of excuses.

oed project - snow slide, n. 11.23.09

2009-11-24T10:49:00.000-08:00

oed project - sector, n. 11.22.09

2009-11-24T10:46:00.000-08:00

oed project - parsimony, n. 11.21.09

2009-11-22T14:48:00.000-08:00

oed project - unmanned, ppl. adj. 11.20.09

2009-11-22T14:40:00.000-08:00

oed project - muck, v. 11.19.09

2009-11-22T14:32:00.000-08:00

oed project - allegory 11.18.09

2009-11-22T14:24:00.000-08:00

oed project - routine, n. 11. 17.09

2009-11-18T21:13:00.000-08:00

oed project - mass function, n. 11.16.09

2009-11-17T22:33:00.000-08:00

oed project - veteran, n. 11.15.09

2009-11-16T21:51:00.000-08:00

oed project - sound, a. 11.14.09

2009-11-16T21:48:00.000-08:00

oed project - richly, adv. 11.13.09

2009-11-16T21:39:00.000-08:00

great minds!

oed project - nar, adv. 11.12.09

2009-11-16T21:36:00.000-08:00

oed project - Flanders 11.11.09

2009-11-12T22:32:00.000-08:00

oed project - Mohr, n. 11.10.09

2009-11-12T22:24:00.000-08:00

we both had some difficulty with this word!

also, this is my 100th post! :)

oed project - acquaintence, n. 11.9.09

2009-11-12T22:20:00.000-08:00

oed project - opposition, n. 11.7.09

2009-11-09T19:59:00.000-08:00

oed project - poop, n. 11.7.09

2009-11-09T19:48:00.000-08:00

this was apparently day two of oed's hilarious two days of words. unfortunately (or, very fortunately), the poop you are thinking of was not one of the acceptable definitions.

oed project - stinkard, n. 11.6.09

2009-11-09T19:44:00.000-08:00

oed project - treason, n. 11.5.09

2009-11-06T15:04:00.000-08:00

oed project - mew, v. 11.4.09

2009-11-06T14:55:00.000-08:00

oed project - applying, adj. 11.3.09

2009-11-05T09:56:00.000-08:00

oed project - cat, v. 11.2.09

2009-11-03T14:26:00.000-08:00

alt text for photographer and definitions. that's how it's going to be for the rest of the month!

oed project - air guitar 11.1.09

2009-11-02T13:09:00.000-08:00

air guitar, v. To mime the action of playing a guitar, esp. to a recording or performance of rock music.

one entry was submitted from dictionary.com's word of the day!
irenic, adj. promoting peace

random october

2009-10-31T13:17:00.000-07:00

REMINDER, DUDES.

2009-10-29T22:57:00.000-07:00

I wanted to write "reminder, ladies" because only ladies had responded, but I didn't want to be sexist. I hope dudes is genderless enough.

SUNDAY, which is 3 days away (2 for those of you east of me) is the beginning of November and thus, the beginning of the month-long Oxford English Dictionary Word of the Day Photo of the Day Project!! It goes like this:
-Check out the OED Word of the Day (go here to add it to your Google Reader, it's posted around midnight Greenwich Mean Time which is the evening the night before for us on the left side of the pond, so you have plenty of time to think about it before you go to bed) every day in November.
-Take a photo of anything you see that day that somehow relates to the OED Word of the Day. Interpret this as you will.
-Send the photo or a link of it to me at lampe3[at]gmail[dot]com. Let's aim for getting to to me by noon my time (PST, so that gives you till 3 EST if that's where you are) the following day. Also, send me the definition you used. Some of the OEDWOTD words have lots of definitions. I haven't decided if I'll include the definitions in the post or not. A good number of you said you'd be interested, so I'll wait if you tell me you're sending one in. Oh, and if you send one late, I'll just add it to the post late if that's cool.
-I will post all the photos, including mine, in one post. If you'd like, I can link your blog/facebook/site/whatever if your photo is clicked, but tell me.

That's it! It will be awesome!

A side note: I use an SLR which takes photos in a 2x3 ratio. Most non SLR cameras take photos in a 3x4 ratio. If everyone else's are in 3x4, then I'll adjust mine to be 3x4 also so it looks uniform. If there is an array of sizes, I'll do whatever I want, but I won't crop or retouch your photo.

Sorry for not posting photos. I have a few I'll try yo get on here before November starts...

butterflies 9.20.09

2009-10-02T01:09:00.000-07:00

there was a butterfly garden at the santa barbara museum of natural history that closed on the 21st. i don't care if it's corny, i love butterflies.

another project?

2009-10-01T11:07:00.000-07:00

Does any of my three readers want to do a project with me for a month? I am thinking one like this but maybe with the OED word of the day because OED >> Websters. If anyone wants to do this and gets back to me TODAY, we could start today since it's Oct 1. Or, maybe we could start Nov 1. It just seems to make sense to start at the beginning of a month.

You can subscribe to the OED Word of the Day on your Google Reader by adding this link: http://www.oed.com/rss.xml to your reader.

beach wood 9.19.09

2009-09-24T15:07:00.000-07:00

flags 9.10.09

2009-09-14T16:51:00.000-07:00

getty museum gardens - 9.6.09

2009-09-12T10:28:00.000-07:00

various maryland 8.11-18.09

2009-09-07T17:38:00.000-07:00

3:30 project wrap up.

2009-08-31T21:46:00.000-07:00

today is the last day of the month-long 3:30 project. i really enjoyed doing it, even though i learned that 3:30 is not a particularly exciting time of day for me. i considered extending the project, but i don't think i will, at least not at this time. i'm tired of taking pictures in my office or the lab. i also considered changing the time, but i'm not going to continue for now.

i will, however, try to post more regularly than i was before august. thanks for reading!

3:30 project - plant 8.31.09

2009-08-31T21:44:00.000-07:00

this is the only plant i've ever had that i haven't killed in less than a month.

3:30 project - granola 8.30.09,

2009-08-30T20:30:00.000-07:00

3:30 project - window 8.29.09

2009-08-30T20:28:00.000-07:00

i love windows like this because they remind me of my grandmother's house.

3:30 project - bark 8.28.09

2009-08-30T20:24:00.000-07:00

3:30 project - beach 8.27.09

2009-08-27T17:17:00.000-07:00

and some days, some days i just go to the beach.

3:30 project - tools 8.26.09

2009-08-27T17:14:00.000-07:00

some days all i do is work with tools.

3:30 project - microscope 8.25.09

2009-08-25T16:51:00.000-07:00

some days all i do is look at sand.

3:30 project - evaporated salt crystals 8.24.09

2009-08-24T16:52:00.000-07:00

3:30 project - naptime 8.23.09

2009-08-24T16:49:00.000-07:00

this is probably the most boring picture in this set.

i was napping and that damn 3:30 alarm went off. so here it is.

3:30 project - art corners 8.22.09

2009-08-22T17:15:00.000-07:00

3:30 project - poseidon among the wires 8.21.09

2009-08-22T17:14:00.000-07:00

3:30 project - back in santa barbara 8.20.09

2009-08-20T20:58:00.000-07:00

it's good to be back.

3:30 project - bwi airport 8.19.09

2009-08-20T20:55:00.000-07:00

at airports when i take pictures, i feel creepy/like someone is going to think i'm a terrorist, so i had to take this one pretty quickly.

3:30 project - cvs 8.18.09

2009-08-18T20:10:00.001-07:00

3:30 project - apples and oranges and apples 8.17.09

2009-08-17T19:30:00.000-07:00

apparently, i am always around food at 3:30

3:30 project - pretzels 8.16.09

2009-08-17T19:27:00.000-07:00

3:30 project - crazy eyes 8.15.09

2009-08-17T19:24:00.000-07:00

3:30 project - angelic angel 8.14.09

2009-08-15T09:17:00.000-07:00

3:30 project - knick knacks 8.13.09

2009-08-15T09:15:00.000-07:00

3:30 project - snack 8.12.09

2009-08-12T14:34:00.000-07:00

3:30 project - pie 8.11.09

2009-08-11T14:14:00.000-07:00

yesterday i got the worst sunburn of my life. so i stayed inside today. and made pie.

3:30 project - assateague island 8.10.09

2009-08-10T19:36:00.000-07:00

3:30 project - my parent's house 8.9.09

2009-08-10T19:32:00.000-07:00

3:30 project - imax 8.8.09

2009-08-09T06:55:00.000-07:00

3:30 project - man love 8.7.09

2009-08-08T05:06:00.000-07:00

these are elliot and john's hands. not posed.

3:30 project - airplane 8.6.09

2009-08-06T19:18:00.000-07:00

these pictures were taken at 3:30pm est, though i think i might have been over the central time zone at that point. whatever.

what i've noticed about a lot of my pictures is that i like lines and angles.

3:30 project - my bedroom, plus two other things 8.5.09

2009-08-05T17:49:00.000-07:00

so today i was supposed to fly to maryland and be mid-flight at 3:30. but instead, my plane hit a goose during takeoff and we had to land again, my flight was cancelled and i couldn't get another one for today.

that's not a particularly beautiful picture, but at least the subject is interesting.

i try not to write about my personal life in this blog, but i am trying to explain my 3:30 picture and why i am so boring again.

so i went home and was cranky and sorry for myself for a while and then decided to finally get around to making a perpetual photo calendar. i am pretty proud of it, but it's not put together as nicely as the one on photojojo.

so, at 3:30, I was in my room cutting photos. thus:

3:30 project - bedroom 8.4.09

2009-08-04T21:36:00.000-07:00

this is my bed frame. hopefully in the next few days, i'll be in more interesting places at 3:30.

3:30 project - my office 8.3.09

2009-08-04T09:02:00.000-07:00

this is a corner of my office. i didn't alter any colors, this is exactly what it looked like. the umbrella had been sitting there since march or april, when it last rained. it's actually good i took this picture because i'd forgotten where the umbrella was, and i need it for my east coast trip this week!

3:30 project - laundromat 8.2.09

2009-08-02T21:59:00.000-07:00

more for todays entry. i thought maybe i should only keep it to one picture, but i'm not going to. i'll post as many as i damn well please. these were all taken within 10 minutes so i think it's ok.

this is my favorite one. i considered using one that didn't have the woman's leg, but i decided i liked it there. it's random.

3:30 project - keys 8.1.09

2009-08-01T19:47:00.000-07:00

so, on the inspiration of katie my august project is going to be this: i have set a daily alarm on my phone for 3:30pm and i will take a picture as close to 3:30 as possible.

i was driving at 3:30, so i took this when i parked. don't worry, i'm a safe driver.