What a Difference a Day Makes
Thursday, October 27th, 2011The “Oakland Commune” banner flies above Occupy Oakland again.
Archive for the ‘Photography’ Category
Free Range
Sunday, March 20th, 2011
Tile Style
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011For some reason I’ve been taking a lot of photos of tilework lately. Continuing to mine that vein, I took some pictures of mosaic murals in jingletown today:
While many of the murals in this cluster are mosaics, there are some painted murals too. I’ve posted shots of some of the other murals (along with those above) to a set at Flickr.
Fixer Upper
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011Water views. Satellite TV included.
I walked by this scene today at Union Point Park. I daydream about moving onto a boat sometimes, but every time I hear about a boat sinking in the Oakland estuary, I am reminded of the virtues of solid ground—even solid ground which shakes and rolls under our feet every once in a while.
The Varieties of Sunset Experience
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010I’m not obsessed with sunsets over Lake Merritt—really, I’m not!—but it’s hard to resist pulling out a camera whenever I happen to walk the dog over to Lakeshore Avenue in late afternoon. And when the pictures turn out well, then it’s hard to resist posting them online.
That many of the sunsets from the east side of the lake are beautiful goes without saying, but what has struck me as I’ve photographed them over the months is their wide variety, depending on the season and the clouds and the temperature and presumably other changes in atmospheric conditions. So we sometimes get lurid splashes of color, sometimes golden halos, sometimes ominous skies, and sometimes serene reflected light.
There was no thrilling sunset through this evening’s rain, but last night’s is shown above. To be honest, my camera (or its operator, perhaps) failed to capture the color properly—it was, I think, more violet and less orange, but no less impressive. Possibly the color accuracy could be fixed if I knew more about editing digital photos, but the color as it came out of the camera will have to suffice for now.
Happy Holidays
Friday, December 24th, 2010Looks like Christmas has already come and gone at Cleveland Elementary School here in Oakland:
Neon Cyclist
Friday, November 26th, 2010
Came across this sign at a bike shop in LA. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to see the neon in action.
At What Price?
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010I don’t know how long this banner has been hanging, but I only noticed it today:
No matter the price, it sounds like a better bargain than the “Special Sale! Misfortunes” which are advertised a few blocks away.
Avanti! Avanti!
Friday, October 22nd, 2010Almost a year and a half ago I posted a photo of The Grateful Tree a few blocks from my apartment. In the intervening months, time and the elements took their usual toll, and the little tree eventually looked like it would be grateful for a bit of sprucing up itself.
I walked the dog past there today, and was glad to see that the treelet has been given new life as The Grateful-Hopeful Tree. Passersby are now asked not only what we are grateful for today, but also what we are hopeful for tomorrow, and a small lamp has been installed, perhaps to help light the way toward that brighter future:
I’m cautiously pessimistic about the future myself, but nonetheless I applaud the tree’s new forward-thinking mindset. I’m reminded of what I heard an irreverent newspaper columnist say when he was told that all the masthead editors were away at a retreat: “A retreat? Never retreat; always advance. Avanti! Avanti!” Whether the future is bright or dim, it is indisputably our destination, so the wry columnists’s exhortation is pretty hard to argue with.
Lake Merritt Denizens
Friday, August 20th, 2010
The Long March
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Sun Rays
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010