June 2005 Archives

Braided River Trip - a self-portrait

self-portrait with braids

Self-portrait

Shooting a self-portrait without a mirror creates a new set of difficulties, only partially overcome in this example. I wanted to document the braids and I wanted to do it myself. And here it is.

Everyone wants to know how long it took. Jamie was really fast, less than an hour and a half for 17 braids. She started on camera left, went up to the forehead, then did the other side the same way, finishing with the middle, slightly assymmetrical. Yes, it hurt during the braiding, hurt some to sleep, and is hurting less today. I am really looking forward to having my hair out of my face for Nahanni, regardless.

We leave on Saturday, not tomorrow, which gives me another day to finish details at work, and clean my optics. What a panic when we discovered R and I had the date mentally wrong on our departure, and what a gift an extra 24 hours has become.

And the pendant was a gift too, ain't he sweet?

Tomorrow we go celebrate the news on his grant score - 150 - good enough to pay the house note for 5 more years. Congratulations, Dr. Bobbola! And wait till you see his 'do for the river!

Posted by AT on June 23, 2005 10:12 PM | | Comments (1)

Decommisioned

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Safely put away

I put away properly the N80 film body yesterday. Finished off the roll of film in it from last summer, took out the batteries, and put on the body cap. I had started in a roll of Velvia in July 2004 to do some night exposures - still had a dozen frames, which I finished off in the garden.

The N80 still feels good in the hand, light and responsible. Serviceable, and I learned a lot with it. It went to Paris and New Zealand and wolf-watching in Yellowstone and did not let me down.

That sounds so final. I'm keeping it, and I might need it for a project sometime. The D70 won't do star-trails, for example. It's a good back-up and a fine friend. Worth hanging onto.

Remind me: where do I go to get that film developed?

Posted by AT on June 19, 2005 1:19 PM | | Comments (1)

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Zion NP camp-out

Zion National Park trees in canyon> <p class=Mom asked me to take this shot. Good seeing, Mom

The Virgin River was running high, and the temps hit the 90s when we were in Zion, but we sure had fun. Mom herself hiked to Emerald Pool and Weeping Rock.

Posted by AT on June 2, 2005 3:57 PM |