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12.15.2008
Highway 40 reopening
We went to see the reopening of Highway 40, more just to say we went than anything else. It was pretty cool, how often do you get to walk on the highway without putting your butt on the line (literally)?
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12.11.2008
St. Louis Arch
I know I know, I already have a few pics of the Arch on my site but can you blame me? I even had a photo of the Arch (and a few others) published in a book titled St. Louis Seen And Unseen which you should check out, btw. ;-)
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12.02.2008
Entrances: New Orleans Series (Part Two)
Here's a bunch more photos of entrances from my trip to Pre-Katrina New Orleans back in 2005. Most of these were taken from a carriage ride we took on a tour around the French Quarters.
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11.28.2008
Entrances: New Orleans Series (Part One)
Here's a bunch more photos of entrances from my trip to Pre-Katrina New Orleans back in 2005. Most of these were taken from a carriage ride we took on a tour around the French Quarters.
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11.25.2008
Caps - Spaten
"Lass Dir raten, trinke Spaten" is translated "Let me advise you to drink Spaten" and rightfully so; German beer pwns all. I found out recently that this is yet another beer that is owned by Inbev, no huge surprise. This brewery has changed hands quite a few times over the 600 years since it was established.
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10.26.2008
St. Louis Arch Through Leaves
You have to look closely but it's there. The St. Louis Arch is awesome, it never gets old for me. Today Sarah, Jack and myself went down to the Arch grounds to do some shooting.
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10.26.2008
County Living
Went into the city to shoot for pleasure all day and on the way home shot this gem. There's a lot more to shoot in the city, and it definitely makes for better shooting, but every once in awhile you're in the right place at the right time out here.
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10.22.2008
Haba Toys
Here's some photos of my son's toys (made by Haba). Can you tell how terribly bored I have been lately? Really not a lot to shoot out here. :-/
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10.09.2008
James Stark - Star Clipper Gallery
My brother, thee one and only James Stark is showing his skills at Star Clipper Comics right now. If you're in the Delmar Loop area you should stop by and check it out.
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09.27.2008
Caps - Samichlaus
Continuing on my caps series, since I'm lagging behind so much, I thought I'd pick one of the rarest beers in the world: Samichlaus, which I had the chance to drink a year or two ago.
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09.23.2008
Update on Jack
Jack, my son, is growing up fast. He's making noises, he drools, his poop even smells like poop now. He's teething, is trying to walk and is hard to hold because he's always grabbing at something.
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08.14.2008
Jacks first trip to Blueberry Hill on Delmar
Last weekend we took a trip to Delmar to visit Uncle James and Aunt Diana at Blueberry Hill in the Loop. We had a great time, in fact we're making a commitment to take him out more. We sit around too much!
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07.23.2008
Adenium likes the deck
My Adenium has been struggling for a few years now. He's really been enjoying his new spot on the deck and is now even flowering! Bought this quite a few years back at the Cactus & Succulent show at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis.
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06.20.2008
David & Jamie
David & Jamie are cool. That's all I'm going to say.
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05.26.2008
Baby rabbits in a hole in my back yard
These cute little furry friends almost met the wrath of my lawn mower today. Good thing I weed whacked first, which I never do, because I wouldn't have spotted them otherwise. Check out the other pics and you will tell how small they really are!
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05.22.2008
Dardenne Prairie T-Ball
One of my good buddy's son had a T-ball game the other day so we went out to take a few shots and root him on. For such a young dude he sure had a good cut and an overall awareness. Might be a future Card here!
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05.20.2008
Grandma Meade lives on
As you may or may not know, my Grandma Meade passed away April 16th, the same day my son was born. Recently my Mom came in town and brought a few sentimental items from my Grandma's house that she thought I'd like. One of those items came with a very interesting surprise.
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05.14.2008
Botanical Gardens St. Louis
Ever been to Botanical Gardens in St. Louis? If not, I highly recommend it. And while this photo doesn't actually highlight the beauty of Botanical Gardens, you can find out more info on their website at MoBot.org
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05.14.2008
Entrances: South City St. Louis
I've been collecting photos of entrances for quite awhile so I thought I'd unleash a few now. These were taken in South City St. Louis. A plate full of toasted ravioli for the first person who can name the street.
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05.14.2008
Entrances: South City St. Louis
I've been collecting photos of entrances for quite awhile so I thought I'd unleash a few now. These were taken in South City St. Louis. A plate full of toasted ravioli for the first person who can name the street.
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05.14.2008
Entrances: South City St. Louis
I've been collecting photos of entrances for quite awhile so I thought I'd unleash a few now. These were taken in South City St. Louis. A plate full of toasted ravioli for the first person who can name the street.
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05.12.2008
Heed All Warnings
This is a photo of a little birdie that wasn't too keen on reading and obeying the message plastered to the rung of this ladder. I took this photo and posted it so it may be a lesson to the wild, careless and/or disobedient.
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05.10.2008
My Little
GremlinBean Pod
Well, today Jack downgraded from gremlin to bean pod, his original status. It's been a rough couple of days where nothing seemed to put him at ease for longer than a half hour.
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04.27.2008
Benton Park Grunge in St. Louis
Benton Park is a cool little historic neighborhood near downtown St. Louis. It's actually the first place I lived when I moved to St. Louis. I lived near Pestalozzi and McNair, close to Venice Cafe.
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04.25.2008
Jack Valentine Holst - The newest addition to the family!
Although I've been talking about him everywhere, this is the first official post dedicated to my new baby Jack. He was born on April 16th at 1:17PM. He weighed 8 pounds and 0.4 ounces and was 22 inches long.
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04.25.2008
Stormy Skies
Taken on the end of my driveway during some very colorful spring skies. I love spring; the flowers, the storms, everything. I'd be a storm chaser if I had some patience.
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04.25.2008
Sarah Shooting
I was moving some old photos around and this one just sort of struck me funny so I'm posting it up here. The cool thing about having a partner that shoots is you get to go out on shooting expeditions. This one happened in Carondelet Park in St. Louis
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04.21.2008
Grandma (Frances) Meade February 26, 1926 - April 16th, 2008
I have to pay respect to my Grandma Frances Meade who passed away on April 16th 2008, the same day my son was born. I was not able to attend the funeral, my heart is broken. She was a beautiful lady and she will be missed.
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04.14.2008
Spring is here
Well it's time for my official spring is here post but I fear that by doing so I may experience more raining slush like I did yesterday. Hinging on what I hear and read online has lead me to go ahead and do it, it's supposed to get nice this week.
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04.14.2008
Caps - Schlafly No. 15
Time for another Caps entry. This time I'm keeping it local with my favorite brewery of all time: Schlafly. This No. 15 brew is the tool I use to get people in the door and it even got Sarah to start trying (and now liking) beer.
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04.09.2008
Belly Pics! (Did I mention we're having a baby?)
Ok so I'm late to the punch on everything around here. But I am pulling through with some belly pics. I even took my dumb hat off and did my hair to get in one of these photos. Baby is due this friday! (more photos below)
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04.03.2008
Stormy Weather
The rain has been insane lately. A few days ago I had a little river in my back yard. Good news though, spring is here. Now I can start going outside again. This shot was taken in Chesterfield Valley on my way to Trader Joe's.
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04.02.2008
Going to the doctor, again
Going to check on the baby (well, the belly, you get it) is a weekly thing now. Sometimes two times a week. Our due date is April 11th but I'm predicting the 8th which would be next tuesday.
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04.01.2008
Asian Store: Shooting from the hip
I like "shooting from the hip". You simply leave the camera around your shoulder and snap spap. It's a good way to shoot in places where you may be asked to leave if caught taking photographs. This is our favorite asian store in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Nam Hai Oriental Food Market.
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03.31.2008
Random South City St. Louis
How about some totally random, totally unrelated photos from South City St. Louis? These photos were taken on Grand Avenue in South City St. Louis.
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03.19.2008
Road Trip: What I'm reading
I used to never read. I actually still don't like the art of reading but I love me some learnen'. This is a shot of a few books and magazines on my dashboard during my most recent road trip to Iowa to see my Grandma.
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03.19.2008
Road Trip: Windshield
This is my windshield. This was a road trip. This is my windshield on a road trip. Any err questions?
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03.18.2008
Grandma's Closet
There is a plethora of interesting things to photograph at Grandma's house. This is the inside of her closet. Sometimes I like to shoot and only focus on things like composition, shapes, textures and color. It's a great way to get over the "there's nothing to shoot" rut.
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03.11.2008
Lomo Fisheye Photo: Mountain Lighting
Ever had mountain lightening? It was our beverage of choice as poor college kids. If you answered yes to the question above then chances are you're also familiar with Dr Topper? If you said yes to both of those, high five. Here's a mountain lighting catching a few rays on the edge of the starbucks trash can.
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03.10.2008
Does it get any better? (no)
Argyle socks and a fresh pair of chucks. It really doesn't get any more crisp than that. I like keeping one pair nice and clean and the other nice and holey. I have holey socks and I have holey chucks. I have clean socks and clean chucks, never mix the two.
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03.07.2008
Caps - Ayinger Brau-Weisse
This is the start of a new series I've been dying to do. Last year I started collecting bottle caps from my favorite brews. My goal in this series is to photograph the cap, talk about the beer (maybe some history) and explain why I think it's so tasty. So the first up is Ayinger, a beer I first enjoyed in Germany when I was around 17 years old...
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03.04.2008
Lomography Fisheye 35mm Camera
I love my fisheye camera. It was a gift from aunt and uncle to be, lil Dira and Jameson. I've used it a bunch of times but have been horrible at scanning the prints. My to-do for this week is to buy more film and carry the camera with me.
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02.29.2008
Photographing friends with the ring light
My friends Lauren and Erin were kind enough to test out my new diy ring light today. This is a good example of what you can produce with your very own diy ring light.
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02.27.2008
The great grapefruit diptic
More fruit shots. I just couldn't leave a good thing alone. Remember, no fruit was harmed wasted in this shoot, so we're good on that.
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02.25.2008
New Ring Light Tutorial Coming
I built a new and improved ring light. This is a sample photo of me, again at 3 am after I finished it. The new light will be more portable, not as dangerous, not as hot and more environment friendly (104 total watts instead of 800 watts). Look for that tutorial soon.
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02.23.2008
Fruity Photography
My shooting has been in a slump lately. I think it's the winter months. Today it made me just plain mad so I was out on a mission to create a decent photo. Off to the fridge I go.
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02.22.2008
It's a doggy dog world. Another series of 10.
Or even a dog-eat-dog world as it were. In either case my dog Maggie is constantly challenged with "where's the latest and greatest spot to sleep?"
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02.18.2008
Iowa Stars
I was leafing through some photos from a few months back and found this long exposure shot I took on my last visit to Iowa. This was 694 seconds (roughly 11 minutes) at f/8 ISO 200.
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11.14.2007
Super geek, super geek ah super geekaaay
I'm moving from the city to the burbs this weekend. I'm doing a lot of cleaning and painting to prepare our current house for sale; hence the goggles.
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11.04.2007
iMac iSight Photography
We have all of this high tech photo equipment laying around the studio but sometimes it's good to just kick back and fire up PhotoBooth / iSight and act like a kid again.