I think it’s important to try to take some photos every day, especially since I’m still in this Project 365. Some days it’s hard to remember, or just to make the time to make a nice shot. Luckily I have been shooting with the iPhone, so even mediocre photos like this one get a chance [...]
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That is to say, I am sorry that I have not been putting the time and effort into this project that I should be. I am doing this project for myself really. The comments and encouragement I get from my friends is a nice reward, mind you. The real motivator is that I want to [...]
Craftsmanship sure has changed, or at least lost value IMHO, in recent years. This is the head of an interior design pillar in an old home outside of Boston. I imagine this is all hand carved and lovingly assembled, and the rest of the home has equally beautiful details throughout. For this shot I splashed [...]
One of the photos in my flickr photostream that seems to get traffic every day is a picture of the bad-ass mouse-trap racer that I built for my wife’s after-school engineering class. It got picked up by the Make (Magazine) Blog and turns up in search results all the time. Every time I glance at my [...]
Max the Builder – 063/365, originally uploaded by JMaz Photo. I mentioned earlier that my son was taking an interest in the photography I’ve been doing. This day he built a "recycling center" out of blocks and he asked me to take a picture of it. (He asks that I take a picture of many [...]
WALL-E on Wood – 062/365, originally uploaded by JMaz Photo. At my office, and most offices I would imagine, there are folks with all kind of knickknacks around their cubicles. I’d been eying up this WALL-E toy in a cube near mine for a while now. There’s also this rich looking redwood finished file cabinet [...]
Rub It In – 052/365, originally uploaded by JMaz Photo. Today I completed another woodworking project for the home. I love to use this oil for a wood finish, much more so than something like a lacquer finish. With the oil I just sand the wood smooth and rub in a couple of coats of [...]
Photo Block – 047/365, originally uploaded by JMaz Photo. Some years ago my father-in-law gave me this photography book as a gift. It’s an interesting book as it covers hundreds of photographers throughout time, alphabetically, featuring just one exemplary image from each with a brief description of their work or style. More inspirational than educational, [...]
Cutting her teeth, originally uploaded by JMaz Photo. I couldn’t help but put my little girl to work for me in the shop today. She loves to help, so why not make the most of it? I wanted to do an “action” shot from the shop for this day’s photo. As cute as the little [...]
Cuttin’ a Groove, originally uploaded by JMaz Photo. Doing a little word-working in the shop today. Set the camera up on the tripod and used the self-timer to get this shot of me cutting a dado into a board. This is live-action footage here people, with flying sawdust and everything. Real basic setup today, speedlite [...]
