So I went and missed the first birthday of this site, which should have been November 6th. I started a new job this week, so I know now I will officially not have much time for lots of photography for a while. Expect posts here and there but not so frequently.

This was caught last night on the roof. Last week they constructed a very large crane across the street, which looked kinda cool at night. It took two other cranes, one small, the other medium, to construct the large crane. Interesting to watch.

Oh yeah, and Happy Birthday to my dad!

Experimenting with ISO 1600. I left the grain as is, and even unsharp masked this to bring it out a touch in the web sized image.

One of my favorite haunts and spots to get good beer cheap is the Lucky Lab. This is a normal calm day, but this month it turns crazy for Tour de France coverage. I'll be trying to get a good shot of the crowd this week for a compare/contrast.

This shot was from a week or two ago, before I went RAW. This is from the high quality JPEG.

Update: The original image can be seen here. It is completely untouched except for a resize.

I was toying again with sepia toning via the red/green color curves. A straight greyscale image created using the red channel can be seen here.

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A couple days ago, Simona arrived. Simona is the sister of Gemma. Both are the daughters of my friends Tom and Mary. Both of their photos were taken within their first couple days and it is interesting to see how much they look alike at this age.

I've also got a version of this where I toyed with toning the image with color curves. You can see it here. Please let me know which you prefer.

Taken during a lunch stop yesterday. Just toying with B&W, contrast, etc.

Taken at our weekly poker game, this is Brian, one of our regular crazies. Would you call him? Not many of us can, as he's liable to be playing ANYTHING! Paul took this photo, but I did crop (nose removal), and color processing. The BW seemed to match the mood so much better than the color version.

This is a bronze statue of Ulysses S. Grant from the Portland park blocks downtown. I took a few shots here bracketing the exposure, and while this one is kinda blown out from behind, it really adds something that the other two more reasonably exposed photos don't have. I like how the trees and the brightness on the right frame the subject. Also, I was toying with color channels to achieve a more sepia like tone for this one. I'm still learning how to make the best B&W images, but I think this one turned out okay.

I've never been a big cat person, so I treat them indifferently (kinda like they usually treat me). Of course, this means that most peoples cats take a liking to me. "What? He doesn't want to pay attention to me? What's up with that?!" This is Mila. She lives with my neighbors Paul and Areta. I wasn't going to post this photo because I wanted to try shooting her again, but who knows when that will be. So here's the first of what could be a few different cat portraits. Yes, Mila is missing half of her tail. Also, that is her natural eye color, which I let show through a desaturated layer.

Another from my attempts at more urban street shots. I'm usually apprehensive about taking photos of people without their knowledge, but here, I figured they can't be upset if they're already getting their photo taken, right? Well, I certainly got caught as this guy is looking at the wrong camera! I didn't notice this when I took the photo as I just clicked, turned, and walked...

Shot number two of 40. This was a lucky shot as the subject was on the move. I find it very expressive. There were two dark dogs playing and chasing a tennis ball, but their color made shooting difficult. Next time I may try some different approaches, including the flash.

In other news I've turned on the 'last 20' page, where you can browse a bit more verbosely, as well as RSS feeds, if you're into that. I'm hoping to introduce categories or searching at some point. Enjoy the new stuff and let me know if it's broken.

She looks like the saddest puppy in the world, but that wasn't really the case. She was actually quite puppy-like until I chose a wide focal length and stepped closer. I think this might be more 'inquisitive' than sad. This was taken at the Lucky Labrador brewpub, and is one of only two shots that turned out from a pile of almost 40. Clearly, I must improve my good/bad ratio.

One of my favorite hobbies is the ancient game of go. Originating over 2000 years ago, it is still played in its original form. If you wish to learn the game, peruse some art, or play and watch the game online, head over to kgs.kiseido.com. I promise more color photos soon!

Not much to say about this one. I don't like many of my night shots, but still experiment with long exposures because you never know. I liked this one once I desaturated all but the tail-lights, drawing attention to the evening rush hour.

Welcome to the site. This photo marks the go-live date for euphorochrome.com. This wasn't a very interesting photo in color, but I liked it once desaturated.