i got to witness the ancient art of falconry first hand yesterday.
i went hunting very close to my home with this goshawk and its owner dave.**
the goshawk perched on top of utility poles and waited for bunnies or ducks to be flushed by dave and i.
after 2 hours or so, it was able to close the deal and tag a bunny as it crossed the service road right here…
** warning: there is a strong chance that you will see a dead bunny if you look at this slideshow.
Tad Wagner will be showing a selection of photos at Buffalo Records in Ventura throughout the month of April.
There will be a reception Saturday April 1st from 7-9 pm. Mark Regester (KCSB 91.9FM’s “Night Shift at the Thrill Factory”) will be spinning tunes.
Be there!
Buffalo Records is at 2111 E. Thompson Blvd. Ventura, Calif. 93001
i pulled some photos from kim doubleday and barry hoffert’s wedding to make a book… __(’Read the rest of this entry »’)
while i was at it i put the pages into a slideshow…
i revisited my digital pinhole camera project, this time armed with better material for the pinhole and a nikon d200 instead of the canon 10d.
i ordered some .002 in brass shim stock from McMaster-Carr, purveyors of everything.
basically, you take a body cap, make a huge hole in it and then cover that with a piece of brass shim containing a pinhole.
the resulting images have an interestingly eerie quality to them.
take a look at the assembly and results of version 2 of my digital pinhole camera…
welcome makers!
thanks to peter, i appear to have received an extreme make over 
the 35mm holga mods below were posted on the make blog 
we took the kids up the pass to east camino cielo to play in the snow yesterday.
it actually snowed on us while we were up there, we all had a blast!
(snow in santa barbara is a big deal, it even made the front page of the local paper)
due to a power distribution error, zulu, the server that hosts zinkwazi.com was able to take a much needed rest for about 12 hours.
power and ethernet have now been restored and all appears to be operating as normal
because 35mm film is smaller that the medium format 120 film that the holga was designed for, you get a cool effect of the image bleeding across the 35mm sprocket holes.
view examples of photos i have taken with my holga…
click below for text notes… __(’Read the rest of this entry »’)
today is the 365th day of operation for my photoblog!
thanks to all the folks who have stopped by and left a word of encouragement in the form of a comment or have taught me a thing or two about photography along the way.
in feb 2005 i borrowed a digital slr camera and exactly one year ago today, i launched my photoblog by listing it on http://www.photoblogs.org
my goal has been to post an image per day and in the process learn more about photography.
it has been a fun year, i reached my goal and made new friends all over the world.
here are some fun statistics:
# images posted: 368
first comment: leova @ http://movie.leova.com/
total # comments: 1149
# cameras borrowed: 12
# cameras owned: 1 as of jan 2006
top 10 commenters:
Jason @ http://rustyparts.com/pb
tad @ http://www.tadwagner.com/blog
geordie @ http://www.speakelabs.com/
pierre @ http://www.hotpixel.ch/
Ana @ http://shutterfly.blog-city.com/
gabe @ http://www.myspace.com/clarkprojects
mari @ http://www.itcaughtmyeye.com/
tuan @ http://ayusaki.com/
Jonas Detarsis @ http://graindesel.over-blog.net/
Dan @ http://www.genestho.ca/
thank you all, i hope to see more of you over the next 365 days!
