Tag: still life

Stockings Hung By the Chimney

Stockings Hung by the Chimney with Care

’twasn’t quite the night before Christmas, but it was at night and the stockings were hung by the chimney with care.  The only thing I wish was different – outside of it not being the night before Christmas and there was no St. Nick – is that we had a real wood-burning fireplace.  Oh well,… Continue reading Stockings Hung By the Chimney

Clash of Styles

Clash of Styles

Of the thousands of CDs, vinyl records, cassettes (yes, cassettes), and digital files we have on/in shelves, boxes, cases, sleeves and hard drives, I believe perhaps Beethoven could have chosen a more complimentary shelf on which to sit.

Leica Christmas

Leica Christmas

This is probably the closest I’ll come to owning a Leica camera – a nice glass ornament on our Christmas tree.  And like the real Leica,  the viewfinder works. And since it is December 6th, I’d like to say Happy St. Nicholas Day!

Apothecary Bottle and Clothespin

Apothecary Bottle Clothespin

The dark damp and mostly forgotten corners of the basement of the two-flat in which we live is a gold mine for cool subjects to shoot.  Today I found this tiny old apothecary bottle and a clothespin on top of an old dust-covered cabinet with the fading late afternoon sunlight trickling through the one grime… Continue reading Apothecary Bottle and Clothespin

The Bathroom Sink Drain

Drain

A simple shot of the bathroom sink drain.  I say simple, but you try to get a good shot of anything early in the morning, after a sleepless night, before you’ve showered, and most of all, before you’ve had your first cup of coffee!  

Pickup Lines

Pickup Lines

The front pickup of my vintage 1968 Bartell-Hohner Fretless f-hole hollow body bass guitar.  It was designed by former Rickenbacker employee Paul Barth of Bartell of California.