This stained glass window was shot from a small courtyard looking through a double door to the small warm intimate pub inside at the Pabst Brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I used my 50mm lens set at f/1.8 to get the nice bokeh, both inside and in the reflection on the glass of the first door.…… Continue reading Through the Stained Glass
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Pabst Beer: Good Old Time Flavor
“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy” –Benjamin Franklin A small basement event space in one of the many renovated buildings in the old Pabst brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. These vintage beer posters have adorned this old wall for a very long time. This 20-shot panorama was taken during…… Continue reading Pabst Beer: Good Old Time Flavor
Star Wars Selfie
I love Star Wars. I was 9 years old when the original film was released in 1977. I had all the toys. (man, do I wish I had them now, in their original boxes. Cha-ching!) So yeah, I’m just a bit excited, delighted, overjoyed, and thrilled about the imminent release of “The Force Awakens”. I’m…… Continue reading Star Wars Selfie
The Bathroom Sink 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! So yeah, it wasn’t so simple. Day 49 of my 365…… Continue reading The Bathroom Sink Drain
Backyard Leaves
“As fall the light autumnal leaves, one still the other following, till the bough strews all its honors on the earth below.” –Dante Alighieri A carpet of fallen Maple leaves cover the ground in our backyard. Day 47 of my 365 photo a day project.
With Open Eyes
“All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.” –T. E. Lawrence Another…… Continue reading With Open Eyes
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. I have to admit that I’ve had this for about 30 years now and have barley played it. It mostly just sits in its case and collects dust…… Continue reading Pickup Lines
Let There Be Bass
“Let there be bass.” –Leo Fender This is my 1968 Hohner fretless f-hole bass guitar. I’ve been saying since I bought this from a friend sometime way back in 1985 or so, that I am going to learn to play it well. I’m still saying that. But practice makes perfect, right? Now I guess I…… Continue reading Let There Be Bass
Romanesque Wheel
Romanesque Wheel: “People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.” –Elisabeth Kubler-Ross A close up of the huge stained glass circular window on the front of St. Roberts Catholic…… Continue reading Romanesque Wheel
Twisted
“Everything is nothing with a twist.” –Kurt Vonnegut Nothing. I walked for a couple of hours, camera in hand, and shot nothing worth processing – much less sharing with the world. Blah. Time to go home. Then on the way back, along the side of the street, I saw this twisty little vine holding on…… Continue reading Twisted
Twisted Stump
To me, the tops of pumpkins have always looked like the stumps of large twisted and gnarled trees, long ago removed by the village axman. And that just adds to the scary and creepy aspect of a well-carved jack-o-lantern at Halloween. With this shot, I wanted to capture that “tree stump” aspect of the autumn…… Continue reading Twisted Stump
Insomnia
“The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep.” –W.C. Fields Insomnia rears its ugly head to me from time to time. It certainly makes getting through the day a challenge, especially when I am out of coffee! But I have a way of dealing with it. This is me saying to that…… Continue reading Insomnia