Music Man

Long weekends make for lazy photographers.

I was in Washington last weekend, checking out an art-street-food-fair-thing, and saw Mr. Russ Anderson on stage. I figured if I could catch him after his set ended, he would be right up my alley. And as luck would have it, I was able to do that. He was nice enough to pull his guitar ("signed," as it is, by Tom Petty!) back out of its case. Awfully sporting of him.

Dave

Tall Hippo

Once again, I seem to be unable to make a choice. So you get multiple images again. If you don't like it, too bad.

Anyone who knows we well enough (and to you folks, I deeply apologize) knows how much I like taking pictures of Juggling Jeff. I've seen his act oodles of times, and it never gets old. And he's a darn nice fella, which is a bonus. And...well, words fail me at the moment. So just enjoy the pictures, alrighty?

Dave

Let it Ride

BTO? Anyone? No? Well never mind.

I was in Overland last weekend shooting something for the Journal(!). It was part farmer's market, part.....other stuff, including a vintage car show (my favorite was the '81 Chevy Chevette in all its glory). There were also other cars on display, such as this one--a '39 Chevy Sedan owned by the awesomely-named Elvis K. Fantroy. Considering I do well to change my own oil, I'm always impressed by the folks who can keep these 70-year old cars in such fine shape.

Dave

Pipes

When my boss mentioned her landlord, Rich, and that he repaired old organs, I knew I had to get a shot of that. Of course, I have no idea how it ever came up at work, but that's as may be.

Anyways, I met Rich at his place down in the city. And it was the darndest thing I think I've ever seen--an entire house full of nothing but old organs (some of the pipe variety, and some of....the other kind), salvaged because he didn't want them to get trashed. And I can't say I blame him. After getting up close with a bunch of them, and seeing how much there is to one of these things, I don't know why anyone would want to trash them in the first place.

All the specifics of this stuff has slipped my mind. Maybe I'll take notes in the future? We'll see. But I did learn a lot, be sure of that. So the first picture is Rich in front of his "first love." Not his favorite, though. Well, I think it is, but you can't say that too loud in front of the other organs. I know how it is. I try not to play favorites with my guitars, but it can be hard sometimes.

The second picture, below, is here because, well, I couldn't play favorites, and I liked it as much as the shot up top. I think it works well. Rich isn't totally out of shape from the fish-eye, and the pipes are, but in a cool way. So we all win!

And yes, all the verbage means that this is easily my favorite shoot so far. But the others have, of course, been good too, and, well, there I go playing favorites.

Dave