Videos

I mad a couple of videos using some photos that I took a while ago. It has been something I've been working on for a couple of months. It took that long to figure out why the video didn't have the music I chose so anyway it works now. Well apparently I just tried to upload it and could not. Technology sucks big time.

Joy of the Mundane

I just heard the news on and realized that the person who drowned in the river today was someone I knew of, but did not know personally. He was exploring a drain tunnel and got swept into the river, his friend was saved but he was not. His name was Ian Talty and he was just 30 years old he went by Joy of the Mundane on flickr. I always loved looking at his photos, he liked graffiti he always found the coolest places to photograph.
I was so shocked when I realized that the story I was hearing about on the news today was someone I knew. I don't know what to think.
Yesterday I found this abandoned building and emailed him to let him know about the graffiti that was there. Im posting one of them.

Rest in Peace, Ian

St Paul, Mississippi River bridge

I took a drive today trying to find Jerabeks New Bohemian coffee house, the directions I got got me nowhere, so I found this nice little coffee shop called TK's coffee, off of 35E. In my drive around this area of St Paul, I found lots of places to shoot, so the trip wasn't a total loss. I found this road that leads to a trail and stumbled upon the Mississippi river bridge, it's a cool railroad bridge and the area sits across the river from my favorite abandoned place, Island Station. I took some photos of the old power station and the bridge. As I was there, the train started to roll across the bridge so I took some photos, they came out blurry because I didnt think to set the camera up for this. There was some cool graffiti on the trains, too bad you can't tell what is on them. Here are some pics.

Graffiti (the industrial kind)

Here are some pics I took a few months ago with some other photographers. This was my first actual indoor adventure. There were 3 floors in this building and massive amounts of old metal and graffiti.

These are the photos from yesterday,

Beautiful day

Well, I finally made it outside today, the weather is so nice it must have been close to 50 this afternoon. I broke out the camera and tripod into the car and took off to St Paul for some shooting. I drove up Shepard road all the way where it turns into Warner Road and made a right. Dang I am not too good at remembering street names all I know is, I ended up in Newport near what I think is a recycling plant, it had trains, tracks, stuff and stacks of crushed cars. After today, I think there is hope the sun will shine again and warmer weather will visit us in the near future.

It's the economy, stupid, or stupid economy

I dunno, I wish the weather would warm up so I can take some pix, it's no fun when the camera freezes up, I've tried a spare battery warmed up in my pocket. I guess when it's 5 below, nothing wants to work. Speaking of work, lately it seems I have taken a step back in time..to kindergarten, new year, new rules no drinking or eating at your workstation, I can understand it to a point, but dammit..I need my Starbucks! Mandatory break and lunch times...come on! we are all over the age of 18, why should we be punished for the stupidness of others? I feel that after 12 plus years of document experience I can be trusted not to steal time or spill food or drink. If I want to take a break I should be able to be trusted to take it at a time when I want. Maybe some people will sympathize with me or maybe not. A lot of people are affected by this, not just me we all hate the new rules. It's like the company wants to make sure we all know our place, well they made that perfectly clear! Maybe things will get better or I will win the lottery....