One Needle

Just one needle could bankrupt this vendor. Taken on the Boardwalk, Malecon in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. When you see a scene like this, nothing but the Lensbaby will do.

Pickup Sticks

On the boardwalk, Puerto Vallarta. Lensbaby.

The Red Flag Means Don't Swim

The beach of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. @10mm

Focus is so Over-Rated

The hilllside of Puerto Vallarta + Lensbaby = ?

Breaking News: Area Man Murdered (or sleeping)

I'm pretty sure he was sleeping. Lakeside under the bridge. Taken with Lensbaby.

I Always Thought it was a Bad Word

I always thought Malecon was a dirty word in Spanish. Taken at Malecon, the boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta. I waited for hours for a cab and a woman in a yellow shirt to pass by to help balance the photo. @10mm

Apparently the L's are silent

The more humble part of Puerto Vallarta from 5 stories up @10mm.
Update June 2011:
I took a shot at applying some HDR type effects to this image:

I Picked a Wishing Weed

A coworker of mine found a poster that she was going to buy. It was a kinda cool image and I figured I'd take it as an inspirational challenge to try to recreate it. I thought it would be a good opportunity to test out my new flash (el cheapo, workhorse of a flash).

Here was my setup: I got a black sheet for the background and turned off all the lights to help keep the background very black. Set up the flash on a tripod off to the front-right about 3 feet away and tuned down the flash to the lowest power (its a manual flash). I autofocused the camera then locked in the focus by switching it to manual focus. Slapped the camera into Manual mode and set to 1/200sec and f/3.2. I used my homemade remote control and shot with with my Canon f/1.8 50mm. This Vivitar flash aint bad for the cheap price (about $80). It was cycling in fractions of a second, and had no problem keeping up with some really rapid-fire shots.

I won't link to the original photo, but 133 shots later... I thought it was a noble effort.

Return of the Mack-Aroons

I made some chocolate-covered macaroons (a very good recipe) for my parent's 35th anniversary. @50mm

The Bread Winner

Apparently, my Sundays include baking homemade bread and photographing it. This was my first time making bread, I used a 'one-minute prep' recipe I found here. Came out decent. @50mm (f 2.something)

Wonderland

At Eisenhower Park, "the Blizzard of 2010". @10mm

Thats a Cold Knob

At the park in about a foot of snow. @50mm