k bye.

#3

Stranger #3

Denver, Colorado

There's nothing quite like sleeping in a bookstore. Or library.

When I was between places to sleep in Oregon, I would open at Starbucks (0430-1300) and then hit the library to "study." Which means I would open my microbiology book on my lap and settle in for a delectable nap. The homeless men always got to the good spots first, sadly. :(

altitude adjustment

Oh, I hear it's so-so

But it is no, no Colorado

#2

Stranger #2

Denver, Colorado

Things I learned on my first stranger-shooting jaunt:

-I'm an incredible wuss.

-People REALLY know when a camera is pointed at them.

-I can run faster than expected on my bum ankle.

stranger danger

Photo Project #2: 50 Strangers.

I'm slightly panicked. Don't worry about it.

I'll post photos of these people the day I shoot them, if they don't shoot ME before I can get to a computer.

Yikes.

Stranger #1:

Portland, Oregon.

Nice Chucks.

hope

"as we cease to know

where our feet will go..."

study of hands finale

Thanks go to the Cortesis, Christies, Souders, Handys, and Roberts for helping me finish this project.

It's been real.

missing my roadtrip buddies...

wedding number 5...

study of hands

And then EVERYONE wanted in on this nonsense one week before its completion?!

This is not me complaining.

Thanks to Joy, Linds, Jonah, Mikey, and Josh this week.

ooooooh snap.

This illegally captured moment in time has been brought to you by the Getty Museum and Jen's inability to read clearly marked museum signs prohibiting photography.

study of hands - 8.20.10

Only two more weeks of all the hand photos. I found a new project to conquer, starting September 10, and I am slightly nervous. More about why in two weeks...

Thanks to the Oakes family for the use of their hands this week.

flowers in astoria...

One of the only flower photo shoots in my past.

study of hands

"Hands covered in condiments."

My buddy from work just loves playing in the mocha sauce. Right before we serve it to customers.

Shh. I'm only kidding.

Thanks Alyse.

study of hands - 8.6.2010

"On a picnic morning without a warning

I looked at you and somehow I knew

On a day for singing,

My heart went winging

A picnic grove was our rendezvous

You and I in the sunshine

We strolled the fields amd farms

At the last light of evening,

I held you in my arms

So when days grow stormy

And lonely for me

I just recall picnic time and you."

Thanks to Lis, the perfect hand model.

Campbell/Handy...

8.1.2010

study of hands - 7.30.2010

"Well I've been going for a couple of years

And it seems that the answer, it is coming quite clear

Oh, I don't even know what I am doing here

But I can drive with my eyes closed and play by ear

And I can sleep beneath the piano

Just like that's my natural home

With all those keys I never feel alone

And I can sleep beneath the piano

Just like that's my natural home

With all those keys I never feel alone"

Thanks to Sarah for being my hand model.

Cloer/Souder...

7.25.2010

study of hands

In honor of wedding number 3:

Congratulations Zach and Merve.