Bo x Elder Bug Genocide

**DON'T READ IF YOU ARE AN INSECT LOVER**

We have a pretty decent sized Bo x Elder Tree in out back yard.  A few months ago my roommate and I realized we had all these funny little bugs all around the back yard.  A little time went by... then a couple weeks ago we realized they were pretty much dominating the back yard.  There was a large colony living on my roommate's window sill, an occasional bug in the house, a bug in my car, many bugs on the door screens, and bugs crawling everywhere.  Anyways, we thought it was time to do something about the problem.  I googled "red bug" and somehow found out that we had a Bo x Elder Bug problem.  They live next to Bo x Elder Trees, Maple trees, etc.  It might be hard to tell from these shots, but the bugs have a striking resemblance to the buds of the tree.  Off to Safeway I went and purchased a nice can of Raid.  We went to town one afternoon.  They never knew what hit them.

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The battle was won but I think the outcome of the war might be in their favor.  They just have too many numbers..

Sorry for the morbid content.  I'm actually a big fan of nature.  The last issue of the paper was last week.  I have no more real assignments.

Thanks for looking.

I Love Track

I shot a track meet this weekend.  Track holds a special spot in my heart therefore it was very fun to take pictures at the meet.  There is a very unique feeling I have always associated with competitive running.  For example, the energy in the air before and during a 4x400m is ridiculous. 

Here are a couple of standard shots:

me!

Snowboarding, parties, and lots of new people. I can't ask for much more.

what. a. weekend. 

Rail Jammin

Well, today was the day.  Sure enough, it rained... but let up just enough to let things go down.  Just like every other photographer in the world, I set out to get something "different" today. Not just your standard snowboarder on a rail.  Paper worthy or not, that was my goal.  It was muddy as all hell but it was a good time and I enjoyed taking pictures.... although I did laundry yesterday and now I need to go to the laundromat again... Here are some shots from today:

"Clean Nikes"

again


DJ Linear (I think?)
poor dog was scared of my lens.

Believe it or not, my favorite lens today was the fast 50mm, but man I need an AF fast 50mm.  

Snowboarding/Rugby

I finally got up to the mountain for Friday's evening/night sesh.  That was my first time snowboarding this season.  Let me tell you it was good to be back! I have a severe case of the snow fever now.  Snowboarding is fun as @#$%!

Shot a rugby game Saturday. Rugby is a bad ass sport with bad ass athletes.  It really is fun to watch.  Again, I'm not impressed with either my sports shooting skills, or my camera's autofocus.  Shutter speeds were a little low this time.  Maybe that was my problem.  I'm curious to see how things turn out in the future sports-wise.  Anyways, here are the results:

After this it was cleat to face.  ouch.
Straight interlocked manliness
And again...


There are many kinds of weird, brotherhoodish, rituals that go on in this sport.  Pleasing the crowd is just one of them.

On another note, there is a rail jam on campus tomorrow.  I'm straight stoked to shoot that.  Finally, something to shoot in my area of interest!  Let's just see what happens!

PLEASE DON'T RAIN TOMORROW!

-Scott

Light Painting Night

So tonight I took a break from school work to attend a "light painting" little presentation thingy.  I was over it pretty quick but here are two weird shots I got.  I swear if I hear the word "capture" again... I'm gonna lose it.  If I ever say "capture" on this blog, feel free to slap me next time you see me.  Too artsy in my book.

So here is a dog that made a guest appearance. 
Lots of photographers trying to figure out what the heck they are doing.
Yet another self portrait...

stay fly ya'll

Poetry Reading

I spent 14 hours at school today.  Here are some snaps from this week's assignment.  I don't know what was wrong with my eye today but I just could not manually focus.  It sucked!  Nothing is worse than coming back to realize that 90% of your photos are blurry.  (overstatement, I know..)  I would be a happy man if a box with a nice, quick AF 85mm fell from the sky and landed at my feet.

Good Night!

The second and final Vintage Monday

While its still Monday, I'm scrapping the whole "Vintage Monday" idea.  I don't have time and don't see it worth the time spent anyways.  Tough week ahead.  We'll see what happens.

lax game

Shot another lax game today.  Learnin more every time. Can't wait till track season!

b/w just doesn't work for rainbows...

big hits (and vignettes!)
I got caught with a camera...

This picture really makes our school look like its in a forest...

Pole: Which pointless symbol do you like more? In other words, which looks more like a camera? ... be it digital or film.

1) [IÔ]

2) [ Ô ]

Actually I'm not really sure if a pole is worth anything because probably only 5 people look at this thing and what am I going to do with 5 votes..... there are other variations as well. I decided to keep it simple.  And if you're too embarrassed or lazy to post on my blog, email me or something!

Another Weekend

Probably too many photos and not enough homework this weekend.  Shot a pool for assignment no. 1 and a lacrosse game for assignment no. 2.

I got to borrow a waterproof Olympus for 2 days.  Dunking a camera underwater goes against everything I have ever learned and it felt extremely wrong and weird. I wouldn't mind a waterproof, freezeproof, and crushproof camera of my own.




LAX was fun to shoot but I found many of my pictures out of focus.  K10D not a sports camera?...or Scott not a sports photographer?  

Saturday morning self portrait.  Emo, pretentious, and vain eh? Whatever.

Later!