Bridges – Utah Phillips and Ani DiFranco – “The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere” In honor of a really cool song by two talented artists. I spotted this bridge while traveling around today and thought it just had something about it. I’ve been past this bridge probably hundreds of times yet it just caught my eye today. I don’t know why and I’m…
Category: Music
365-144 And some extras from yesterday
First my 365 shot. I didn’t have my shot in until late today. I stopped in a Guitar Center store to check out some gear this evening while my wife went to another store. Not so much shopping, just seeing what was out there. The visit just reconfirmed what I already knew – my guitars are pretty nice and I haven’t…
365-134 The street artist
This storefront used to be a radio and electronics store. I remember buying tubes for my guitar amplifier there back in the early eighties. Had I known better at the time I would have bought out his whole inventory of tubes because NOS (New Old Stock) USA made tubes go for a hefty sum today because of availability and the TONE that…
365-91 Like a zombie
That’s the way I felt today when I was out and trying to find a photo subject. After a while I just quit and gave up on the idea. I didn’t want to go out of may way to maybe find a new subject and just waste gas chasing something I wasn’t even sure was there. So I just relaxed…
365-83 Orange and Blue
Besides being the title of my 365 shot, an abstract detail of a dumpster in front of a former Blockbuster Video store, it’s also the title of an album by Al Di Meola, a phenomenal jazz/fusion guitarist. Orange and Blue is an album that you have to listen from beginning to end to get the full experience. There are individual…
365-63 Guitars and photography
I started this blog hoping I would talk about photography and guitars, the two things I enjoy. Well, the photography part has become a little overwhelming, mostly because of my 365 shots. I would like to write about guitars more and hopefully I’ll be able to get back on that track. I’m just not that good of a writer, so…
Guitar Pics – moving camera technique
Just thought I would post another picture I took today that I like. I have a large glass that’s full of guitar pics of various size, thickness and materials. They add a lot of tonal options on both acoustic and electric guitar. This is a long exposure where basically I framed the shot, snapped the shutter and moved the camera…
What’s coming up
I’m rounding out my first week with this blog and I thought I would layout some plans I have. On the photography side I will, of course, continue my 365 photo project. I plan on posting them the day I shoot them but we’ll see how that goes when I get busier later in the year at my “normal” job.…
Rickenbackers and the blues
A couple of years ago I owned a Rickenbacker 370 guitar. The model 370 is essentially a model 360 with an added middle pickup. I bought it new at my local dealer, Guitar Gallery. I’ve always liked Rickenbackers. I thought they were cool, unique, and well-made guitars. Although I always liked the Jetglo (black) finish guitars, this particular one was finished in…
Fender SRV Stratocaster
My current favorite guitar is my Fender SRV Stratocaster. The Stevie Ray Vaughan signature model. I’m not going to go into the history of the model here as it’s been around for a while and there’s plenty of info out there. The model has its detractors because of mostly cosmetic reasons. Purists don’t like the gold hardware and some players are stumped…
What I Pic 