Welcome to our Deep Blue Sea

originally uploaded by billaday.

This photo is a big reason why you haven't seen many photo-a-day updates lately. Open House in kindergarten is crazy! Do you see the underwater sea we created?

Year 3, Day 162

the long and winding (and distorted) road

originally uploaded by billaday.

I've been teaching a class through University of La Verne. It's not in La Verne, though, it's in Whittier. This has been my first time at Rio Hondo College. Aside from the large amounts of hills, I noticed that there is a lot of thick decorative glass. Here's what it looks like at night.

Year 3, Day 161

meteorite storm

originally uploaded by billaday.

Prepare for impact.

Year 3, Day 160

battle of the cupcake

originally uploaded by billaday.

I see one cupcake and two people. I don't remember who got to eat it.

Year 3, Day 159

rear view mirrors

originally uploaded by billaday.

View On Black, and watch where you're driving.

Year 3, Day 158

digital projection is a beautiful thing

originally uploaded by billaday.

We have a new movie theater: AMC Glendora. Every theater has digital projection. That means that the picture never has scratches on it. It is the best suburban movie theater I've been to yet. Disclaimer: real movie theaters, like the Mann Chinese, are still far better.

Year 3, Day 157

inside the gears of a clock tower

originally uploaded by billaday.

Take a guess at what this is... then scroll down.

Before I tell you, lemme tell you why I like my Canon point-and-shoot. I can bring it with me everywhere I go. I can get very close to objects. The lens is small, so it can squeeze into tight spaces.

This is the inside of a running electricity meter. It's an 1/8 sec. exposure, so enough light got in, but the gears aren't blurred.

This is another shot that never would have been if it weren't for the photo-a-day project. It was late at night, and I hadn't taken a (remotely) interesting photo all day. I was looking for a late night shot, and stumbled upon this. Kinda cool.

Year 3, Day 156

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart

originally uploaded by billaday.

Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
-Carl Jung

Year 3, Day 155

Stop ahead, behind, and under ahead

originally uploaded by billaday.

This is a weird road. This is not photoshopped. It is rotated 180 degrees.

Year 3, Day 154

The Rosedale Project: a fence without homes

originally uploaded by billaday.

Before beginning my photo-a-day project three years ago, I was thinking of photo projects. I thought of documenting the Rosedale housing development, from start to finish. The big problem was that, at the time, I only have a film camera, so it was expensive to take pictures. Inevitably, I missed a couple important steps in the demolition of the Monrovia Nursery to make room for houses. I still drive through the "new" development and marvel at how much uglier houses are than flowers. Ironically, the development of this land has frozen, since nobody wants to buy expensive houses in Glendora.

My original goal with this shot was to capture downtown Los Angeles from afar. As I moved around looking for a good perspective (and avoiding power lines), I became increasingly interested in this fence. As it turns out, the silhouette of the fence leading into the foothills was the best capture today.

This looks nice large on black. You can see the details as the fence's silhouette fades into the foothill's silhouette. Thanks Photoshop Curves.

Year 3, Day 153

drive thru view of the Orange Bang dispenser

originally uploaded by billaday.

El Amigo is one of the places. So much character throughout the restaurant. If you're ever around, go get some rice and machaca tacos. Yum.

Year 3, Day 152

small dog, big head

originally uploaded by billaday.

Parking in Old Town Pasadena can be challenging, at best. The upside to terrible parking is being around to find shots like this (while driving around, and around).

Year 3, Day 151

A ride along the San Gabriel Riverbed Trail

originally uploaded by billaday.

My father-in-law and I rode our bikes from the Santa Fe Dam to Seal Beach. It was an amazing 30 mile ride along the San Gabriel Riverbed. Check out the map I made of the ride. Very cool ride.

Year 3, Day 150

smoked baby back ribs

originally uploaded by billaday.

We went out to celebrate. Despite the lack of funding for education in California, I have a teaching job next year! Fourth and fifth grade music, here I come.

Year 3, Day 149

follow the three blue lines as they travel through the frame

originally uploaded by billaday.

I'm gonna try to bring my dSLR with me more. I like the wide aperture. I'm also gonna try to keep up with uploading photo-a-day nightly.

Year 3, Day 148

pastel cassette deck mix tape

originally uploaded by billaday.

I aimed my point-and-shoot camera at a shadow, then at this easel.

Year 3, Day 147

giant green hose

originally uploaded by billaday.

Whatever could it be? Whatever it is, I like the whiteground in it.

Year 3, Day 146

from the earth to the moon

originally uploaded by billaday.

Prepare for blast off.

Year 3, Day 145

Gene

originally uploaded by billaday.

Gene rocks on percussion. Amazingly steady tempo, very tasty chops. Sometimes when I play bass, Gene is right next to me on percussion.

Two shots in one here. Good call? Should this remain two separate images? Does it work? I kinda like the story it tells. Lemme know your thoughts.

Year 3, Day 144

The 70s is alive and well

originally uploaded by billaday.

Here's Alex and his new, old bass. It's new to him, but old to us. For some reason, Fender made amazing bass guitars in the 1970s. Not before, not after. Here is one such guitar.

If you don't know Alex Balderston, go check out his tasty bass licks.

Year 3, Day 143