A visit to LACMA

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Photo Tip #4: Take it!

If you want to take a photo, then take the photo. If someone (like a security guard or family member) is trying to stop you, take the photo anyway. Some of the best shots ever taken might not have been if the photographer was afraid of getting in trouble.

Year 3, Day 283

gas or electric?

originally uploaded by billaday.

Here is where the washer and dryer will go. It took a while to figure out, but the hot and cold water are on the left (hot on the right (go figure)) and the electric dryer hookup is on the left. A washing machine gets plugged in to a standard outlet. I did not know that before, but now I do.

Year 3, Day 282

instrument inventory time

originally uploaded by billaday.

We had to inventory all the elementary instruments today. There's a lot to being a music teacher.

Year 3, Day 281

new kitchen

originally uploaded by billaday.

Having a kitchen is a very cool thing. There's nothing quite like drinking out of a glass that's yours in a kitchen that's yours.

Year 3, Day 280

old fridge

originally uploaded by billaday.

Can you see why we got the new fridge?

Year 3, Day 279

new fridge

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We got a new fridge. It's very cool.

Haha. Cool.

Year 3, Day 278

Setting up the library

originally uploaded by billaday.

It's tough keeping up with the photo-a-day when you have so many boxes unpack. It's a good problem to have.

Year 3, Day 277

hammerfist

originally uploaded by billaday.

Stop! Move in time!

My father-in-law built 4 sets of bookshelves. Awesome. I don't think the setting up of the house will ever end. This is, however, a good problem to have.

Year 3, Day 276

we got the keys!

originally uploaded by billaday.

Yay! We finally got the keys to our new house. 2 things...

First thing, we already changed the locks, so don't think about copying this key, cuz it doesn't work.

Second thing, it's not until just now (12 days later) that our internet connection was installed. So forgive the late posts. Incidentally, Time Warner Cable has the worst customer service in the world. Boycott/avoid if possible.

Year 3, Day 275

the posted speed limit

originally uploaded by billaday.

I like the selective color in this shot. Cool textures, cool type.

Year 3, Day 274

clo

originally uploaded by billaday.

This is one of nine photos. It's an example for my APU video class. There are 9 types of shots you can film... this is the closing shot.

Year 3, Day 273

usb on blue

originally uploaded by billaday.

If you can't tell by my photostream (or lack of uploads this past week), I've been moving. We bought a house. Yay!

Our internet will be up in five more days. Until then, the photo-a-day project continues... but won't get uploaded much.

Year 3, Day 272

packing jenga

originally uploaded by billaday.

Here's to a productive Labor Day. They call it Labor Day because you inevitably spend the entire day working hard.

Year 3, Day 271

before the pack

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We should be moving into our new house on Saturday. That means that I need to take this pile of boxes, and fill them.

Year 3, Day 270

the francis band

originally uploaded by billaday.

Here's The Francis Band, except for me, because I'm taking the picture. Album cover? Probably not.

Year 3, Day 269

escrow papers (photo tip #3)

originally uploaded by billaday.

Photo tip #3:
Keep track of your extra battery.

It turns out, that extra battery does you no good if you don't know where it is. My point-and-shoot camera's battery died this week (as it often does). My extra battery was in the charger, which is a good place to put it btw. However, I couldn't find that extra battery. So, guess what? My camera stayed at home all week.

Year 3, Day 268

the cup is completely empty

originally uploaded by billaday.

Sometimes the glass is half empty.
Sometimes the glass is half full.
Sometimes the glass is completely empty, but that's just because I haven't put any liquid in it.

Year 3, Day 267

Lady Love

originally uploaded by billaday.

I'm not sure why, but when we visited this establishment, one of my friends always said hello to "Lady Love." Perhaps she is the bearer of caffeine.

I've been noticing that I've been noticing environmental print more often. I think it's because I'm working on music forms for work, a web site for work, and a syllabus. Whatever it may be, letters/text/type is catching my eye often now. I admire good type. In fact, I even have a set for photos with type.

Year 3, Day 266

three valves

originally uploaded by billaday.

I started a web page for my new teaching job. This year, I'm teaching 4th and 5th grade music. I'll be teaching students how to play the trumpet, trombone, flute, clarinet, and saxophone.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again… one of the reasons I love the photo-a-day project is that I'm forced to take at least one photo every day. Aside from a few portraits for work, I hadn't taken any shots, and it was already 9pm. I decided to take 10 pictures. Before I knew it, 70 shots were on my memory card. As a result, I got this cool stock photo of a trumpet. I also got the idea to take one interesting shot of all the instruments I'm teaching. I'll put them on the web site and have them for other occasions. So, look forward to some more band instrument photos coming.

On a photo-a-day note, this is photo 265. That means I'm at T-minus: 100. In 100 days, I will have completed photo-a-day year 3.

Year 3, Day 265

Them thar's hills be burnin

originally uploaded by billaday.

Here's to a nice ending of August. I hope your house has not burned down. Some friends' homes are quite close to flames.

I knew this fire helicopter was too far away for an interesting close up (with my wide angle point-and-shoot), so I added the telephone wires into the shot and framed it with the plan of photoshopping it.

Year 3, Day 264