old purple, by nate_marsh.

Old Purple there is one of a bunch of shots I took today that I like. I “snapped ‘em” all walking besides the Orange Line tracks. The Orange Line sits down in a big concrete trench and the 10′ high fences are covered with all types of plants! Yuppers and I took a bunch of macro shoots. I used my 14-45 lense on the macro tube which means you really have to be close, this was only about 3″ away!
Goddamn breeze makes it nigh impossible to get a perfectly focused shot, but this is close enough for me!

helicopter, by nate_marsh.

Summer is here and my new baby is ready!
I bought her recently after becoming enamored with the idea of a little remote controlled helicopter for indoors/outdoors fun time. It is not wise for me to let her loose right now inside the house as I am not too handy on the controls and she’s got a little junk in the trunk/ boost in the caboose.

She is a Walkera 5#8 which is a nice coaxial helicopter (that means there is no need for a tail rotor and it flies a bit more stable. She could probably use a new paint job and some other “pimpin’” but she is a sweet little thing!

My trusty sidekick & I have finished our first website!

It was really a close collaboration with the authors of a book about beloved childhood stuffed animals and amusing tales about them. Most people have a digusting little teddy somewhere bearing some terrible name that they have held onto since childhood – this is a celebration of that amusing tradition!

Professor Von Pinaple-Pabsst, by nate_marsh.

Here’s a character that was created during a Saturday BBQ. I had only a small part to do with his actual construction but was the designated photographer once he was “born”,
You can note from his elaborate hairpiece, bushy mustache and saucy monocle that he is a rich aristocrat professor – a real renaissance man!

This year, a group of my sneaky friends created a very sneaky birthday surprise. Needless to say, I was completely caught off guard:


The “man in the box”? Colorado’s own Degs – up for a surprise visit of the town and many rounds of foosball!

This weekend I went to the MFA to watch one of a series of screenings of the years best music videos. In the last couple years I have become much more interested in music videos as art and have loved the Director Series – a great DVD set that highlights different directors. The Michel Gondry
dvd is really incredible & I have probably lent that sucker out to more people than any other dvd I’ve ever owned.

Anyways, the screening was great, part of the Mirrorball Best of 2006 Animated collection – here is the setlist. I had seen only a few, so most of them were pleasant surprises.

The best of the bunch was definitely the video for Jason Forrest’s song “War Photographer” – I embedded the youtube video below. I had goosebumps the first time I saw it – it is that awesome.

Happy Cat!, by nate_marsh.

I uploaded a whole set of photos from the weekend’s festivities at the sander-dome – http://www.flickr.com/photos/nate_marsh/sets/72157594517861768/
It was awesome!

teaser, by nate_marsh.

The sander is complete. Sadly I cannot reveal the finished product, we simply cannot afford to take the chance that some brazen competitor could view her splendor and use it against us – trust me: she is glorious!!!

Plain Racer, by nate_marsh.

Just one day left till race day! We are putting the finishing touches on the platform the theme this year? Global Warming!

Ankara on the Hill, by nate_marsh.

This is actually one of my favorite photos. It is a panorama taken from the Roman Citadel located on a lava outcrop that overlooks most of Ankara.

This photo is taken looking out to the north (I think) to a part of the city that is less developed with hundreds of traditional red roofed houses. I am sure many of these are mud brick and it is unclear if there is some governement pressure to move familys out of these homes into more modern developments. On the way out of town, you can see thousands of razed houses that once dotted the hillsides. Most did not have modern amenites, like running water and were likely unsafe during earthquakes – I wonder if that was the rational for the big move.
Anyways, I love Ankara, it is an awesome city.