What Smells?

Although it was dreary and overcast this weekend, I still took a few photos to test out my new wide angle lens.

The picture below was taken at this ditch we randomly found in East Austin. How much does Ryan love sewage? This much:

I <3 Canon

My new lens and flash have arrived today and I am itchin' to take some new photos!

I've been bugging my UPS guy about it since Monday--so much in fact that after he brought it to me, he punched me in the face. But I didn't care. All I cared about was my new Canon EFS 10-22 mm Super wide angle lens and my new 430EX II flash.

Tonight I'm going to go test them out with two friends and I'll be sure to post some of our fun here. To give you an idea of the difference between my standard 28-135mm lens and my new Super wide angle lens, here are two pictures of my coworker Matt demonstrating the difference.

Standard Lens:

Super Wide Angle lens:

In each photo I was standing in the same spot. You can see how exciting all this is by the look on my other coworkers' faces who apparently have fallen asleep.

Photography

I don't know what kind of berries these are--just that they were in my parents' backyard and they tasted like poison.

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Light Bulb!

I took this photo the Saturday morning after Halloween as I waited for everyone to wake up after crashing the night before.

The low aperture (fuzzy background) helps to hide the broken bulbs on the light strand that were broken the night before courtesy of someone dressed as "Two-Face." When the light strand fell to the floor, the broken glass made a home on my shins, maybe in my drink, and all over the guy dressed in Goth to my right.

Later Goth Guy was puking all over our host's dishes in her sink. I like to think these two events are related somehow.

Caption me!

"Tired of trying to cross the highway with the rest of his Frogger pals, Hampton is taking matters into his own hands."

Dalyfotosaurus

Yes, yes I know--I can't call it a Daily Photo if I don't post it daily. Can it be that I've actually been too busy? Amazing. One of our clients has taken over our office, SXSW has taken over my town, and you all, Dear Readers, have taken over my heart. "Awwwwwwwwww."

This is for you:

What do you notice?

Allow me to introduce you to a member of my family. Below is a picture of my sister's dog Rope. He was named after a Longhorn bull my grandfather had when we were little. He's never met a piece of food he didn't want to eat or a person he didn't want to meet. He's extremely loveable, that is, unless you're our other dog Bailey. Then he wants to kill you.

But do you see below what a great, well-trained dog he is?

The best part is the trail that follows him. It's as if he doesn't realize that he's peeing. But in his defense, my dad had just given Rope half a beer without my sister knowing. Can you blame a guy for "breaking the seal?"

Sigh...Oh, Rope, you're such a quiet drunk.