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Cloud Shroud

nobody@flickr.com (Jibby!) — Mon, 06 May 2013 00:32:10 -0700

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Shasta was feeling a little shy on the way down to California.

See this in its full glory.

Industrial Blight

nobody@flickr.com (Jibby!) — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 01:05:14 -0700

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Clouds Gather Over the MAC - Save the MAC!!!

nobody@flickr.com (Jibby!) — Sun, 06 May 2012 20:56:31 -0700

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I wanted to post something pretty before I take my break, but this prettiness is tinged with sadness. It would seem that the executive director of the MAC, Forrest Rodgers, has been fired less than a year after they hired him.

I met Forrest and had the pleasure of dining with him, his wife and two daughters less than a week before his firing. I was impressed with him, saw that he truly cared about the MAC and wanted it to succeed.

I won't pretend to know the politics that were behind this decision. All I know is that Forrest believed the MAC needed to ween itself off of State funding. They nearly didn't get their money last time, and as budgets grow ever tighter, museums are not a high priority. I'm not sure the past leadership of the MAC has ever considered what's possibly down the line for them. Personally, I can see them losing their state funding altogether, and that may happen in less than a year.

Yet the majority of Spokane and the surrounding areas doesn't even know where the MAC is located, or haven't even heard of the museum. It always amazes me when I mention the MAC to somebody and get a blank stare. So I don't know for sure what Forrest Rodgers was supposed to be doing wrong, but they sure haven't been doing things all that right before him, have they? Otherwise I wouldn't be getting those blank stares. A city should know about its museums, especially one like the MAC.

Now's the time to decide, Spokane. Are we a town or a city? It's time for Spokane to grow up.

I would hate to see the MAC close. It has been a refuge for me for a number of years now, a place where I meet a multitude of different friends. Beyond that, it is a place of education and culture, and an important center of learning for children and adults.

If you'd like to read more:

www.inlander.com/spokane/article-17899-mac-shake-up.html

I posted this photo over a week ago and took it down the next morning. Something about it wasn't quite working for me. Ironic, huh? Well, I fixed the photo to my liking but I can't fix the rest. I'll do what I can to help, though, starting with this post.

OK, I need to go away for a little while, so this is my last photographic post before my sabbatical. Got something to do and I have to do it. See you a little later!

ATTENTION!!!!!
I've just been sent a another link, Save the MAC. I think it speaks for itself and is timed quite well with what I've just posted above.

!!!!!PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK TO LEARN EVEN MORE AND TO HELP!!!!!

Please forward the above link (or my posting, for that matter) to anybody you would like and/or post it on your Facebook thang, or wall, or whatever it is you Facebookers call it. Thank you.

If you have the time, please also browse my At the Mac set of photos. I've been shooting there for as long as I've had a camera.

www.flickr.com/photos/jibbyimages/sets/72157623032073461/...

MAC 3D

nobody@flickr.com (Jibby!) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:29:15 -0700

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Since 3D is the new fad in films these days, I thought I'd start exploiting the gimmick in my photos. I suppose you could call it pandering to a trend, but I could call you a big chowder head in retaliation. So don't go there.

Tomorrow: Another fabulous pandering experiment in 3D!

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you very much! It's great to be back! I just flew in from Heaven and boy are my arms tired!"

nobody@flickr.com (Jibby!) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:57:51 -0700

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Just saying hi! I bet you were expecting another bloggy diatribe or something. Well, be relieved, as I am occupied with other things and don't have time for much exposition right now.

So once again, the archives parts its fleshy cheeks and craps out another photo for your delight or displeasure.

I shall return.

Weathered, Withered and Monochrome

nobody@flickr.com (Jibby!) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:25:13 -0800

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Well, here it is in black and white. Not sure which one I prefer Better not to choose. I love all my children. Even the ones I delete. I'll let you choose, though.

Abandoned Chapel, Grass Valley, OR

nobody@flickr.com (Jibby!) — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:36:17 -0700

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Well, not completely abandoned.

Juniper Lodge Motel

nobody@flickr.com (Jibby!) — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:01:06 -0700

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Howdy. Barely back from my Paradise trip. I'm a zombie, having driven for 14 hours today, but I managed to do one photo. This VERY crumbling old place beckoned to me from the highway. And hey, it's for sale!

www.loopnet.com/Listing/15317525/27-commercial-acres-on-H...

Giant Mini-Storage

nobody@flickr.com (Jibby!) — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:47:11 -0700

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Ain't done much sepia lately. This one seemed it could take the treatment.

Old Friends

nobody@flickr.com (Jibby!) — Sun, 30 May 2010 23:30:56 -0700

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I can't remember where the hell this was. Maybe John remembers.

One Last Barn Shot

nobody@flickr.com (Jibby!) — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:38:28 -0700

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I hope it hasn't overstayed its welcome.

A storm is on its way.

nobody@flickr.com (Jibby!) — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:30:00 -0700

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Took a short road trip with my friend, John. I was hoping for better weather. Because of the rain there weren't a lot of opportunities to shoot. As you can see, a storm is on its way. Actually, we were kind of in the middle of the storm, but the main fury was still approaching, directly in the center of this panorama.

This is the first 360 I've done in forever. It was taken on Steptoe Butte. I'm too lazy to tell you anything about it, but here's a link if you want to do your own research:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steptoe_Butte

"He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife."

nobody@flickr.com (Jibby!) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:13:09 -0700

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~Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Sidebar: I had the pleasure of meeting Douglas Adams when I was a book buyer for what was once Spokane's largest independent bookstore. Adams was a hulk of a man, and could probably have crushed me like a bug in his better days. This particular day he was tired, and suffered from terrible back pain, yet he came far out of his way to do a reading and autographing at our store.

I had the opportunity to talk with him at length, and found him to be unaffected by his fame. He was a truly genuine person and a joy to talk with. His death at the young age of 49 diminished the world.

I hadn't planned on writing about Douglas Adams, but while searching for a good quote for this photo, I found the one from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and it made me think of my time with Adams, and seemed appropriate for the photo in a sideways kind of fashion.

OLOL

nobody@flickr.com (Jibby!) — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:48:25 -0700

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(Our Lady of Lourdes)

I figured this was a good companion piece to the auto parts store photo. Both have extremely similar technique, in the camera and in Photoshop; they were both taken within an hour (and a few blocks) of the other. Plus, both are places considered holy by certain segments of our population.

Parts

nobody@flickr.com (Jibby!) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:26:14 -0700

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This is one of my favorite shots I've done in a while. I posted it a few weeks back and the next morning it had quite a few views but no comments. I took that as a sign I'd failed in some way. I took it down, played with it a little bit, and present it to you again. If nobody says anything this time I'll just have to be obstinate and leave it up anyway, because I really like it. So there.

Abandoned Schoolhouse, Grass Valley, OR

nobody@flickr.com (Jibby!) — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 21:12:57 -0700

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I believe I've approached the saturation level of my Paradise trip photos. It's all starting to look pretty homogenous to me; crumbling buildings with the same monochrome treatment. So things might be going up and coming down, and maybe going back up.

I'm trying something a little different here, at least for me. I don't do a lot of high key shots. I tend to keep my contrast lower and showcase the tones of my subjects. I like a "rainbow of tones" I guess, in most of my stuff. So I'm trying a bit more contrast here.

Oh, and if anybody can identify the car in the foreground, I'd appreciate it.

As for the homogenous nature of my stream lately, I hope to end that soon with another concept piece. This time I've come up with something I can do at home. Most of my ideas seem to require a model, and I'm usually too lazy to drum somebody up, so I never really get to the project.

Anyway, that'll show up in a couple of weeks, probably, hopefully. I need a change of pace.

Grass Valley, Oregon

nobody@flickr.com (Jibby!) — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 23:04:35 -0700

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Probably a schoolhouse?

My skills are rusty after more than a week away from the computer. There's not even a ghost...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass_Valley,_Oregon

Mt. St. Michael "Beleaved"

nobody@flickr.com (Jibby!) — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 00:35:29 -0700

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Another one of my favorite places to photograph. I don't know why I'm drawn to religious structures, since I adhere to no established faith. Obviously the buildings are grand, and make great photographic subjects, but I'm consistently drawn to those places that house a faith. Around here it's mostly Christian, but I'd be shooting mosques if we had them.

I found a lot of beauty in my own study of religion, but not as much in people's practice of religion. So I made my own.

Mind you, I also found a lot of horror in my study of religion, and much of that in its adherents as well. I think that's why I find these places so fascinating. They can be so scary.

But I must say that my own personal experience with the people at Mt. St. Michael has been cordial. They let me wander around and take photos and haven't tried to kill me or anything.

These days, that's sometimes all you can ask.

The Columbia River, Near Vantage, WA - As Seen from Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park

nobody@flickr.com (Jibby!) — Sat, 22 May 2010 01:10:25 -0700

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Busy busy busy. Will come back for longer visits soon, I hope. I puked out this 180º panorama in the meantime. I hope you are all well.

How about that rockin' title, huh?

Oh, uh, this looks a whole lot better large, but I'm too lazy to post a direct link. If you'd be so kind as to look right above this photo, you'll see "All Sizes." Please click on that and look at the largest version. Of course, in the time it took me to say this, I could have just posted the link, but I remain defiant to the end.

Community Center, Nisqually, WA

nobody@flickr.com (Jibby!) — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:43:14 -0700

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Working on the freelance job photos, one of which you see here. So I'll be out of touch a bit while I work on the project. A lot of new people have been commenting lately, and I really want to check out their stuff and return the favor, as well as reconnect with some regular pals. So I'll be back, I promise. Thank you so much for coming by.

In the meantime this is a panorama, assembled from about nine vertical shots. Why not just step back and take a regular wide angle shot, you ask? Well, I did that too, but the drama is heightened even more by the extreme perspective of the pano shots. This way the building juts out of the frame, so to speak. A regular, single-shot, wide angle photo is not nearly as dramatic.

But the fisheye view created here is not what the customer always wants. So I do the standard architectural shots as well. Less dramatic, but the angles are more accurate.

See you soon!

Learn more about the designers of this building:

www.wwomer.com/