Remember blogging? I do. Maybe I’ll come back to this some day.
I have a WRX again!
Remember when I traded my WRX for a Fiesta ST eight months ago? Well, I have a WRX again. Let me explain.
Ruminations on the Emerald Isle
I finally visited my ancestral home, and I'm ready to go back immediately.
Another car meet season begins
Oh yeah, spring is starting too. But that's a close second.
The Devil's Tree
I wasn't chased by a ghostly truck, nor did I suffer a severe misfortune after touching its bark. It's creepy, though. I'll give it that.
Ellis Island
Not everything about Ellis Island was full of stereotypical promise and possibilities. Sometimes it ended here, at the contagious disease wards.
More cars, and more coffee
Despite the cold, turnout was good at November 5th's Cars and Coffee in Florham Park, NJ. Big thanks to the resourceful Ferrari 355 owner who used his engine to keep a box of coffee warm.
2016 Ford Fiesta ST Review: The Tempest in the Teapot
I'm paranoid by nature. I always look for the negatives before the positives, and so it went when I picked up my Fiesta ST. I was afraid that after two weeks, I'd be over the "honeymoon phase" of owning a "slower" (but newer) car; I'd want my Subaru WRX back. Two months in, though, and it's clear: my trepidation was a tempest in a teapot. This is one of the best cars I've ever driven.
Fort Tompkins - Staten Island, New York
And, we're back to urban exploration! My first-ever visit to Staten Island proved to be worth the trip. The New York Adventure Club hosted a great gathering inside Gateway National Recreation Area, which includes Fort Tompkins and Battery Weed, two of the oldest military installations in the country. While not completely abandoned (the National Parks service does basic maintenance), they've been left almost totally in the condition they were when shut down.
Mountains and Coast: New England
My New England sojourn wasn't limited to photographing some seriously fast cars -- I found enough time to explore around me, in both familiar and unfamiliar places.
Caution, rocks on exit: NEFR 2016
The rogue pebble was hurled into the air by a Mitsubishi. Or maybe it was a Subaru. It whizzed through the air, thoroughly enjoyed its trip courtesy of the laws of physics, and ricocheted squarely off of my cheekbone. If I hadn't felt fully "present" at the 2016 New England Forest Rally until that point, I sure did right then.
LACE: Exploring the Scranton Lace Company
Around this time last year, I got a chance to legally wander around the Scranton Lace Company. I walked away with a few neat photos, I suppose! This time around, though, I packed up my Rhino slider and decided to shoot some video. I think it came out pretty alright.
Paul Miller Porsche Hosts a Car Show, Is Awesome
Seriously, hats off to the Paul Miller team.
Function for Fiction
Wednesday was quite a night -- I tried a beer I've been waiting on for years, I saw some old friends from college, and I enjoyed some fantastic music from Function for Fiction's Brendan "Herb" Campbell. The things that guy can do with a delay pedal is incredible!
Cars and Coffee, without the coffee
A few weeks ago, my eyes skimmed the margins of Facebook and landed on a local Cars and Coffee group link. I joined it, and my tenuous attention span whisked me away, on to the next little crumb of Internet cake. This past Friday, a reminder popped up about an upcoming group meet, which I initially forgot about. I'm officially glad I remembered.
Blizzard 2016 - Ambient Video
The snow is almost gone now, thanks to New Jersey's perpetual indecision over whether it wants to be Summer, Spring, Fall or Winter. But when it chose to be winter a week ago, it broke the knob off the panel. It was winter as shit.
Bokeh and Beer - Sigma 35mm f1.4 Review
There’s a hackneyed phrase in the photography world that buying gear won’t make you more fulfilled as a photographer. By and large, I agree with that. Passion for photography takes more than a selection of fast lenses and exotic lighting gear. Every now and then, though, a piece of kit comes along that very nearly challenges that adage. The Sigma 35mm is just that – barring some annoying foibles, this lens is nothing short of inspirational.
52 Week Project - One Year Check-In
So, let's get right to it -- 28 divided by 52 is .5384615. So I ended up completing 54% of my 52 Week Project in the allotted time. Disheartening? Hardly.