Nusia

Banality Series

So, no one really needs another series, but sometimes we start taking pictures and they become a series and then we have another series.
Welcome to the banality series. All of these photos have been and will be taken in a specific place, which I'd rather not identify for a number of reasons. More posts from this project here, here and here. And many more to come. I hope to post every day for a bit, so please visit again soon.
Thank you.

Pride

This Kid

This is the kid.

You Be the Monkey

Photo Booth #2

Jed set me up with another photo booth opportunity, this time at a CD release party for Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys. With foredrops created by David Barlia, we recreated Coney Island at the Steve Allen Theater.
Sort of. This unsavory character wouldn't give his name, but did share knowledge of this with us, and for that we are grateful.
More photos from this fun event coming soon.

Another Picture(s)

"Hey, Everyguys!"

And a Doorstop

Ugly More

Not of the Garden

The Kid and Our Carrots

She likes to lay them out for photography before we bring them in the house to rinse and eat. They smell good, like earth and carrots, but richer and sweeter.

Seedlings

Not that it's ever not planting season here in Picfair Village, but spring is here and the startings of summer seedlings are following the sunlight through the south-facing rooms of our home.
This post--like so many on this humble blog--was inspired (OK, I stole their idea outright) by some instructive pirate gardeners.

And Now a Moment for Ugly

Her Enthusiasm Is Contagious!

Brussels Sprouts

From the garden to the table.

She's Two Years Old!

And is still not so cool with us brushing her hair.

Nusia: Tifosa

Nusia took Bryn and me to cheer on the bedraggled racers at the final stage of the Tour of California in Pasadena today. She's a force to be reckoned with when she's got her cowbells.

Scale

In my last post I mentioned that the smallness of those delicious cupcakes was lost in that photo. This photo here is meant to give some sense of scale to the golden beet of two posts ago. From the bottom of the taproot to the top of the greens, the whole plant was (it has since been appreciatively devoured) just about Nusia's height. Our sugar snap pea plants are now about a foot taller than me.
Scale.

Minicupcakes

Nusia is about to turn two. Wow. She and Bryn--mostly Bryn, really--made cupcakes to take to school to celebrate the occasion. You can't tell from this photo, but the cupcakes are very, very small. I wanted to have someone stand in this photo to give a sense of scale, but was concerned their clothing would date the image.

Golden Beet

Nusia and I harvested a beet this morning. And a rather pale carrot. And two peas.

You Can't Compost Concrete on KCET.org

The Echo Park Film Center curated a collection of short films called Sustainable LA for the Silver Lake Film Festival last year; I made a short called You Can't Compost Concrete to be part of the program. Making the film--with much editing help from Lisa at the EPFC--was very fun, and it made me appreciate that much more what she and Paolo and the other supercool folks over there do for the community teaching filmmaking to kids and seniors for free and others for almost free. They also have a wonderful microcinema screening noncommercial gems you simply could not view anywhere else.
If you weren't one of the 15 or so people who got up on a Sunday morning to watch the Sustainable LA program when it was shown on a big screen in Los Feliz, now's your chance to catch a bunch of green-themed shorts, including You Can't Compost Concrete and How to Build a Self-Watering Container by my heros at Survive LA streaming at KCET.org.

Eva Playing the Hurdy Gurdy

This image is part of a very slowly growing group of portraits I've been working on over the past couple of years, shot on Polaroid Type 55 positive-negative film, which includes Kelly and Erik, Matt and the Birthday Robots.

Brussels Sprouts

—the sprouts themselves—start like this.

Purple Kohlrabi

isn't purple inside.

Sugar Snap Peas

flower. I didn't know that.

UCLA Hannah Carter Japanese Garden

This garden is one of my favorite places in LA. Nusia enjoys it quite a bit, too.

Splashing

Nusia was reluctant at first, but she has learned the joy of splashing in puddles while wearing boots. And there is no turning back.

Happy.

Nusia bikin'

Brussels Sprouts

Ours as of this Dec. 9 morning. They're about a foot tall, healthy and robust and aphid free.
We've got high hopes for this crop. Still too early to start bringing out the Brussels sprouts recipes (taking suggestions, though, if you have any), but we're optimistic we may be eating the fruits of our labor in the coming months.

Swift Lee Office

War Is So Retro

I took this photo before the war began, but I think the approach of appealing to people's fashion sensibilities rather than their politics is still a good idea.

Another Alpine Explorer

This is Phil Eploring the Alps by way of the Velaslavasay Panorama.
Here's another Explorer photo.

Some of these photos have made their way back to me, and I'm posting them when I get a little downtime.

Pico-Hauser pt. 2

Pico Modern; La Maison du Pain; 33 1/3

Pico-Hauser Outtakes

Some photos I shot of local businesses here in our new neighborhood (Pico-Hauser, Picfair Village, or Wilshire-Vista depending on what side of the Springfield-Shelbyville battle you're on) appear in the November issue of Los Angeles Magazine. Considerations that differ from mine go into deciding what images run, how big and such, so I thought I might post some outtakes, which I prefer to what made it into print.
In order of appearance: 33 1/3; Mercado; Sky's Tacos.

Nusia yesterday

I've always found it beautiful.

I just read a post on Curbed LA calling this building a monstrosity.

CA Endowment Center for Healthy Communities

Some photos I shot will be accompanying an exhibit at the California Endowment's Center for Healthy Communities in downtown LA, with an opening at the Healthy Neighborhood Festival this Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007. The show is called "From the Abundant Pharmacy: Traditional Medicine in Los Angeles' Chinatown." It was curated by Sabrina Motley and Sojin Kim. LA Times article on it, too.