poker

everything but

i'm losing it. yes, my canon stuff has given me problems with backfocus before, but those were mostly the fault of my erratic shooting patterns. this nikon gear seems to be self-loathing. like freaking hates the successful execution of photography. it spitefully disregards my desperate commands --

please focus on the play. i have my focus point set right on the guy's face. i'm carefully following him. my breathing is controlled, my hands are steady, i'm totally zen. please don't give me more photos of the gym walls or some wayward referees or that mom in the audience with fifteen pins on her seasonal knit vest or that cool looking dude standing in the doorway of the gym.


whatev. t-minus three days until my camera comes back. i miss you, darling.
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edit: now that i think about it, all those things i listed that i don't want photos of actually sound kind of cooler than some of the games i have shot.

every few weeks, we get a day with clear skies and a nice sunset. yesterday was one of those days. i almost drove into oncoming traffic staring at the sunset out my driver's side window coming home because it has been a while since i realized how much horizon you can actually see and how nice the landscape looks on the good days. its crazy what the orange glow will point out to you -- like how scary looking the hissing oil refinery just south of downtown i drive by almost every day really is.