Mija w/my 5d

Ok, so I got me a used 5d, a sweet full frame Canon digital. I always wanted one. After getting a 40d last week, I found out my friend Patrick Murphy/Racey was selling a like new 5d and decided to sell the 40d a week after getting it to get the 5d. Now I don't have much money to spend on great lenses so I got a couple of slow but L zooms. I also got a cheap, plastic, imported 50 f/1.8. Yeah yeah, laugh all you want but I gotta tell you, this is a very nice glass (if it is glass!). I'll post a couple of snaps. I've been shooting in the house. Here's Mija, when I don't walk in the morning she gets fat.

Photo Miami

Went to Photo Miami w/my friend Zayra the other day. Man, there are some people charging a lot of money for photos, some great others not so much.
Here's a lil' snap w/the G9 inside the show tent.

dragging shutter today

Went to Foto Miami/Art Basel today and saw many many pics selling for a crapload of money. Was feeling artistic and of course, what's more artistic than dragging a shutter ?

Adios Orange Bowl

I went to the Orange Bowl in Miami last Saturday to help out my friend Jim Virga's U.M. photo students. They were working on documenting the final day of the legendary stadium. I was supposed to help as somewhat of a photo coach/advisor. Jim had it all under control. I was able to eat a $5 dollar hot dog from a vendor outside and I also got to see Omar, pain in the ass wonder intern.

My red convertible bug

I've finally gotten serious about finishing the restoration work on my '70 vw bug convertible. I got this car back in '99 I think, can't really remember. It belonged to our friend Veronica Costello and it was in bad shape when I got it. There are some pics around that I will find someday of the vert when I got it. I don't remember the order but I think I drove it home from Ft Laud and then had it towed to the body shop in Oakland Park. The body shop guy, named Jose, was a dick, but that's another story. After the floors and paint were done I towed the car to my house. From there I towed it to the interiors/top guy. I left the car there for about a year. I then had it towed back to my house where it sat for the last 6-8 years in the garage. Isaida's been nagging me about fixing it and taking it out of the garage, we need the space since our house is a small 2/1. Like I said before, I've been putting off the work until now. Later I'll xplain why I'm in a hurry to finish it. Anyway, the car needs some heavy duty work. 1st, the engine is dead, no carb mounted, no battery and I bet ALL the electrical needs replacing. 2nd, the engine is probly locked. Unless it can be fixed, I'm probly gonna need to purchase a rebuilt one. 3rd, and I think this is gonna be a pain, I have to get the hard to find/fix window regulators for the rear seat windows. I'm hoping these "minor" things wont cost more than 3k. I dunno. I will post more pics as the project progresses.

Help has arrived

Today we got some professional help. Mr. Henry, the pest control guy a friend of Isaida's uses came to the rescue. He used his professional poison and did exactly what I've been doing; tossing some blocks in the attic. He's coming back w/some custom traps he makes to trap the rats. We'll see if he get the job done.

Sad news, I trapped and killed a bird w/my rat traps.

I didn't shoot apic of it but I somehown managed to kill a little sparrow w/one of my rat trap assault contractions. Apparently it was lured by the "meant for rats" peanut butter/dcon mix. Oh well, I tossed the dead bird in my neighbor's backyard. Maybe her annoying late night yappers will eat it...(just kidding) I wish I'd thought about that earlier though.