Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Posten Bros.


Posten Bros., originally uploaded by jurek d..

Jurek D. on Flickr has an awesome 'Posten' composition that I had to link to! Nike Work Jurek Durczak!

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Model Rockets


08-Rockets-1824, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Finally a good use for the D300's 6 Frames Per Second!

Full set -here-

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Full Moon


08-FullMoon-2113, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Usually the full moon stinks to get good craters out of, this one is pretty sharp tho! Full set -here-

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Remembering 9-11


911_02, originally uploaded by Kadath.

"EMS and fire crews in Highlands help those returning to NJ from the horrors of the Twin Towers falling. Dust covered everyone getting off the ship and the crews helped clean them up as best they could. My father ran the cleanup in Atlantic Highlands, I tried to help but there was nothing to do for me but to wait for a call to action that never came."
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This is one of the 4 photos I shot on 9-11-2001. The world was a blur that day and I did not have the presence of mind to document it better. I went to Highlands to see if I could help with the people coming in off the boats, I was not able to help so I went and just sat in Navesink Firehouse waiting for a call to help somewhere, anywhere but there was nothing for us to do but sit, and wait, and watch the dreadful replays on TV over and over.

Today it seems like a distant memory, a bad dream and yet still so important to the state of the world and important to never forget. NJ lost so many people in the attack, Middletown in particular lost more than its share due to many people commuting in to the city from here.

Somehow I was 'lucky' to only know one person who died personally. Kenneth Tietjen was a classmate who died serving in the Port Authority. Ken and I werent close but I always thought he was a cool guy, a smartass with an easy smile and a devious mind. I was surprised to hear that he had gone into law enforcement but I bet he didn't stop the wisecracks there either.

As time moves on I worry that we forget the lessons of that day along with the memories of the people who died. I'm not a political person but I do give a lot of thought to how we treat the world and how the worlds sees us, and I don't think we have done well on that score. I also think the security precautions we have put in place are silly props designed to stop the last attack and not think about the next one. That, tho, I guess is an essay for another day.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Tonight's Moon


08-Moon-1649, originally uploaded by Kadath.

I like this one and the 30 year old 400mm is the champ once again!

Sunday, September 07, 2008

Eddie's first touchdown!


08-Football-1535, originally uploaded by Kadath.

The kid is FAST.

Full set -here-

Along came a spider


08-DCGSA-Picnic-0842, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Not a spider really, a Daddy Long Legs.

Wikipedia page is -here-

Street Colors


08-NYC-Photowalk-0704, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Loved how Lightroom 2 pulled the colors out of this one, the TaT rocks!

All Saint's Day


08-NYC-Photowalk-0688, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Also from the NYC Photo Walk

Spirit in the sky


08-NYC-Photowalk-0817, originally uploaded by Kadath.

Kinda spooky and kinda cool all at once....

All In


08-NYC-Photowalk-0503
Originally uploaded by Kadath
Yep, that's a Twister board she's wearing as a cape!

Full set is still -here-

Scott Kelby's Worldwind PhotoWalk


08-NYC-Photowalk-0526-2
Originally uploaded by Kadath
This is my top entry to SK's Worldwide Photowalk.

Full set is -here-

Scott's Blog is -here-

All photos from Chinatown are -here-

All of the top entries are -here-

Solo Night Flight against Full Moon.

Simply put it's my "One in a million" shot