http://www.btjones.com Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:15:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yes, "Anti-Thematic" is another cop-out theme. Big whoop, wanna fight? I met Samuel L Jackson this week. And by "met" I mean I saw a wax sculpture of him at Madam Tussauds in DC. There were some realistic sculptures and some not-so-realistic ones but Sam Jackson was the most life-like of ... http://www.btjones.com/2008/07/22/theme-29-anti-thematic/ This week's theme was "On the Move". The in-laws were in town for the standard three birthday plus father's day celebration. As part of that celebration my father-in-law wanted to go on a right down the C&) Canal in Georgetown (more photos here). I wasn't sure what to expect... All I ... http://www.btjones.com/2008/07/21/theme-28-on-the-move/ I know what you're thinking... "Sit Back and Relax" sounds an awful lot like last week's theme "Take it Easy". The thing is they are completely different because last week involved no sitting (except maybe this photo). Katie and I are moving the Philadelphia next month and the photo above was ... http://www.btjones.com/2008/07/20/theme-27-sit-back-and-relax/ "Take it Easy" was more of a command I was trying to get myself to follow this week which didn't really happen (until the weekend). My birthday was this week and I went to not one but two Orioles games against the Nationals (one win and one loss). Katie arranged ... http://www.btjones.com/2008/07/20/theme-26-take-it-easy/ Even though Arriving Shortly was a pretty random week of photos, I really like how a lot of them turned out. The photo above was taken on National Go Skateboarding Day 2008 at Powhatan Springs Park in Arlington, VA. I forget how I heard about this, but I made a ... http://www.btjones.com/2008/06/26/theme-25-arriving-shortly/ This week's theme was simplicity. I tried to stick with a single subject without many distractions. I forgot to mention last week that I went over the 10,000 photo mark with my camera during the basketball shoot. The numbering on my files went back to 0001. I certainly didn't save all ... http://www.btjones.com/2008/06/26/theme-24-simplicity/ Anthony helped put the finishing touch on a fun week of photos. He's definitely dunking on a real ten foot rim here...he's got ups. This week's uber-literal theme (suggested by Stanus) may have been my favorite theme to date. It seems I go through cycles of creativity and subject selection... Some ... http://www.btjones.com/2008/06/10/theme-23-camera-angled-up/ After looking at the grab-bag of photos for this week, it was time to think of a theme. After soliciting advice from none other than "Daily" Dwayne it was down to two themes: "I Need to Think of Themes Before Shooting" or "OMG P0N!3S!". I do have a handful of ... http://www.btjones.com/2008/06/02/theme-22-i-need-to-think-of-themes-before-shooting/ Kevin and I had to take a few product shots for a client so we set up a make-shift studio at the office. It consists or a sheet on the wall and a single strobe with umbrella. I convinced him to get in front of the camera, which he is ... http://www.btjones.com/2008/06/02/theme-21-energize/ I went to not one, but two Orioles games in Baltimore this weekend! Both games were against the Nationals - Saturday they got a win, and Sunday the O's lost. My season record is 1-3...pretty pathetic, but at least the O's have been playing decently so far. We got to the ... http://www.btjones.com/2008/05/19/theme-20-smooth/