Ah, I am home, and playing with my cameras again!!!!

Both shots were taken using two touchlites from the GoodWill, $1.99 on Visa Debit card. The studio space (Safari Explorer's cabin C2 bathroom) cost $0.00, and all the rest of the gear I already own. So that makes me happy. Clamshell lighting (top shot) is a technique that utilizes a top light and an up light on the subject, making a clamshell sort of shape (It would make sense if you were here). Anywho, it was fun, and I played with an HDMI cable I had laying around, and plugged the camera into the 32" LCD that was just installed in the cabin, so that was good too. We popped the breaker again today, after Denee purchased a few more oil heaters to keep the boat from freezing... It's a delicate balance between discomfort and comfort when the boat can only take on so much power at once. Anywho, I have to get back to biology reading, but come back soon, as I hope to be doing more of this blogging business now that the Safari Spirit is on her way down to Baja California.

Cheers,

Danny

P.S. After reviewing this posting, I must make the comment that the 2nd photo (which I've labeled "Crazypants") is the Mr. Hyde that would have popped out of me if the Safari Spirit had not sailed this last past Wednesday.

Workin' Like a Icecream Man in Hell

That would describe the last few weeks for me. Running around like a madman, yet again living off of Ramen noodles and the occasional delight that is a bean and cheese burrito. I'm currently living on the Wilderness Adventurer, at the North end of the West Wall in Fisherman's Terminal, and I still don't have a working toilet, and probably won't until the 2nd week of January (too busy right now to work on it). Anywho, I'm getting a bit blurry-eyed, and should get heading home from my night class (AutoCAD2010).

So, with no further ado....

Good night!

Danny


$2800 in paint - Proline linear polyurethane White and Endeavor Blue, along with proline vinyl-copper anti-fouling bottom paint.


Water draining from bull-works of the Safari Spirit while in Delta Marine's shipyard.

Pilothouse, aft cabin, steel version of Joshua Slocum's Spray - I desire it very much. Oddly enough, there is another one of these for sale less than 150 yards away, here.

The morning after....testing out my new car-camping mattress, thanks to the Wilderness Discoverer.

Bottom paint applied!

My old Nokia being sent into hibernation just minutes after purchasing the iPhone 3Gs(yes, I'm a dork for owning one of these things, but frankly, I've had crap phones for the past 6 years, and I'm really digging all the stuff this thing can do - and I'm stoked to play more with the camera in my off time...).