May 2009 - Scott Jones

Month: May 2009

A Favorite Looking Back

Had a chat this morning with a friend and she asked which was my favorite photo from my trip to the Southwest in April. I’d have to say it’s this one, for several reasons. This was taken in Lower Antelope Canyon. My three friends, Tyler, John, and Suad, had been to the upper canyon the year before, and were […]

Perspective

Three people on the ridge of a large sand dune in Death Valley, CA. Sand dunes are strange how they sometimes appear in the middle of nowhere IF the situation is just right. If the wind is blowing in such a way that the sand can collect in a given spot without continuing on its way, you […]

Mommy, isn’t that Grandma in that advertisement?

Just ran across another photo sharing site called Phanfare, sent as a link to some photos from a school function a few weeks ago. After viewing the photos, I had a look at the Phanfare Terms of Service, and sure enough, following Facebook’s example, Phanfare takes rights to any content its users post: “When you […]

That Drobo Feeling…

I’ve been using a Drobo for several months now and overall am very pleased with it. Most of the things I’d heard about it before I decided to buy are spot on, and its many benefits are both useful and have removed one of many sources of anxiety in my life, worry about sudden disk failure and […]

Moon Over Coit Tower

In January I’d gone out to Pigeon Point to shoot the lighthouse, only to discover that they close the tunnel and the bridge in the middle of the afternoon. I hung out on the coast and got a couple of sunset shots I liked, then came back toward the city through that one lane tunnel that […]