Margot

Seattle was sweet. 75 and sunny. Red Sox lost which was the only bummer.
Margot and the Nuclear So & So's were so fun. Best band I've seen live in years. The dude was playing a Suitcase! a Suitcase! as a drum. Check out this video of them.

Margot & the Nuclear So and Sos on Conan O'Brien from Marshall J. Baumgartner on Vimeo.

I also loved seeing all the wheatpasting all around the city of show posters. "Embrace the Lemon" was everywhere, props to Worktank agency in Seattle - Impossible not to notice that campaign.

Snowy Mountains

arctic spring
Originally uploaded by fisher arsenal

While they're beautiful, I'm sick of looking at snow. Headed down the Seattle today to see old friends, current friends, margot + the nuclear so & so's, and mainly: the Red Sox. Yesssssss.

Cameras packed:
Rolleiflex
Canon QL17 G-III
Vivitar Ultra wide + slim point n shoot
Diana+ with the ring flash b/c i hear it gets dark there

bike

fisher
Originally uploaded by brian_adams

i heart brian adams hard for taking this photo of my bike and i the other weekend. this was about an hour before she betrayed me by tipping over and dumping me into the street. also prior to basket installation. when i talked to some guys at the bike shop they assured me the bike wasnt too big for me, i dont even have the seat all the way down. they told me i just needed to learn to embrace and appreciate the older design, and in a word, be tough. heart you, bike.

Summer?

Here's what I've been up to. Beach, chalk, bike, work. No big surprises. Headed to Seattle next weekend though to go to a Red Sox game and get outta AK for a few days. Couldn't come sooner.

Designers come up with some pretty crazy ideas. I'm constantly wondering what I want to do when I move on from advertising, and I'm wondering how this guy {Peter Buchanan-Smith} turned the somewhat mundane life as a designer into a company that makes axes. Gotta hand it to him, they're one of a kind (and made in maine!).

four square

four square
Originally uploaded by fisher arsenal

On Saturday i went to the boys and girls club to shoot Oscar. Oscar helps the kids build bikes, and teaches them bike maintenance. it was hectic and terrifying at first, and the kids kept sticking their fingers in my cameras. but it the end, it was great, and there are many many more photos to come. favorite quote of the day: Oscar, "awww Leah could be a mother." This comment came as a surprise to both of us.
This was my second time at this particular boys and girls club, both for photo reasons, but this one was far more fun, even if i was mainly creepy around in the background. it was a beautiful day, and the first time i've gotten to wear flip flops this spring. (can it technically be "spring" if there's snow on the ground?)
anyway, great experience, first time i've taken a stab at shooting something in a more journalistic kind of way. i can see why people love autofocus so much now, but in all actuality i had a harder time hitting the shutter before a bike rolled off or the kids walked away then keeping things in focus the whole time.
thank you oscar.