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Shots from Neosho, MO. Family reunion 2012.

rbanks — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 18:54:25 +0000

I’m still adding to this set, but here’s a set of photos from this year’s Peter’s Family Reunion.

Shots from Venice

rbanks — Tue, 10 May 2011 21:46:12 +0000

One Letter in Politics

rbanks — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:07:33 +0000

I started a group on Flickr in 2005 called One Letter which is a place where people can post their photos of single lessons. These are shots from signs, the sides of buildings and so on. It feels like a long time since I set it up, and I haven’t posted anything to it in an age, but it’s run by a great photographer, Leo Reynolds, who keeps it ticking over. Now it has 2,500 members and 27,000 photos posted. There are some great letters, like these 1,700 “S”s:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/27034531@N00/pool/tags/s/

The cool things about the group is that you can make sentences with the letters. Leo noticed that this had been picked up on by a certain national leader for a political effort of his:

I THINK this is cool. As long as they use the letters with the right Creative Commons rights…

Favorites of 2010

rbanks — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 22:29:10 +0000

A new year, so time to go through the 4,400 shots I’ve taken this year to pick out my favorites. I was surprised to see that this is the 7th year I’ve done this. 44 images this year, which is pretty much in line with last year’s 42 images + 1 video. It’s a totally random process. I’ve felt a little flat about how focused I’ve been on this activity, despite the new camera I mentioned (and still love) last year. So I’m happy to find that I like the results. Lots more people than normal, and a few shots that are a little more “snappy” than I’d like, but I’m quite pleased.

Here’s the slideshow…

Monaco

rbanks — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 20:48:45 +0000

Here are my shots from our recent, very excellent, trip to Monaco. Highlights included jogging around the F1 loop, watching fireworks through the open ceiling at the Monaco Sporting Club, touring the roads towards Italy in a red Fiat C500 and hiking up to Roquebrune. Amazing. All thanks to Shannon’s bit of award winning.

Maddie learns to ride

rbanks — Sat, 01 May 2010 21:12:09 +0000

Maddie took off on her bicycle this week. She used a balance bike for quite a few months, to the point where she could coast along on it for a long way with her feet off the ground. Then two goes on her new bike, without stabilizers, and she told me to “let go” and off she went.

Favourites of 2009

rbanks — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:05:30 +0000

I’ve added my 2009 Favourite Photos to my collection of Favourites on Flickr. Not a bad year. 42 shots, just like last year, and I’m pretty pleased with the quality and diversity. No night shots, though. I’d like to rectify that this year. I have it down on my list of things to do on 43 Things. I feel quite optimistic about my photography in 2010 now that I’ve bought my GF1.

A certain family resemblance

rbanks — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:08:02 +0000

I’ve shot some Christmas family portraits with that same pair of “strange” glasses that I used last year. Does that make it a tradition?

Here are the rest of my shots from this year’s holiday, FWIW.

Peters family chaos panorama

rbanks — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:19:39 +0000

Sent from my phone

Peters family chaos panorama by rbanks.

The Lookout

rbanks — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:30:25 +0000

I’m really enjoying QuadCamera on the iPhone. Lovely, spontaneous shots.

The Lookout by rbanks.