All Eyes And Ears

My photo and music blog, now in its third incarnation since it started in 2006. First Blogger, then Wordpress, now Tumblr.

I am a hobbyist photographer, based in Columbus, Ohio. I love music, all different kinds, but mostly classic rock and jazz. I love design and art and Ohio and England and food and science fiction and all sorts of things, but mostly only take pictures of things in Ohio.

Don’t Know What These Are Either

But they were pretty too.

Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Aperture: f/4
Exposure: 1/250th
Focal Length: 78mm

Untitled

Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Aperture: f/8
Exposure: 1/100th
Focal Length: 67mm

I’ve No Idea

What they are, or kind of of shrub this is. Just loved the autumn colored seeds.

Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/125th
Focal Length: 78mm

Autumn 2012

Just thought it was a beautifully colorful picture of my neighborhood.

Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Aperture: f/7.1
Exposure: 1/640th
Focal Length: 78mm

Pumpkin Tea

Happy All Saint’s Day.

In a few weeks, I’ll be going back and removing all the Halloween posts that aren’t music or my photos, so reblog now if you want them.

Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure: 1/125th
Focal Length: 78mm

This Light Is Already Fading

Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Aperture: f/1.8
Exposure: 1/30th
Focal Length: 78mm

Autumn in Inniswood Metro Gardens

Westerville, Ohio

Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Aperture: f/8
Exposure: 1/1000th
Focal Length: 78mm

Decor Ideas

Original Post Date: OCTOBER 17, 2011

I’ve seen a few cute ideas for more subtle Halloween decorating ideas around lately, primarily through Pinterest, and thought I’d give them a try this year. I like the look of them so I thought I’d share.

I used hurricane jars for these, but any suitably large glass vase will do, and you can find a large selection of them in pretty much any thrift store.

The first is simply filling a jar up a little ways with Halloween candy – I used candy corn, obviously; I think the seasonal candies like this or mallowcreme pumpkins look good – and popping some candles into the candy. I think it looks a little better if the candles stand at varying heights, but you can do anything you like with it. You can use pillars, votives, anything really.

The other idea is to collect some twigs and sticks and pop them into a vase with some miniature pumpkins. I have a horror of bugs, so I rinsed the twigs first, but I might be a little OCD.

These are something a little different from my usual decorations, and a change is nice once in a while.

Farm Market

Original Post Date: SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Lynd Fruit Farm

Pataskala, Ohio

Lynd Fruit Farm

Original Post Date: NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Bless ‘em, they never seem to care who’s wandering around taking pictures of their food.

The Last of the Leaves

Original Post Date: NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Brown

Original Post Date: JUNE 20, 2010

It’s funny, I don’t feel the need to apologize when I shoot building after building. Just when I shoot flower after flower or grave after grave.

Pink

Original Post Date: NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Back to the sunshine … for as long as it lasts. In Ohio, that won’t likely be long. At least there’s been some rain lately as a consolation for the chill. This fine, sunny November morning, it is 40 degrees.

Frankenstein

Original Post Date: OCTOBER 29, 2009

West Lawn Cemetery
Canton, Ohio

This one has been posted around Tumblr before, back in 2009. I was so proud! Still am. Just imagine my face, as I was driving through the cemetery and saw this. :D

Pumpkins

Original Post Date: OCTOBER 24, 2009

Circleville Pumpkin Show
Circleville, Ohio