The Eighth Rule of Fight Club!

My God! Â How long has it been since I’ve posted to my website? Â I’ve lost track, quite frankly; suffice to say it feels like it’s been a dog’s age. Â No worries; NotoriousBDP is back in black! Â Lot’s has happened since the last post, and I won’t bore folks with details (it’s all good though). Â So, rather than blah, blah, blah, how ’bout I leave you with this tasty bit of photography to bite into from my hangout at the Ratchadamnoen Muay Thai boxing stadium in Bangkok. Â Let’s see if I can make this a regular thing (posting photos that is), huh? Â Can you dig it?

Searchin’ for that train…

I have some great memories from my childhood, many of which seem to become more and more lucid the older I get, and the more I watch my own great kids grow.Â One of my fondest memories was of the Christmas I got my first train set from “Santa” (thanks Mom and Dad; I love you!).Â It was a MÃ¤rklin set, and it included an engine just like this one here, same color even!Â Man I loved that train set, and I played with it day in and day out.Â Heck, I even had a conductors cap and baton I’d wave about while racing that train around the tracks.Â Those memories cam rushing back when I saw this scene the other day, so I was glad I had my little pocket Leica with me to score the brackets needed to create this.Â And, while I did not have my big ol’ Nikon D700 and 24mm PC-E (tilt-shift) lens with me, I knew I’d have no problems getting the “toy” look I was after once I got home to my Mac; once I processed my brackets and got the shot looking the way I wanted, all I had to do was bust out my trusty FocalPoint 2 Software (part of OnOne Software’s Perfect Photo Suite of post-processing goodness) and I was easily able to finish the shot off with a tilt-shift identical to what an expensive tilt-shift lens would give me.Â Sweet!!

BTW, I processed this photograph to the song Train, by 4 Non Blondes.Â Rockin!

Salvador rides again…

What with the beautiful weather we’ve been having of late, I decided to explore Berlin a bit today during my lunch hour.Â Not wanting to drag all my gear about with me, however, I carried only my little pocket Leica and my tripod.Â I have to admit, I do love that little combo for its convenience.Â For today’s explore, I had in mind to shoot this bike, which I had actually found about a week earlier (though I did not have a proper camera and tripod along at the time), so off I went to bring back the brackets.Â What caught my eye about this bike, and the reason I wanted to share it with you, was the Salvador Daliesque look of the thing.Â I still can’t figure out how the wheels warped that way.Â Anyone have a clue?

That Little Red Dot

In my continuing effort to broaden my photographic skill set, I’ve been shooting a little bit of everything, rather than forcing myself to stick with shooting only Urbex.Â Today, I decided to see what I could shoot around the house, and I’ll post some of the shots I’ve come away with here on the blog.Â Just like I spent some time playing with my 50mm lens recently, I chose, this time, to shoot with my 90mm Macro lens.Â This allowed me the chance to look at things much more closely than I usually do, which gave me all sorts of cool ideas.Â Instead of wondering what to shoot, I started to see photographic possibilities in almost everything, from the tip of a knife, to the edges of a flower petal.Â I might even post some of those later today, but for now I’ll leave you with a shot of my favorite pocket camera, my trusty Leica D-Lux 5.

Triangularity

Did I mention how much fun I’ve been having just running and gunning with my fabulous little Leica D-Lux 5?Â Man, what freedom to create one has when not weighed down by a ton of gear.Â Sure, I still love my big guns, but this with my Leica I feel like the light cavalry charging down the hill to smite mine enemy!!Â Here’s a little architectural goodness I shot yesterday morning while in the center of Berlin with my family and close friends.