Happy Beaver Arrives In Southern Norway!

I just got some new pictures from one of my Flickr friends, anotherme's stuff. They're gorgeous! I was tempted to change one to a black and white shot to see if I could make it look like a still from a Bergman film. If you'd like to see more, click here!

Happy Beaver Arrives In Moscow!

My buddy Sergey took a bunch of cool shots of my Happy Beaver toy out and about the downtown area. You can see the rest of them here. Of course, I'll be snagging them for my own Flickr account soon, too! Enjoy.

Photo by Sergey Safonov.

I'm Back!

I was on a train trip over the weekend - a group of us took a private car from Emeryville, CA to Sparks, NV. We've done it (roughly) once a year for twelve years, and this was the last public excursion. It's always a great time to socialize, see old friends and make new ones.

Roger Colton (the event organizer) suggested throwing a Happy Beaver toy in the mix, and I jumped at the opportunity for pictures in a different locale!

Roger shot this one for me as we slowly made our way up into the mountains. It was really beautiful there, so I tried to take a lot of cool shots in the hopes that some would come out decently (I was using Anita's camera, so my technical confidence wasn't very high). More pics to come soon!

PS - I was in LA on a business trip today, compounding the blogging gap. Sorry for the all the radio silence!

PPS - I didn't take the train picture - Ryan Martin (one of Ken and Roger's fellow rail fans) did. I wasn't heavily dressed enough to perch out in the snow like that!

Happy Beaver In Toronto!

Here's a shot in Toronto's Yonge station during the morning rush. Enjoy!
Thanks to Neil LaPointe for the photo.

Olympus C-3040 - R.I.P.?

My digital camera really started giving my guff this morning - I can't reload the memory card without getting error messages. I was getting infrequent ones before, but now it just won't load properly no matter how hard I try.

I've ordered a new memory card in the hopes that the card is the problem and not the camera. I think the set-up's at least six or seven years old, so maybe its time has come. Hopefully not, because I really like shooting with it - I know its quirks and how to get good pictures out of it.

I shot a few new toy photos yesterday, but until the new card arrives, that'll be it for a while. Stay tuned!

UPDATE (1/3/08): Still no memory card. I called the place in New York where I ordered the replacement (there wasn't a phone number on the website - I had to track it down through information... uh oh), and was informed that they no longer had it in stock. They'd sent me an e-mail, apparently, but I never got it.

So I found another website (memorysuppliers.com), and called before ordering to make sure that they had the card in stock. They didn't, but I was assured that the Samsung card would work just as well. Okay...so I ordered it. I doubt I'll get it before the break ends, but hopefully I'll at least get this one!

So...add Soho Electronics to your list with Toy Tokyo on it - the one of companies that you call before ordering anything, because they don't update their websites very well.

"Happy Beaver" In Texas!

Happy Beaver is hanging out with the statue of Stevie Ray Vaughan, down on Town Lake! You can see the tallest building in Austin (the Frost Bank building) in the background to the right.

Thanks to Frank Tang for the latest photo!

Another Write-Up!

Another mention of my toy photography, this time at a blog called Computerlove. The poster (Alberto Cerriteno) illustrated it nicely with a sampling of my photos. Take a look!