Pizzaween?

Posted on November 3, 2008

There should be a holiday that you buy lots of pizza to hand out. That way monday morning leftovers at the office would be pizza instead of pounds and pounds of sugar. Don’t get me wrong I like the sharing of candy, but I’d really love a cold or room temp slice of pepperoni right now.

-JG

Hanna For My Birthday

Posted on September 5, 2008

It looks as though she will pass us by, but unfortuneatly there is no definite on that. I am working from home waiting to get the latest update from the office for our Weather Alert web pages. After that I’ll be getting ready to hunker down and prepare a better post if we don’t lose power too early.

All my batteries are charged for the wedding tomorrow. So far they plan on having it if the weather isn’t too bad, so it ought to be interesting.

I know it’s a little late considering today is my birthday, but I thought I would share a few things on my wishlist from thethingsiwant.com. wink wink…boy do I love those D3 cameras wink wink. ;)

I have no clue why y comments don’t work anymore, but am trying to figure that out.

Stay safe kiddos.

-JG

Just for Fun…What’s That?

Posted on August 30, 2008

Of all the artsy fartsy things I could say about my initial attraction to photography, I think it all boiled down to the thought that it was fun. I have so much fun photographing weddings and portraits and even homes or hotels. Recently though I’ve been talking to Jessica, Leigh and Charlie about how I need to get back to taking some photos for myself because it’s fun to do, and helps spice up the walls at home. Well, below are some photos from my mom’s backyard and then some from a trip to hang out with Charlie last night. Sorry there’s so many…make a sandwich while they load. What do you think about the logo band at the bottom verses a border like I have been doing?

Flower

My mom & stepdad planted this apple tree way back when we moved in (early 90’s) and it has only started making apples in the past few years. Neat-o.

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Creepy

There’s a little orange bug in there waving if you look closely.

I have a thing for closeups of plants.

Yet again…

Maybe my favorite from the night.

Spooky dookie.

Everyone loves a gimmick.

Yeah, you’ve seen it before, but it was my turn darnit!

Thanks Charlie…we had a blast.

-JG

Holy Last Year!

Posted on August 27, 2008

So last year I posted here about the trip that Jessica and I took to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. In usual Jebb Graff form, I mentioned how I would post photos soon. Well, I just recently realized I never got around to posting any. Here are some from the trip. I did have around 150, but then thought better of it and decided to post a “handful” of faves. Maybe I’ll make a slideshow with the rest. So here they are with captions and all…ooooooo, ahhhh!

Did I mention that George & Lauren drove up too? They didn’t stay the whole tim, but just long enough for George to show off his hovering skills.

Jessica and I take a self pic on the chair lift.

Insert cliched postcard photo here.

The clouds were doing some funky business on the neighboring mountains and I thought it was photo worthy.

The majority of the week we were there was spent looking at the bears at Ober Gatlinburg. We were also fortunate enough to see some bears in the wild. That was pretty much the coolest.

Dang ole flaming fountain man.

The trees in the park were so tall. It was pretty rainy and muggy for October, but the hike was really nice and quite pretty.

Insert cliche waterfall photo here.

Yup…we like bears alright…we’ll gladly watch you sleep if you happen to be one.

Slope Sans Snow -or- Green Grass Gulch

We climbed in that little blender and took a flight around the mountains. Pretty much the coolest.

Again with the cool. I think helicopters have to be the best machines ever built. My friend Ben agrees and says he will name his child “Laser Helicopter”.

Jessica in her flight mode. She turns into a silhouette in every aircraft. It’s a gift…don’t judge.

Here we are taking another self-shot on a chair lift. Little did she know I had a diamond or two in my pocket.

Following the diamond discovery and proposal it was time or another self pic at a bar where we celebrated our engagement with a cup of coffee.

We got up way too early to go up the parkway to watch the sunrise. While it was pitch black I played with the moon, my tripod and a pen light. It was pretty damn cold out.

Sun is finally starting to light up Gatlinburg with a gorgeous cobalt ceiling.

Yay for tripods and remotes.

Yay for sunrise and Jessicas after pancakes. Yeah…we went up so early for the sunrise that we ended up leaving to go get breakfast and then coming back. It turns out that sunrise in Charleston is a different time than sunrise in the mountains several states away. I’m not always the brightest…sue me.

That’ll do for now.

-JG

Real People

Posted on August 15, 2008

I’ll start by saying it isn’t my style to talk politics and I especially don’t make any habits of debating them. I did want to share this though. A photographer from one of the photography forums I frequent is from Abkhazia and the conflict in Georgia has a real impact on him. Sometimes when I’m listening to NPR or watching the news it’s easy for me to forget that the stories impact real people. Yes, I’m outing myself for having a narrow view sometimes, but it’s the truth. Gray buildings, gray skies, gray streets, gray earth and people in gray clothes that live in a somewhat geographically gray area are hard for me to relate to. Now here’s a guy from a forum that I might otherwise be reading about f-stops or last Saturday’s wedding from, helping me to realize that when countries are attacked…people are attacked. I’m not an idiot. I know people are hurt in wars. It’s just easy to overlook the humanity when it’s often served as something else.

Here’s an excerpt from his post…

I hope everyone has heard about the war in South Ossetia and Georgia. You probably are convinced by what the media reports, in particular that “Russia is the aggressor against innocent Georgia”. Our government is backing Georgia and also telling us about Russia’s aggression. But that is a lie. I have always made fun of the conspiracy theory people, but I find myself in the same position–criticizing the government and sounding crazy. But I cannot keep quite when such an injustice is going on; so please do not take my words as that of a crazy man who hates America–on the contrary, this country has given me many blessings for which I am endlessly thankful; I care about it and am deeply saddened by how effectively the media has fed us propaganda over the last week. Please read the following short account of my story:

He has offered some insight to the other side of the story we haven’t been getting a lot of lately. I’m not saying you have to believe him or the videos, but it seems like it’s worth thinking about. I’m not the first person to beat the dead horse of the “Evil Media”, but some of the things I’ve read and seen lately sure don’t help make a cleaner image.

I’ve turned comments off for this post because, this is just meant to be a “hey look at this” and not a “believe this or you’re dumb” kind of post. Like I said, I don’t argue politics…everyone is free to have their own opinion in this country and I doubt there is anything I can say to make you change your mind. You like tomatoes or you don’t and that’s fine by me. Even if I do think you’re wrong for liking them. :)

-JG

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