It’s springtime in Lawrence, KS. I just can’t keep myself from taking photos of all the beautiful trees. Here are some photos I’ve taken recently:
Tag Archives: Lawrence
Photos from Clinton Lake
Lawrence, KS Photobook: Harbour Lights
Photos of Lawrence, KS during the snowstorm (2.4.2014)
Lawrence, KS Photobook: Mass. St.
Photos of Lawrence, KS in the Snow
Behind the Scenes of a Student Film
Recently, I was asked by my friend Erin Jackman to play the role of a defense attorney in a short she’s producing for one of her classes at KU called THE JUDGEMENT, a movie about a judge whose drug-dealing past comes back to haunt him in the middle of a trial. The role has no speaking lines (aside from one that was a last-minute decision in the second scene I’m in), so three days was plenty of time to prepare for the performance. As it is with any shoot, there’s a lot of sitting around waiting for camera, light, and sound set up, but this gave me the opportunity to take some photos of the production crew at work.
Overall, the movie was shot in several locations, but I only appear in two of them.
A courtroom in the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office just off 11th and Mass. where the trial happens. Here the crew is setting up shots, first of the judge, then of the defendant’s reaction to the acquittal:
A hallway in Strong Hall on campus at KU, where the judge is presented incriminating evidence of his sordid past by his lovely secretary. Here, the crew is discussing where to set up, prepping for a dolly shot, adjusting lighting, then recording the secretary walking in high heels for use in sound production:
THE JUDGEMENT:
The crew:
Director: Jordan Marable
DP (camera): Blaine Mulholland
First Asst. Camera/Sound: Alaine Caudle
Lighting/Sound: Grant Zizzo
Editor/Boom: Zach Clossin
Key Swing: Annie Drape
The cast:
The Judge/The Rider: Nick Lazer
Ranger: Evan Jackman
Defense: Joseph Griffin
The Convict: Phil Jones
Drug Dealer: Aaron Marable
Secretary: Katie Wade
Photos of Coffee
“They say in the spring a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of love. Perhaps if he has enough time left over, his fancy can even make room for a cup of coffee.” –Richard Brautigan, “Coffee”
People on Instagram take photos of a great many things. Some people take selfies, some people love airplane wings and seem to book flights just to take photos of them, some people take photos of lovely sunsets or streams flowing through wooded areas you could look at forever, some people are fascinated by manicured elaborately painted fingernails or beauty products, some people endlessly take photos of food so they can relive every meal and savor the memory. Looking through my Instagram account, I don’t take many photos of food, but I can’t help but notice several photos of coffee. I decided to compile my favorites here.
This is from La Prima Tazza several months ago. One of my favorite coffee shops in Lawrence, KS.
This summer I enjoyed this cup of coffee from The Merc at Centennial Park just off 9th and Iowa.
A cup of coffee after breakfast at Milton’s is the perfect start to your day.
Coffee at The Bourgeois Pig. Watching the world go by.
Reading over a cup of coffee at Aimee’s.
Late-night coffee at my apartment after drinking too much at The Replay.
A coffee from Starbucks at Target I drank myself but which was a virtual Instagram coffee I bought for my friend Miljana.
Coffee from Parisi at Union Station in Kansas City.
Just wanted to show off my cool Wonder Woman mug.
The Bourgeois Pig again. This time with a real mug rather than a to go cup.
There’s nothing like a hot cup of coffee on a cold November day. At La Prima Tazza.
Kansas Photobook: Trees in Autumn
I love going for walks on the weekends, when I don’t have to be cooped up behind a desk all day. And, although this weekend was too cold to spend much time outside, I did have the opportunity to look over a number of photos I’ve taken over the last couple of months. I found myself particularly drawn to several shots of trees, which tell the story of the changing seasons. Here are some of my favorites.
From the Wetlands south of Lawrence, KS, October 25, 2013:
From Clinton Lake, November 1, 2013:
Just off of 9th St., Lawrence, KS, November 1, 2013:
In the country, south of Lawrence, KS, November 9, 2013:
Near Watkins Museum, 11th and Mass., Lawrence, KS, November 15, 2013:
In front of the Carnegie Building, 9th and Vermont, Lawrence, KS, November 15th, 2013:
Images from The Graffiti Room at The Java Break
If you’re at a loss for things to do in Lawrence, KS, the default options are to either go to a bar or to a coffee shop. For the indecisive, there are a couple of combination bar/coffee shops, like Henry’s and The Bourgeios Pig. However, for those who like to do one thing at a time, keeping your bar life and coffee shop life separate, there’s The Java Break, the only coffee shop in town open 24 hours a day. The 24/7 business model allows people to either spend endless hours at a coffee shop instead of a bar; or to get a cup of coffee and then go to a bar; or to go to a bar and then get a cup of coffee after the bars close at 2 a.m.; or to get a cup of coffee, go to a bar, then get a cup of coffee after leaving the bar. It’s a system that works.
Writers face similar challenges. Write at a bar? Write at a coffee shop? Which to choose? While some people write in notebooks or on laptop computers, other people take to writing on walls and tables with felt-tipped pens and permanent markers. Perhaps this is a way of getting exposure for their work, similar to keeping a blog; I don’t know. But there is a room at The Java Break dedicated to those people who can’t stand being confined to the traditional page and who just have to get their work out there somehow.
If ever you happen to go to The Java Break, be sure to go into the Graffiti Room and read the walls, because, as one graffiti-ist put it, “Earth without art is just ‘eh.’”
Here are some other memorable works: