Special K: A Photo Blog

November 22, 2012

Keys of Life

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 2:15 AM No comments:

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Labels: Music, Noisy

The Back Way

Posted by Kris Crocker at 12:30 AM No comments:

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Labels: At Work, Clouds, Sweet Sky

November 15, 2012

Shoes and Buttons

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 1:57 AM No comments:

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Labels: Shoes

Tropical Depression

Posted by Kris Crocker at 1:30 AM No comments:

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Labels: Decay, Landmark, Misery

November 8, 2012

The Deeper We Go

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 11:44 PM 1 comment:

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Labels: Cave, Soo Choi, Stripes, Vignette

Frosted Cookie Perfection

Posted by Kris Crocker at 12:30 AM No comments:

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Labels: Baked Goods, My Favorite Things

November 1, 2012

El Sol

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 3:06 PM No comments:

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Labels: Clouds, Sol, Spokane, Weather

Wheely Unattractive Fence: kxly Neighbor #4

Posted by Kris Crocker at 12:30 AM No comments:

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Labels: Decay, kxly4 Neighbors

October 25, 2012

Inappropriate Places for Warren Zevon LPs #5 -or- "Looks Like Another Threat To World Peace"

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 1:07 AM No comments:

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Labels: Fall, Music, Vinyl, Warren Zevon lp's

Doughnuts: They WILL Make You Fat

Posted by Kris Crocker at 1:00 AM No comments:

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Labels: Food, My Favorite Things, Stuff Homer Simpson Eats

October 18, 2012

Trains Stacked In The Night

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 9:56 PM No comments:

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Labels: America, Blurry Trains, Night

Pretty Little Fall Football Players

Posted by Kris Crocker at 1:00 AM No comments:

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Labels: Dani, Gabby, Leaves, Outdoors

October 11, 2012

Backhoe Of My Eye

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 3:14 PM 1 comment:

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Labels: America, Vintage

Hammy's Senior Portrait

Posted by Kris Crocker at 1:00 AM 1 comment:

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Labels: Big Dog, Hammy, Outdoors

October 4, 2012

Sweet And Salty

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 3:10 PM No comments:

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Labels: Candy, Decay, Fish

Just Sweet

Posted by Kris Crocker at 1:00 AM No comments:

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Labels: Dani

September 27, 2012

Mom's Secret Cafe

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 3:07 PM No comments:

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Labels: Beach, Restaurant

Dad's Sacred Barometer

Posted by Kris Crocker at 1:00 AM No comments:

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Labels: My Favorite Things, Renaissance Man, Vintage

September 20, 2012

Soo, The Buddha

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 3:03 PM No comments:

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Labels: Buddhism, Rocks, Soo Choi, Stacking

Derby Eyes

Posted by Kris Crocker at 1:00 AM No comments:

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Labels: Alter-Ego, Kris, Narcissism, Walk Like an Egyptian

September 13, 2012

Sunset, Beach, And Beer: The Holy Trinity

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 2:59 PM No comments:

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Labels: Beach, Sunset

Twilight on the Midway

Posted by Kris Crocker at 1:00 AM No comments:

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Labels: Dani, Gabby, Sweet Sky

September 6, 2012

Moldy In Seattle

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 2:57 PM No comments:

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Labels: Anarchy, At Bumbershoot, Seattle

Right Before Mom Barfed...

Posted by Kris Crocker at 1:00 AM No comments:

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Labels: Dani, Gabby

August 30, 2012

The Yellow Sea

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 2:55 PM No comments:

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Labels: America, Baseball, Moses Didn't Part This One, Seattle

Tiny, Trippy Monkey

Posted by Kris Crocker at 1:00 AM No comments:

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Labels: Idaho Falls Zoo, Monkey, Surrealism

August 23, 2012

Pure Perfection

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 8:48 PM No comments:

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Labels: America, Baseball, Felix, Perfection

I Dislike You So Much, but I Can't Stay Away

Posted by Kris Crocker at 7:27 PM No comments:

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Labels: Misery

August 16, 2012

Time To Pack Up And Move On

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 7:45 PM No comments:

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Labels: America, Car, Mustang, Narcissism

Whatever

Posted by Kris Crocker at 5:58 PM No comments:

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Labels: Misery

August 9, 2012

Nothing To Say

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 7:42 PM No comments:

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Labels: America, At Work, Jonathan Tilley

Ebony and Ivory

Posted by Kris Crocker at 6:49 AM No comments:

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Labels: Dani, Gabby, Kris' House, Titles That Reference Music

August 2, 2012

Wait, What Did You Say?

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 2:29 PM No comments:

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Labels: At Work, Cake

This WAS Your Chair

Posted by Kris Crocker at 1:00 AM No comments:

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Labels: Big Dog, Hammy, Kris' House, Leonberger

July 26, 2012

Getting Some Real Work Done

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 7:23 PM No comments:

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Labels: Hot, Pool

Cat Nap

Posted by Kris Crocker at 6:42 PM No comments:

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Labels: Bed, Bob, Cat, Kris' House, Nudity

July 19, 2012

The Way It Used To Be

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 7:17 PM No comments:

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Labels: Decay, Noisy, Vintage

Frosted Sugar Cookie

Posted by Kris Crocker at 6:48 PM No comments:

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Labels: Baked Goods, Coffee Shop, My Favorite Things, Sprinkles

July 12, 2012

You spin the sun around/And the stars will all come out

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 7:13 PM No comments:

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Labels: America, Foo Fighters, Music, Titles That Reference Music, Vinyl

Successful Chase Down

Posted by Kris Crocker at 6:56 PM No comments:

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Labels: America, Dani, Gabby, Ice Cream, Sophie

July 5, 2012

Staying Cool While Doing Nothing

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 6:00 PM No comments:

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Labels: America, At Work, Hot

Searching for Treebeard

Posted by Kris Crocker at 12:30 AM No comments:

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Labels: Kris' House, Trees

June 21, 2012

Zee Germans!

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 11:47 PM No comments:

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Labels: Car, Diesel, Mercedes, Titles That Reference Cinema, Vintage

Sophie Steals Third

Posted by Kris Crocker at 11:29 AM No comments:

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Labels: My Sunshine, Softball, Sophie, Sports

June 14, 2012

"Back to work, assholes. We're making rock history here."

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 11:44 PM No comments:

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Labels: Beer, Bryan Albrandt, Monte Carlo, Music, Rock and Roll, Titles That Reference Television, Zach Wirchak

Golfing into the Sunset

Posted by Kris Crocker at 9:59 PM No comments:

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Labels: Golf, My Favorite Things, My Sunshine, Outdoors, Sophie

June 7, 2012

"... And then one day, BAM, you fall in love..."

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 3:28 PM No comments:

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Labels: Beer

Tibetan Prayer Kitty

Posted by Kris Crocker at 11:35 AM No comments:

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Labels: Browne's Addition, Decay, Random Cat

May 31, 2012

Mine, All Mine.

Posted by Kellen Harrel at 11:05 PM No comments:

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Labels: America, Foo Fighters, Music, Narcissism, Vinyl

Rhododendron Ponticum

Posted by Kris Crocker at 10:23 PM No comments:

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Labels: Flower, Kris' House, My Favorite Things

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The "Big Idea"

Modern images are shot at paces unimaginable to the early photographer. Different, too, is the massive body of work hidden in the hard drives and private flickr accounts of the modern photographer. The 8X10 negatives shot for portraits of Civil War veterans, families, and images of the recently deceased had a purpose, a direct need. Lost is the art of displaying one's work. This blog does almost nothing to correct that, but it is a start.

Once a week we'll post an image each. We might even get better, too.

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Ira Glass On Taste

“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.”