Author: Leslie

  • Seto-Ohashi Bridge – Lights On!

    Every Saturday night (as well as during some special times of the year) the lights on the Seto-Ohashi Bridge are turned on.  I finally decided the other night to make the bike/hike up to Washuzan Mountain to take some photos.  Pretty pleased with the way this one turned out.            …

  • Yours Truly

    Took this photo tonight while out doing some photography of the Seto-Ohashi Bridge at sunset.  It was actually quite the challenge to get from the camera to the ledge in time without falling to my demise.               By the way – stay tuned for some of the photos I…

  • Tree Sketch

    I did this the other day while drawing with the kids at the school where I work.  I was kind of trying a new style of tree than I normally draw, and working a little bit more on getting some details just using shading and such with the pencil.  I like the way it turned…

  • Top 5 Sporting Events

    Sports are one of those amazing institutions of man that can divide like no other.  People not only disagree over what team to support, but they even disagree over the value of certain sports (for example, try telling a die-hard NASCAR fan that it isn’t a sport!).  I was thinking recently about some of the…

  • Seto Ohashi Bridge & Shimotsui

    Back when the Herrington family was with us, Paul and I went up Washuzan Mountain one evening and Paul was gracious enough to lend me his tripod that night.  Anyway, got this picture that evening and really liked it.  I desperately hope I can go back up there one evening – maybe when the bridge…

  • Bikan Bridge 2.0

    The more I looked at it, the less happy I was with the original picture from the Bikan Quarter I put up here.  So, I did it over, and I think this one looks a bit better.  Hope you think so too!

  • More Bikan District

    Here’s another photo I took from the Bikan District the other day in Kurashiki.  I wish the sky had been prettier, but I like the way everything else turned out really.  Hopefully I’ll get to go back some time before we leave … maybe I need to go very early in the morning (ugh).

  • Chasing Fireflies

    Did this for Illustration Friday.  I don’t totally like the way the silhouette of the girl (who happens to my oldest daughter, Cambria) turned out, but I suppose it’ll do. I did this mostly using Inkscape, but the silhouette of Cambria was done with paper, pen & pencil – then scanned and brought over into…

  • Bikan District

    Went over to Kurashiki City today (actually Kojima is a part of Kurashiki City) and got to do some photography at night in the Bikan District.  Here’s one of the photos I took.  I have several others, but I need time to edit them.  Until then … enjoy!

  • My Quiver of Arrows

    I read an article a couple of months ago about how people with kids just trick themselves into thinking it is worth the stress.  Ignorant. Psalm 127:4-5