Carnival (of Souls)

So, what follows is my entry in the Instapundit-sponsored Carnival of Digital Cameras.  It's the first weblog-carnival I've attempted to participate in, and I hope the format is correct.  In any case, all of the following photographs were taken with a Polaroid iZone 300.  It's a 3.2 megapixel cheapie you can pick up at Target, &c.  Its charming appearance pretty well exhausts its merits.  Still, I found that sufficient to purchase it.  Should you choose to buy one, expect unpredictable exposures, an inordinately long "shutter" speed, iffy focus, and a tendency to either blow out or underexpose anything not 5-8 feet from the flash.  Shoot, that sounds pretty negative.  Um, it really is a fun little camera, don't get me wrong.  Anyway, this is a selection of some of the better photos I've taken with it in the last six weeks.  I've kept the captions short.  Hope the photos are of interest.

My girlfriend Carrie Deming took this picture of me in the early evening, shortly after I had three wisdom teeth removed.

Carrie's friend Tracy Eisenhower with cigarette and coffee, on her way to work at King Solomon's Reef, my favorite greasy spoon diner in downtown Olympia, Washington.

Carrie drinking a truly execrable cup of coffee in the Eastern Bakery, the "oldest Chinese bakery in San Francisco."  I'm not sure I like their lotus cakes as much as President Clinton professed to.  But still, they're pretty good.

Carrie throws a strike at Westside Lanes in Olympia.

Carrie waits for her slice at Old School Pizzeria in downtown Olympia.

Carrie skipping stones at Barefoot Park on Puget Sound, northeast of Olympia.

Carrie talking to her friend Matt at Dumpster Values, an excellent and very inexpensive vintage clothing store in downtown Olympia, above which Carrie has an art studio.

My brother, Michael Frye, hiding behind a floral centerpiece from Aaron Faust's post-wedding party.

Here's Justin, bustling about the kitchen.  He's a sous-chef at The Mark, the swanky restaurant & bar in downtown Olympia where Carrie's a server.  You can spy her in the background, also hard at work.

Carrie, experimenting with optics at Galapagos Art Space (and bar) in Brooklyn, on the owner Robert Elmes's birthday.

Me in Carrie's studio, killing time as she tidies up.

Josh, one of my co-clerks from the Temple of Justice (i.e. the Washington Supreme Court), playing "shuffleboard" at the Brotherhood in downtown Olympia.  He works for Justice Owens, I work for Justice Sanders.

On a chilly winter afternoon Carrie and I took a fieldtrip to the Asian grocery on the Westside.  She got a box of Pocky, and I got ginger candies.  My favorite.

Carrie took this photo through the peephole of our apartment, anticipating an unwelcome visit from the landlady.