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rion.nu http://rion.nu/ en-us Copyright 2013 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:15:34 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification it's windy on top of this particular hill in berkeley

]]>On August 25, 2004, I posted photos of "massive, magical octopus kites on a beautiful day in Cesar Chavez Park at the Berkeley Marina." Little did I know that seven summers later, I would be living close enough to make a day of it.

Above, crowds at the Berkeley Kite Fest, which continues tomorrow (Sunday) if you also live in the area. Previous UK-based kites here and here. Plus a polaroid, instagrammed from today...
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]]>Two years ago in slightly different weather.
]]> http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001543.php http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001543.php california nature san francisco sigma 18-50mm F2.8 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:54:47 -0500 slowly settling into the new life in oakland

]]>Blue and pink pastels seem to fit this town... must be something influential in the bay area sunsets. A handful of more overt color sets from overseas here, here and here.
]]> http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001542.php http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001542.php buildings california oakland sigma 18-50mm F2.8 Tue, 31 May 2011 23:34:19 -0500 from a side window of the king george hotel

]]>Elsewhere: Mrs. Robinson's Stretching Session by Guia Besana, and photographers shooting + talking at Shooting Gallery, including Henri Cartier-Bresson.
]]> http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001541.php http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001541.php san francisco sigma 18-50mm F2.8 Wed, 25 May 2011 19:26:29 -0500 two singular mustangs on the streets of oakland

]]>Very happy to have been included over at Champalicious, Heather's new project: One Two Three: Rion Nakaya.
]]> http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001540.php http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001540.php california oakland sigma 18-50mm F2.8 Thu, 12 May 2011 04:02:36 -0500 quiet endeavors in the sunlight of the city

]]>Above, on the east side of San Francisco. Elsewhere: Wind. Also, found via Stellar.io: Wedding Day, Booth, Sidewalk Playground, and this moment...

]]> http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001539.php http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001539.php california san francisco sigma 18-50mm F2.8 Sat, 07 May 2011 23:11:51 -0500 making notes and leaving clues along the way

]]>Have not yet had much time for photo-taking in this new city... Mommyhood, after all. (And before all, too.)

]]> http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001538.php http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001538.php personal Tue, 03 May 2011 13:42:46 -0500 the house is still as dusk falls to night

]]>Still posting photos that I like and/or wish I had taken to rion.tumblr.com...

]]> http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001537.php http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001537.php oakland sigma 18-50mm F2.8 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 01:50:01 -0500 standing in the uninterrupted sun of north oakland

]]>Above, in Temescal district of North Oakland.

Recently tweeted: Downtown Corrida by Alban Lecuyer, Maira Kalman at the Jewish Museum by Martine Fougeron, and Scraper Bikes in East Oakland by Matthew Reamer.

]]> http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001536.php http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001536.php california oakland sigma 18-50mm F2.8 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:24:06 -0500 after the finish line at the oakland running festival

]]>Shaking the dust off. Spent Sunday talking with and taking photos of over 50 finishers at the Oakland Running Festival. Just a few above...

I have been enjoying quite a few photography links via my Twitter photo list... just tonight:
Lynsey Addario's LENS post regarding her warzone work and being detained in Libya, which led me to Maternal Mortality on her site, Regarding Parachute Journalism by Andrew Burton, via The Click, and finally, Problems in Street Photography by Jake Dobkin.

Also still thinking about these two projects: American Power by Mitch Epstein and The Julie Project by Darcy Padilla.

]]> http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001535.php http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001535.php california events oakland portraits sigma 18-50mm F2.8 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:33:03 -0500 unusual accoutrements at the california academy of sciences

]]>It's raining in the Bay Area (with only trace amounts of radiation), so why not head to a museum? Above, the California Academy of Sciences.

I haven't posted these as quickly as I might of otherwise due to the recent quake/tsunami/nuclear threat that's been happening in Japan, one of my absolute favorite places to take photographs. It's been just heartbreaking to witness the aftermath.

From this site, a few previous posts from Japan here, here, and here. (All of them are here.) If you love photographs of Japan, too, and want to donate to the Japan Society's Earthquake Relief Fund, you can buy a print by my friend Joe Holmes, or a print by Emily Shur, at 20x200. Also, check out Emily's series, Shizenkan.

Finally, though I'm ramping up toward posting new photos regularly, you can find me on Twitter between posts.

]]> http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001534.php http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001534.php california nature sigma 18-50mm F2.8 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:21:21 -0500 after a five month hiatus: starting up the engines...

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]]>International moves are challenging and draining... this was my third in five years. And just like my last two international moves, it sort of stalls the photoblog for a bit. Though I chronicled our transition on Flickr some, it's been silent here. In fact, in two days, it would have been five months since I posted on this site. Too long.

Today also happens to be day that my second kiddo, Clementine (seen above with her Dad), will be three months old. So it seemed like a good day to start posting again. If you happen to be reading this, perhaps via RSS or Twitter, thanks for sticking with me.

Above, a very brief summary of our last few weeks in California, post-move/post-baby. We are now settled in Oakland and are enjoying it, Berkeley, San Francisco, and the surrounding areas thus far. Now to get myself out shooting...

]]> http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001533.php http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001533.php california personal Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:40:43 -0500 reflecting on twenty one months in england

]]>For 10-10-10, the last post from living in London... more of our daily life in the UK recorded in my collections on Flickr. Previously on this site (and both in black and white): leaving Paris and leaving New York.

]]> http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001532.php http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001532.php 85mm f1.8 lens europe friends & family london nature sigma 18-50mm F2.8 Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:57:53 -0500 preoccupied in the center of bustling london

]]> http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001531.php http://rion.nu/v5/archive/001531.php 85mm f1.8 lens europe london Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:17:42 -0500 internal dialogues in the streets across london

]]>Wrapping up the remaining photos of my London catalog... just a few posts left. Above, one from the rainy streets of Shoreditch, a shot from one of my favorite photo haunts: the Ridley Road street market, one from St. Pancras, and two shots from Camden.

More black and white photos on this site.

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