Posted by Jim at May 13th, 2004

The owner of the domain that allows me space to blog has a project called Crapshoot. It basically amounts to taking lots of pictures with small, cheap, digital cameras and posting the pictures you like.

I, unfortunately, don’t have a cheap digital camera. This is largely because I really want to buy a massively expensive digital camera, but, can’t yet afford it. The cameras I like range in price from around $800 to $2000–I won’t be buying one soon.

The reason for this is that I really don’t want to buy anything with less flexibility than the 35mm I’m using now (a Pentax K1000). Admittedly, the K1000 is old and not the best camera out there, but it is totally manual and forces a person to learn the basics of taking pictures (something I’m interested in).

Though you’ll find little evidence that I know the basics of taking pictures, I do have some pictures online. These pictures are actually semi-official organizational records of events.

Thus, if you feel the urge, you can check out my pictures from:

Summit on Racism 2004 and
Hunger Walk 2004

Summit on Racism is GRACE’s attempt to help the Grand Rapids community to take action on racial issues. Hunger Walk is GRACE’s annual fundraiser for local food pantries and international agencies that fight hunger.