Mexico continues to find new and exciting ways to have flowers on trees.

Daniel Agee

I've been trying to photograph this truck for a few months now. They always place a traffic cone behind their back tailgate and it always ruins my normal shot for a dope car. It's a diagonal street, so the position of the sun is off for catching morning light on it.

Got something I don't hate here? Yes. Got something I love? No.

I don't actually like cars. Like, in real life. I do not care about cars. They take up way too much space. They're torching the planet. Our lives are measurably better without cars.

But lemme take a picture of all of them before we take 'em to the recycling plant.

We've reached the "identifying with empty and semi-broken public phone" phase of the pandemic.

Remind me to tell you the story about being a retired cowboy sometime.

Basically disassociated this week because of, well...

*gestures about*

Which makes taking this photo this morning feel weird. Objectively, my favorite photo I've taken since we moved to Mexico. Maybe I'll feel it later. 

Y'all ever review what you've been photographing regularly and realize you've been creating a bunch around a theme?

Hello, it is me with shadows and the colors green and yellow. 

Everything feels inadequate for describing exactly how hopeless and full of rage I feel over the failed state that is America. So, I guess here's a photo of a yellow leaf? I am going to return to screaming into a pillow.

Good morning from the weird morning light in our yard and my inability to take a photo.

You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

The sensor on the Q2 is bananas. I took this snapshot walking home from the taqueria the other day because I liked the yellow lights, green stripes, and how they showed up together in the logo and color of the hedge.

The framing was shit because I was lazy. Whoops. BUT. Then I could just... crop it and make it better? And still have a massive, detailed image??

"Let's build the photo community we've always wanted. I'm sure there will be time to use it, you know?"

On our way home from the coast, we stopped in a little town in the middle of nowhere on top of a mountain that just happened to have the best Asian food I've had in years. It had a nice little view from the patio too.

OKAY, so here's an oldie. Shutter time just under 19 minutes. The Canon 30D absolutely couldn't handle this shit and it's a noisy mess.

Because of multiple hard drive failures over the years, I only have the .jpg file. I was able to clean it up a bit in Lightroom and convert to B&W.

But I was like 19, so what you can do?

Just digging through the archives. Not posting this for any reason. It definitely wouldn't be a hint about April's Monthly Category. Nope, absolutely not.

📍Little Crater Lake, Oregon

Okay, that's it, all done, no more vacation photos.

April's Monthly Category is going to be VACATION. Sorry, I make the rules.

Today in "Daniel should not have been standing where he was for a photo."

A mere moment before I was very glad to have a weatherproof camera.

Okay, so, I was trying to actually get Pansexual lighting to match my vibe. But I clipped my elbow and whoops.

So enjoy this outtake, I guess?

Hi, I'm not straight. Could you tell? No? HOW ABOUT NOW?

I don't think I'm a particularly talented photographer. Like, do I take a nice photo? Yes. Am I wonderful? Also yes. Am I a wonderful photographer? Eh, not so much.

I am, however, a very patient photographer. I'll return to the same spot, the same photo, over and over until the light is right. Until that person walks by. Early morning, mid-afternoon, dusk. Until I realize I need to drop down a foot, or three feet, or an inch. 

Until a newly washed white car parks in front of the door so the sunlight is reflected off the car and hits the locks on the door.

Our driveway is, uh, pretty bananas at the moment.

Rude of me to show you the shadows of the very large flower tree. Guess you gotta come see the real thing in person. I don't make the rules.

Okay, last one of the snowy car. I promise.

Love to take a picture out the window of the plane 10 hours after the original takeoff time.

"I'm gonna take so many photos in the snow!" Reader, I did not. 

Windchill will get you down every time.

I wish whoever was in charge of Glass would hurry up and make multiple photos per post a thing. Give us photo series!

Oh, shit, hang on.

Experienced a 97 degree temperature swing the other day. Can't say I recommend it.

When you’re trying to take a product shot, but it’s almost dinner time. 

Fun fact — I didn't like the photos I took yesterday for today's iPad launch. So I took them again. This morning. 15 minutes before we launched. 🙃😂

The car that was making this wonderful reflection? A terrible thumb of a sedan. 

One day, I will be brave enough to own a motorcycle. Or at least paint my front door blue. Who can say which.

Flying out of Mexico City yesterday was nice. 

After a couple days away, heading back home to Mexico today. Ready for sunshine and colors that aren’t on a billboard.


I’m guessing the side door doesn’t get used often.

Hey, no parking, okay? We mean it. You can tell, because of the signs.

I did not get the exposure right and I'll probably stop along my walk to lunch to try and take this photo again. But until then, I'll love this little over-exposured buddy.

🦋

Get it? It’s a blue bug? Okay. I’ll see myself out. 

Been taking a couple of photos each day while on my short walk to lunch. It’s been a nice reprieve from, well, everything. 

Mexico is endlessly photogenic and it kinda feels like cheating. 

Thinking of buying a bug. Gotta do it, right?