Sunday, July 5, 2009 at 1:08PM Photograph ©2009 Alex Suárez. All rights reserved.
Fireworks and bacon, what a great weekend. Who doesn’t love bacon? Even some vegetarian friends of mine get a hankerin’.
Bacon, food in Photographs Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 10:29PM 
July 3rd 2009 Fireworks at Carlos & Charlie's near Austin, Texas, originally uploaded by Suarez.
Photograph ©2009 Alex Suárez. All rights reserved.
This photo is dedicated to my friend Karen who passed away today. Like this firework, her life shined colorfully and brightly, but faded much too soon.
I shot this from the same location as last year. Unfortunately, the lake level is drastically lower than it was last year. We’ve been in drought conditions for too long. Lake Travis has recently been dropping at a rate of 2 feet per week. Notice that the area of reflection is much smaller this year due to the lower lake levels.
Fireworks, Lake Travis in Photographs Friday, July 3, 2009 at 11:46AM Photograph ©2009 Alex Suárez. All rights reserved.
These yellow flowers caught my eye. Thanks for looking. Your thoughts/comments appreciated.
flowers, yellow in Photographs Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 1:23PM Photograph ©2009 Alex Suárez. All rights reserved.
A friend recommended I try a Blue Bottle Cafe while in San Francisco. I found one location at the top of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). I ordered a cappuccino and stopped a couple of times to take a picture of it as I enjoyed it--pretty damn good stuff. Your comments appreciated.
coffee in Photographs Monday, June 22, 2009 at 5:42PM Today is a sad day for me. Kodak announced that the have discontinued Kodachrome film after 74 years in production. Kodachrome 25 was the most beautiful color film ever. The fine grain, the way it rendered colors, especially the reds, was exactly what I wanted out of a color transparency film.
I'll admit that I hadn't bought any Kodachrome since the mid-90s, maybe 1993, so I can't (and won't) complain. Kodak reported that Kodachrome sales were "just a fraction of one percent of Kodak’s total sales of still-picture films," so you really can't blame them in this digital age. Check out Kodak's tribute to Kodachrome.
Anyway, I attribute the look of my color photography today to be heavily influenced by this film. I would not have developed my style of sometimes highly saturated colors in my images, had I not spent the 80s and into the 90s shooting Kodachrome film in the way that I did. Goodbye my friend, we had some great times over the years.
Kodachrome, Kodak, film 
