Christmas Eve

It was just another Christmas Eve Party at the Fadul household. I put my new flash umbrella to work, along with my Minolta 3600HS and Sigma EF-500DG Super flashes. Still trying new strobe tactics, but I'm generally pleased with how the photos came out (and equally displeased with how many times my exposure settings were off due to user error)! Merry Christmas everyone!

 

Ambigrams

A few years ago, my friend Kevin Finnegan introduced me to the art of ambigrams--texts or logos that may be read in more than one direction. If you hadn't noticed, my 'Phifa' webpage logo is such an ambigram. Shared below are a few others I've created since (for myself and Jania). To create them, I usually sketch 'em, scan 'em, and use Inkscape (a poor man's open source Adobe Illustrator) to convert them into vector graphics.

Jania

Phifa -- I was going to throw this one on a decal for my repainted bikes

Jania/Philip [upside-down] -- had some help with the design from Flipscript's auto amigram generator.

Phil Fadul

DC Tweed Ride

Jania and I had a great time participating in the 2nd Annual Tweed Ride held in Washington, DC. Special thanks goes to Chris Grey for informing us of this event. Hosted by the Dandies & Quaintrelles, this ride highlighted the vintage fashion of centuries past. The Saturday before the event, Jania and I were scrambling to find something that would go well with the theme. She went with a stylish pauper-eque getup and I settled for a loud-patterned high-waist pants and some cheeky suspenders. Talia managed to find a candid photo of Jania that a sneaky photographer took. Click here for the other pictures we took.

Chicago: Trip #1

I called this album 'Trip #1' because I liked the city so much that I plan to visit again. Marco was a great host for giving me a place to stay and showing me around the city. I squeezed in quality time with friendly faces (Doug, Charlie, Bonnie, Min) during my brief weekend there. Here's the gallery.