This is a beautifully served creme brûlée that my wife had while we were staying in Rothenburg O.D.T. Here's what I had. (Click)Do we live to eat or eat to live? When Deb and I travel, it's a little of each. (And that's not Cool Whip on the right - it's real whipped cream!)
Travel
Roof Lines
in Architecture, Travel
This is one of several amazing structures on the Temple Grounds in Kyoto, Japan.
Gig Harbor - One More Look
Gig Harbor has to be one of the more photogenic towns I have visited. I would love to go back again.
Fall Reflections
I was looking at some photos I took while staying overnight in a picture perfect town in Washington named Gig Harbor. I had passed this one over, in part because out of the camera it looked a little drab. But, thanks to a little help from my friends (Aperture and Photoshop) this photo is filled with color.
Backroads Bavaria
This is a photo I took a few miles west of Rothenburg O.D.T, Germany. The crops look like crops you'd find in South Dakota. But you wouldn't find a road like this because traffic safety officials would never allow the trees to line the road.My observation about Europe is that one difference is that from time to time aesthetics will trump safety - as in this great road. (For those wanting to see this photo in geographic context, go to "Backroads Bavaria" on my Panoramio site. If yo zoom in on the satellite map view, you will even see the trees from the satellite's point of view.
Triplicate
in Family, Photography, Travel
One of the good things about this blog is that it forces me to go back to my old photos and find things that I've forgotten about. This photo is one of them. I took this of my son Jon at the Santa Ana airport in California. I used my iPhone 4 and an app called Photosynth, which I had just discovered.Photosynth lets you do panoramic photos. Actually, its strong suit is that it lets you do 360 photos. Go to the Photosynth web site to see some amazing examples.
Field Trip
in Europe, Travel, Uncategorized
Here's a candid photo I took as Deb and I strolled around in Bruges, Belgium.
A Quiet Morning On the Canal
Here's another one from Bruges, Belgium.
NSFW!!!
I don't know what you see when you look at this photo, but I see Belgian chocolate. Titillating Belgian chocolate. And the big question I had was, "Do I want white chocolate or do I want dark chocolate?" I have read that dark chocolate is good for the heart, the brain and the joints so I guess that's my choice.And if you didn't know it, "NSFW" means "Not Safe For Work." I hope you didn't open this at work. It might just make your co-workers crave chocolate!(In case you are curious, this is a window display. I didn't cut and paste body parts in Photoshop. That would be a little creepy, don't you think?)
Wooden Boat
in Travel
Keep Out!
in Architecture, Europe, Travel
OK, so the actual translation is "Private," which is more polite than "Keep Out!" And if the message weren't already friendly enough, how about surrounding it with a berry and twig filled metal thing?This was on the door of the rectory adjacent to the Bruges Cathedral in Bruges, Belgium.
In Bruges
in Architecture, Travel
Bruges (aka Brugge) is a beautiful small town in Belgium and Deb and I visited it a few years ago. In my quest to find a photo to post today, this one called me. I had abandoned it because it was overexposed in the brightest spots and way too dark in the darkest spot. But with the amazing power of Aperture (photo processing software) and the inherent wide dynamic range in a raw file, I was able to resurrect it - more or less.I harp on focal points and making sure that our photos draw the viewers' eyes in my teaching and I'm really not sure that this photo does a good job of engaging the viewer. But here is it anyway. . .