Of course, when I look at my wife, I see more than the Caribbean, white sand and the inviting shade of a palapa. I see much of my past, my present and my future. But in this photo I see the Caribbean, white sand and a palapa.(Confession: I created this post in part so I could say nice things about my wife. And I wanted to be able to use the word "palapa.")
Writing With Light
in Photography, Travel
Photography does mean "writing with light." But you probably knew that. Did you know that if you ride on the back of a golf cart at night and expose the structures along a certain path at the Moon Palace south of Cancun, you get something like this? You do if you use a shutter speed of 1 1/2 seconds. Try it and see what you get.
Newlyweds
in people
The vows have been taken and the rings exchanged. I don't know how long the term "newlyweds" applies after a wedding. Whatever, the answer, in this photo Brandon and Kendra are about to face the congregation of friends and family and walk up the aisle as husband and wife.Visit our MobileMe web gallery.
Kendra & Brandon
in people
Two of my Photo/Media students and I were "on assignment" yesterday covering the wedding of Kendra, another of my Photo/Media students. I don't normally do the posed photos at weddings but I guess I was n the right place at the right time.Visit our MobileMe web gallery.
Window Light
in Architecture
There were three of us photographing Kendra and Brandon's wedding today. My self-assigned mission was to capture architectural details. In the nearly-empty sanctuary hours before the wedding ceremony, I found this stained glass window casting its colored light onto the wooden pews of St. Anne's Catholic Church in Miller, SD.Visit our MobileMe web gallery.
The Flame (on the iPhone)
The observation in "A Charlie Brown Christmas" is that there are three things that people will stare at as if transfixed: fire, water and a Zamboni machine. This post contributes to my coverage of that trinity, though I don't have any photos of Zamboni machines. Yet.WaterFireZamboni (Not my photo)
Orchids on the iPhone
in Nature
This is the third in the series, once again captured at the Como Park Conservatory. This photo is a bit blurry, but it beats the blurry blizzard photo I considered posting today.iPhone 4 1/15s f/2.8 ISO100 3.85mm
Big Green Leaf on the iPhone
in Nature
One of the problems with the iPhone is that you need to touch a spot on the back screen to take a photo. Thus, you can only really use one hand to hold the camera. In the case of the "Big Green Leaf," found in the Como Park Conservatory, the camera used a pretty slow shutter speed, and it was hard not to have a shaky camera. I'll figure this out, I'm sure.The lines on the leaf are what begged me to take this photo. Do I really hear things talk to me when I'm out taking photos? Yes. In fact some times they shout.iPhone 4 1/15s f/2.8 ISO160 3.85mm
Mac On the iPhone
in Animal
I continue to be impressed with the photographic capabilities of my iPhone 4. It shoots pretty clean photos in marginal light. It also lets me do macro photography. AND I can selectively focus, which means I can do things with this camera that most point and shoot cameras can't do.This photo of Mac isn't exactly the best way to showcase the camera's capabilities, but I'm using it to start a shorts series of iPhone photos. Frankly, I was looking for something to do a macro photo with and I searched for some living thing that didn't move much. So it was either the plants or Mac. And I chose Mac.
Mysterious Lights
Deb and I were at the end of a short trip to visit my aunt in California. In a restaurant in the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport I pointed my camera up into an unusual lighting fixture, and this is what I got.
The Orb of Power
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" hit the theaters in 1975. The sophomores in my world history class were born 20 years later. And yet, when I show a photo of this symbol of power of the Holy Roman Emperor in my history class, someone inevitably says, "That's the Holy Hand Grenade," which is what it was called in the Monty Python movie.This "Holy Hand Grenade" isn't unique - many royals had one in their possession. But this golden treasure can be seen with other spectucular crown jewels of a long-dead empire in Vienna, Austria.
Neither Holy, Nor Roman, Nor An Empire
The title of this post is from a statement made by Voltaire about the Holy Roman Empire, which was founded by Charlemagne in 800 AD. Even though the HRE may have had dubious value, the Emperors had great clothes and nice crowns. This is one of several in Vienna, Austria.Tomorrow, I'll show you the "Holy Hand Grenade."