Closer To Home

This photo was taken with my iPhone somewhere in southern South Dakota on I-29. It is grungy because the iPhone isn't all that good in low light, but it's made even grungier by an app called Instagram.

Quit Your Carping!

These aren't carp, of course. They're koi, the prettier cousins of carp. This photo originally appeared on my companion web experiment, scottshephard.posterous.com.Want to watch a very short video filmed, edited and posted with my iPhone? Click here.

I'm Out Town, But Try This. . .

I'm experimenting with an iPhone app called Instagram and a companion web site called Posterous. Here's a linkThe Things I See

A Beautiful Place

In light of current events in Japan, I went back to my collection of photos. I hadn't really looked closely at this one before but I like it because the place conveys the kind of beauty and peace I found in many locations while visiting Japan. The images of destruction in Japan are wrenching. We might find comfort in the beauty of the Japanese landscape and character, but where do the Japanese go? Memory and photos will hardly suffice in the days and weeks to come.

Where I Want To Be

Yes, I'd like to be at a sea side restaurant on the Greek island of Mykonos enjoying a double shot of espresso, the moist ocean breeze and a great view of the famous windmills. You can join me. There's plenty of room at my table.

On A Mission

This is a Greek kitten, discovered on a back street on the island of Mykonos. He/she is oblivious to my camera and refused to stand still for the photo.

Order and Chaos?

There is so much that seems random in nature. And then there are birds flying in formation. . . In this picture, grabbed on the fly, notice how the angles of the birds' wings fit into each other.But then notice the clouds: are they the antithesis of these birds in flight?

What Is Reality?

Here's something that just occurred to me when I saw this picture: Much of "Reality" is what we perceive superimposed with what our culture tells us we should think and feel about our perceptions. Thus, the distorted image of the Colorado state capitol building reflected in a nearby office building isn't real. But if that's not real, is Fox News or or any work by Shakespeare more real?If you are intrigued by this, go back and re-read Plato's "Allegory of the Cave." And for now, that's enough philosophy!

What I See When I See You

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

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

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

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.