Spent the day in Mainz, visiting the Gutenberg museum and touring the old downtown. Not as photographically productive as yesterday, but thoroughly enjoyed nonetheless. There are a lot of different directions that seemed like they might work for this image, so this is just a starting interpretation–hopefully my processing will get a chance to mature … Continue reading “Light and Stone, Christ Church, Mainz, 2007”
I am in Frankfurt am Main for almost three days, laying over on my way to Addis Ababa, where I will spend most of the next two months on a university grant. Today I walked around the small but attractive inner-city of Frankfurt and was inspired to work on abstracts using the architectural features of … Continue reading “Frankfurt Abstract #1, 2007”
All Summer now, my food kick has been home-made sorbet. Recently, my photographic kick has been learning the use of flash. So here is my first attempt at food photography with flash, of my recent favorite sorbet creation, Orange and honey sorbet with Old Krupnik. I prepared this using ingredients on hand and a little … Continue reading “Orange and Honey Sorbet with Old Krupnik”
The Lathrops were the family of Leland Stanford’s wife, Jane Lathrop Stanford. This monument, here heavily edited, can be found in the Stanford University Arboretum, near the mausoleum.
I am not sure where to go with regard to editing this image, but I love the ravens and their expression and the way they are looking at the camera. Even if I never make anything great out of it, I think it is worth sharing.
I just received a flash/umbrella setup and my new camera (my old one broke, though I hope I can salvage it as a second body). I decided to play around with it a bit, and, lacking a model, settled on self-portraiture. For a first try at a flash portrait, and given the difficulties involved in … Continue reading “Self Portrait, Summer 2007”
Trying a bit more drama in this flower portrait.
I was photographing this bison at 300mm (480mme), getting its whole body, when a nearby professional photographer, annoyed that the beast would not raise its head and open its eye to look at the camera decided more or less to give up. We had been exchanging a bit of chit-chat, and before he packed up, … Continue reading “Bison Headshot, Yellowstone NP, Summer 2007”
This was one of the fattest beaver I had ever seen, and certainly the friendliest. On a tip that the beaver frequented the same spot on the shore at the same time every day, I watched for it three times. The first time I was on a tripod with a telephoto lens, but it was … Continue reading “Beaver, Yellowstone NP, Summer 2007”