Sunday, February 24, 2008
Viva Las Vegas!
Old and new: The classic Holiday Motel sits in the shadow of the Stratosphere Casino at the north end of the Las Vegas strip.
Monday, February 18, 2008
The young master
Benjamin hones his watercolor skills in his grandmother Betsy Bowen's studio at "the farm" in Grand Marais, Minnesota.
Where's Hayley's blankie?
The horsie finds Hayley's blankie...
...and Hayley says thanks to the horsie!
...and Hayley says thanks to the horsie!
Friday, February 15, 2008
Amateurs worry about equipment...
I stumbled across the following quote today: "Amateurs worry about equipment, pros worry about money, masters worry about light."
This struck pretty close to home for me: I rarely worry about my equipment... it just works, and I know how to use it. I definitely worry about money... especially on the Iraq projects. And I'm usually in too much of a hurry to worry about the light...
This struck pretty close to home for me: I rarely worry about my equipment... it just works, and I know how to use it. I definitely worry about money... especially on the Iraq projects. And I'm usually in too much of a hurry to worry about the light...
Monday, February 11, 2008
Mr Intensity
Bill Gates speaking today at the Office Developers Conference in San Jose, California.
I theory Bill should be coasting into his upcoming retirement from day to day involvement at Microsoft, but you would never guess it by watching him speak to a thousand developers for an hour and a half here at ODC 2008.
I theory Bill should be coasting into his upcoming retirement from day to day involvement at Microsoft, but you would never guess it by watching him speak to a thousand developers for an hour and a half here at ODC 2008.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Single girl with cool helicopter seeks...
CW3 Angela Barros models her night vision goggles for the photographer on a cold night on the flight line in Balad, Iraq.
50mm, f1.8, 1/8 second, 1600 iso, Nikon D300 (love the new camera)
Most of my Iraq photos are candids. Recording events as they happen. But in this case I realized that I really needed a picture of a pilot in night vision goggles (NVG's) for a story, and it wasn't going to happen unless I set it up.
CW3 Barros graciously agreed to model. The temperature was well below freezing and windy, and I new I needed to work fast. I forget to bring my tripod with me, and so I needed to hand hold some low shutter speed shots with shivering fingers before we all got too cold.
Given better conditions and a little more preparation this shot should have been a lot sharper, but I'm still very happy with capturing the feeling I was trying to get on short notice in difficult conditions.
50mm, f1.8, 1/8 second, 1600 iso, Nikon D300 (love the new camera)
Most of my Iraq photos are candids. Recording events as they happen. But in this case I realized that I really needed a picture of a pilot in night vision goggles (NVG's) for a story, and it wasn't going to happen unless I set it up.
CW3 Barros graciously agreed to model. The temperature was well below freezing and windy, and I new I needed to work fast. I forget to bring my tripod with me, and so I needed to hand hold some low shutter speed shots with shivering fingers before we all got too cold.
Given better conditions and a little more preparation this shot should have been a lot sharper, but I'm still very happy with capturing the feeling I was trying to get on short notice in difficult conditions.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
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