Posted in Travel on Oct 31st, 2009 6 Comments »
Oasis of the Seas This is the largest cruise ship ever built. It’s a monster and while cruising like this isn’t my thing, the technical aspects of this project are fascinating. Check out the various videos, especially the entire “building” section and within that, the one on “propulsion.” Wow.
Posted in Food, Photographers on Oct 30th, 2009 2 Comments »
Mark Menjivar: You Are What You Eat Click on “projects” and then, “you are what you eat.” Fascinating. Don’t forget to read the artist’s statement and image captions.
Posted in Food, Our Place on Oct 30th, 2009 3 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. My wife Anne and our friend Joy Brown finishing up the first batch of what turned out to be ten apple pies (ten more to go). My job was already done, I peeled all the fruit and at this point my hands are so tired I can hardly hold the camera. Some of [...]
Posted in Photo Gear, Photographers on Oct 29th, 2009 No Comments »
Wouter Brandsma Wouter Brandsma lives in the Netherlands, is a Ricoh compact camera fanatic and is an excellent photographer.
Posted in Architecture, Places on Oct 28th, 2009 2 Comments »
New York City. A quick shot looking up into the fog before we went inside Grand Central and boarded the train home. Fog is beautiful and had I had more time in the city I think I could have made some nice images of these big buildings with their lights in fog. I’ll call this [...]
Posted in Photojournalism on Oct 27th, 2009 2 Comments »
From Raw Stone to Ring Fantastic process images of diamonds in various stages of development.
Posted in Hiking, Landscape on Oct 26th, 2009 4 Comments »
Washington, Connecticut. Took a long walk through Steep Rock Preserve, continuing down to Judd’s Bridge in Roxbury, then back on the other side. Fall colors were spectacular. One of our longest walks yet in this area.
Posted in Photojournalism, Places on Oct 26th, 2009 No Comments »
Afghanistan, October, 2009 The Big Picture has an incredible collection of images from Afghanistan.
Posted in Photo Gear, Places, Tech Stuff on Oct 25th, 2009 No Comments »
PhotoTrackr Mini geotagging device shrinks down, adds Mac and RAW support Oh dear, this looks useful. Maybe a must have. PhotoTrackr Mini at GiSTEQ [via Engadget]
Posted in Art and Design, Tech Stuff on Oct 25th, 2009 No Comments »
Teapots Have a Dribbling Problem—Who Knew? To fix the issue, Duez and company made the teapot lip as thin as possible. And, being intelligent scientists with access to really cool shit, they also coated the lip with “the latest generation of superhydrophobic materials.” Even cooler, these materials can be controlled electronically. Great, all that learning [...]
Posted in Old Photos, People on Oct 24th, 2009 5 Comments »
My parents, Walter and Frances, sometime between 1948 and 1951, before I was born. This is my submission to the fantastic weblog: My Parents Were Awesome. My parents, Walter and Frances either just before I was born or just after (1951 plus or minus a few). This is my runner up submission.
Posted in People, Photographers, Photojournalism on Oct 24th, 2009 No Comments »
The Eyes Have It From Nixon to the Beatles, Bette Davis to U2… Over the past 60 years, The Observer’s Jane Bown has photographed many of the world’s greatest personalities. On the eve of her retrospective, she talks to Robin McKie about her life’s work. Excellent narrated slide show by this renowned photojournalist and portrait [...]
Posted in People, Photographers, Politics on Oct 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and their daughters, Sasha and Malia, sit for a family portrait in the Green Room of the White House, Sept. 1, 2009. (Official White House Photo) Photo by Annie Leibovitz/Released by White House Photo Office Interesting. Maybe this is “TARP for photographers.” Nice shot Annie.
Posted in Old Photos, Photo Sites on Oct 21st, 2009 11 Comments »
My Parents Were Awesome Fantastic collection of images of people’s parents, sent in by kids. What a great collection. I’m gonna get on it and find a great one of my folks. [via Coudal Partners Blended Feed]
Posted in Opinion, People, Politics, Video on Oct 20th, 2009 No Comments »
Frontline: The Warning As head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission [CFTC], Brooksley Born became alarmed by the lack of oversight of the secretive, multitrillion-dollar over-the-counter derivatives market. Her attempts to regulate derivatives ran into fierce resistance from then-Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, then-Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and then-Deputy Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, who prevailed upon [...]
Posted in Cats, Objects on Oct 18th, 2009 No Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. It’s raining so time for a little kitchen table macro fun. This is the syringe of methimazole that we give our 19.5 year old cat for hyperthyroidism two times a day. We’ve been doing this for many years now and her thyroid condition is under control. These "dosings" are not her favorite time [...]
Posted in Photo Printing on Oct 17th, 2009 No Comments »
Luminous Landscape review of the Epson Stylus Pro 3880. This will probably be my next printer. It won’t replace my Canon Pixma Pro 9000 Mark II but will be an addition to it for making larger prints with pigment inks. I’m not in a big rush but I have little doubt this printer is in [...]
Posted in Photographers, Places on Oct 17th, 2009 No Comments »
Eyes, as Well as Ears Harrison E. Salisbury’s images of Kabul, Afghanistan from the 1960′s through 1970′s. Incredible images, what a place.
Posted in Art and Design, Copyright, Photojournalism on Oct 17th, 2009 No Comments »
‘Hope’ Poster Artist Admits Error Shepard Fairey, a Los Angeles-based street artist with a long, often proud history of breaking rules, said in a statement Friday that he was wrong about which photo he used and that he tried to hide his error. It was not immediately clear whether he would drop his lawsuit against [...]
Posted in Music, People, Video on Oct 16th, 2009 No Comments »
American Masters: Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound. American Masters examines the life and career of recording artist and activist Joan Baez. This is an excellent piece, well produced with lots of great archival footage of this extraordinary person who really walked the walk. The full episode will be online from October 15th through December [...]
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