Everyone hates rain … except when it makes for great light and texture. My friend Billy Weeks was in town to help me teach a multimedia immersion workshop, so we headed downtown for dinner, then strolled around between the storms.
Canon 5D Mark II, EF 35 mm f/1.4 L USM, ISO 800, 1/1600, f/1.4
Canon 5 Mark II, EF 35 mm f/1.4 L USM, ISO 250, 1/500, f/1.4
Canon 5D Mark II, EF 35 mm f/1.4 L USM, ISO 800, 1/50, f/1.4
Canon 5D Mark II, EF 35 mm f/1.4 L USM, ISO 800, 1/60, f/1.4
We have all returned, but we were gone long enough that Audrey, our GPS device, forgot the way home …
Canon G10, 6.1 mm, ISO 80, 1/60, f/2.8
(The red lines denote where we’re supposed to drive … yeah, problematic.)
Since buying my first BMW several months ago, I’ve heard most of the jokes about reliving the yuppie dream of the 1980s and how I was supposed to buy the BMW first, then the SUV … but here’s someone who bought one vehicle and made it work for both sport and function …
Canon G10, 30.5 mm, ISO 125, 1/320, f/4.5
I used to like the people in Pennsylvania, now they scare me.
Upstate New York has the best skies anywhere. They can move from cerulean blue to boxer’s eye black in a moment and just bring atmosphere to the realm. I miss the skies.
Wandering through the Adirondack Park (the largest state park in the world), you see all sorts of old things – rocks, homes and trees. The trees that struggle just to get a little earth above their roots, and then hope they don’t get blown off a peak.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF 28-135 mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, ISO 100, 1/500, f/6.3
The kids were getting antsy as the lunch conversation drifted off into an afternoon talk, so we headed outside to a little playground with a massive swing set. And then they tried to fly into the sky …
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF 28-135 mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, ISO 100, 1/640, f/8.0
No one crashed, which was refreshing.
This was a bit ominous to come across, but it was and remains accurate as we continue our journey …
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF 28-135 mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, ISO 640, 1/80, f/5.0
There are many reasons for why I love to travel – I love new vistas, new people, old friends, new stories (heard and to tell later) and new food. Of course, not all new food is good food and my wife calmly told me there was, essentially, no chance in hell we could stop for this specialty – especially since they can’t even spell bologna right …
Canon G10, 30.5 mm, ISO 80, 1/500, f/4.5