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Redwood Photography of Mario Vaden

I received a comment on my blog entry "High"-perion from Mario Vaden, an arborist and landscaper from Oregon.  He’s put together a remarkable website with photo galleries of remote redwood valleys, including images of Hyperion, the tallest tree in the world. The existence of these photos is impressive, for many of these trees stand far from [...]
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Jaguar and Seltzer

I made myself a light tent out of grocery bags, shipping tape, and cardboard and clamped fluorescent lights to my piano bench. I’d post a picture of the setup here, but no, it’s just too ridiculous. Anyway, here’s a picture of my favorite Matchbox car: Matchbox Jaguar XK 2006 I accidently froze my seltzer, which [...]
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Cayucos Beach Pictures

I didn’t take a lot of pictures on vacation last week. All the running around for gigs and meals and stuff was pretty hectic, and half the time I didn’t even bring my camera. I did, however, spend good quality beach time in the early mornings. The beach was right across the [...]
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Fourth of July Buggers

I’m at home in CT for the holiday this weekend. Just having some fun taking closeups of insects and spiders in the yard.  I used the built-in flash on these shots in order to hand hold at very small apertures.  Up this close, the depth of field becomes very shallow, so the small aperture [...]
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Kris Jensen Photo Shoot

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of photographing saxophonist Kris Jensen for an upcoming project. Kris has been a friend and mentor since my days at Hartt; super talented, generous, and always a source of musical inspiration. Please check out his music at: http://www.myspace.com/krisjenseneklektik        
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Black Swan Pas de Deux

Hey, guess what?  There are black swans!  According to the Wikipedia article, Cygnus atratus are from Australia.  I took these pictures of one in Rancho Santa Fe, CA. I poked around Wikipedia for something interesting.  Black Swan Pas de Deux is from the third scene of Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake.  "In ballet, a pas de deux [...]
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Pinhole CFL

I made my first pinhole lens! Very crudely, I might add. All I did was tape aluminum foil over the lens mount on my digital SLR and poked a tiny, tiny hole in the center with the tip of a pin. Pinhole lenses usually require long exposure times because they let so little light [...]
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How you bluin’?

We were Blue Men last night for Halloween. What a messy procedure. They are lucky they are just born that way. Strike a pose. Freaky on the subway, even for Halloween We went to a Halloween party at the Magnet Theater. Some of our friends were there, including… Britney Spears! Baker Smurf, a long lost relative. Painter’s tape [...]
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Oh, I remember taking this picture!

I finally got around to developing three rolls of film that were up to a year and a half old. I picked them up today and this was the photo I liked best: Jen in Fort Tryon Park Ilford HP5, 24mm I also tried having the lab scan to CD for the first time. It cost [...]
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Cloud Serpent

I took this picture on Saturday in Fort Tryon Park overlooking the Hudson River and the Palisades Cliffs. While I usually don’t get caught up in the cliché of cloud pictures and sunset shots, I thought this streaky contrail with the sun in its python’s belly was rather stunning. With the sky so [...]
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