Posted in Photos, Photography on March 12th, 2007 No Comments »
Tips & Tricks – “Curved Lines”
SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate
HOW IT WORKS: Building on last month’s “leading lines” technique, using curved lines is another way to enhance a composition. To put this technique into practice involves finding a curved line to give the eye something to follow in the image. Where a straight line is […]
Posted in Personal, Photos on December 7th, 2006 6 Comments »
The world is flat, or so Thomas Friedman says, but don’t tell the people who manufacture European doorknobs, toilets, electrical plugs, light switches, and all the other ephemera that normally fade into the landscape of everyday life. I find myself in these endless reveries about the parallel evolutions of the elevator button, amazed at how […]
A snipe hunt is one of a class of practical jokes that involve experienced people making fun of newcomers by giving them an impossible or imaginary task.
Inexperienced campers or hunters are told about a bird or animal called the snipe, as well as a (usually ridiculous) method of catching it - such as running […]
Posted in Personal, Photos on July 31st, 2005 No Comments »
peaceful. relaxing. dull. lifeless. tedious. humdrum…..a bore. these are all things that do not describe my recent weeks of life on earth. currently i have the most remarkable opportunity - nasa discovery commander eileen collins asked me to join her team of six for this space flight. pending the repair of the tears in the […]
Posted in Personal, Photos, Rants on June 23rd, 2005 No Comments »
In this post I am not going to comment as to my inability to post, my lack of posting, or the fact that I haven’t posted in one month and one day. That aside, June has been a rapidly fleeting month with work, weddings, birthdays, bachelors, bachelor parties, friends, and Pistons. Work has kept me […]
Posted in Personal, Photos on May 21st, 2005 No Comments »
Admittedly, and not for the first time, I am ignorant of my very own xanga. I faithfully pore over my subscriptions - emailed to me daily, but seldom do I find the time to enter my own thoughts. Frequently during the earlier hours of the day, I will think to myself - that would be […]
Posted in Personal, Photos on April 16th, 2005 No Comments »
Hello, no I have not died, or forgotten completely. These past few weeks have been near insanity between traveling for work and now the musical. I was in Detroit for a full week shortly after my last post, and then straight to Vegas for a week. Vegas was fun, but very busy - we barely […]
Posted in Humor, Personal, Photos on March 28th, 2005 No Comments »
Monday it is. I made it back to Michigan safely. The weather today was absolutely beautiful day with temperatures up to 60 degrees for a very brief time. The mere fact that it is now - 6pm and the temp is 54 degrees - that makes it a nice day! I like that the temperature […]