Mr. William Schreyer endowed the honors college at Penn State in 1997, creating the Schreyer Honors College. When he passed away in nearly two years ago and friends and family wanted to honor him with a fitting gift to the SHC. The William A. Schreyer Courtyard will be dedicated tomorrow […]
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When the weather gets wet around here mushrooms come out. My son pointed out this clutch of mushrooms just this morning.
When I started shooting and developing my own film and images (following in my older brother’s footsteps) we only used B&W. It was much cheaper and a lot easier to do in a basement darkroom whose walls consisted of heavy black plastic duct-taped to the ceiling. I have always loved […]
We took a 15 minute train ride to Koog Zaandijk, famous, apparently, for its windmills. Cute place, a bit like a Dutch Williamsburg and not a bit like Dutch Wonderland.
I have been traveling in the Netherlands with a stopover in Iceland, thus the Kaffitár. Look for more images from the Lowlands coming soon. Aside from the coffee shop in Reykjavik, all of these shots are from Nijmegen.
5 am gets earlier each year I get older. My son wants to come with me tomorrow so I will do it all over again then.
This year I read a number of articles about proper techniques for taking pictures of fireworks. One key element that I could not control was location. Family obligations kept us a little further away so I included a stretch of beach with some people in the distant foreground. The wind […]
On July 2, 1776 the Second Continental Congress passed the resolution of independence, officially severing ties of the thirteen original colonies from the British crown. It was only on the 4th of July that Declaration of Independence, a document explaining the prior vote, was approved. I hope that this week […]
It’s Thursday so it is tennis and back to Spring Creek park. This time the Boy wore his swimsuit and we waded into the creek. I also brought my prime lenses and tried a variety of shots. I got much closer to my subjects, water included, to bring out some […]
Today was tennis! The tennis courts are in Spring Creek Park which has, wouldn’t you know it, a creek running through it. The weather today was again gorgeous and the chance to wade, toss stones, and take a few pictures was not to be missed.
This past spring we took a group of students out to San Francisco. The trip would not be complete without a visit to Alcatraz. I have already posted the “Bird, man.”