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It’s my grandfather’s birthday today. He died just a couple of weeks ago after a [...]
The following photos are from a recent still life session with a bouquet of tulips. The fresh green and yellow colors floor me every time I look at tulips. I love those colors!
I liked these photos best out of all the ones I took that evening, and decided to publish all of them here. I [...]
I’ve been helping Ligia launch her re-designed personal site over the past several days. While my own site may seem a little quiet (except for the regular Condensed Knowledge posts), I’ve been quite busy behind the scenes.
Ligia has been working on her own line of greeting cards since January. She makes them by hand, from [...]
We watched Awakenings (1990) tonight, and I was left with a newly found appreciation for life. This movie drives home the following point very well: you don’t know what you have till you’ve lost it.
Imagine watching your life, as you know it, become unavailable to you, which is what happens to people who suffer from [...]
I know Christmas isn’t celebrated by everyone, but if you’re one of those who does celebrate it, Merry Christmas! Even though the origins of the date are pagan, the meaning we have chosen to ascribe to it over time is certainly worth celebrating. For those among us who are Christians, it means our Savior’s birth. [...]
» Go to this postWe had our first snowfall of the season yesterday, here in the DC area. We couldn’t miss the opportunity and went out to take photos.
Autumn’s few last vestiges hung precariously by their frozen stems.
Snow fell quietly upon the brook behind our building.
It weighed down these oak leaves as well.
The brook kept flowing, regardless. It might [...]
» Go to this postHere are some of the photos I took on a recent trip to our freezer. They combine my love for macro photography, colors, out of focus photos, bokeh and fun. Enjoy, and if you’d like, you can try to guess the various items I photographed.
» Go to this post“Wedding Present” (1936) is a wonderful romantic comedy made toward the end of the great depression. Cary Grant plays an ace reporter named Charlie Mason, in love with his partner in “crime”, Rusty Fleming (played by Joan Bennett). Cary would reprise the role of an intrepid reporter/editor in “His Girl Friday” (1940), opposite Rosalind Russell, [...]
» Go to this postYou may recall that I mentioned a recent trip to Romania in a few of my posts. The occasion for our trip was a joyous one, thank goodness: my wife’s sister got married. I would have loved to post a few photos of them, but she and her husband would prefer to stay off the [...]
» Go to this postImagine this: you’re born with a desire to relate to others, to spend time talking and laughing with good friends who respect you and want to relate to you. But as you grow up, you find your confidence betrayed by false friends, derided by immature ones, or worse, you find yourself fending off unwanted advances [...]
» Go to this postWith the release of the new EOS 40D and EOS-1Ds Mark III, it’s easy to forget the camera that changed the entire market: the EOS 5D. It was the first affordable full-frame sensor DSLR ever. I bought it in April of this year, and I still don’t regret the purchase. As a matter of fact, [...]
» Go to this postI’ve always had a soft spot for British comedy. It’s hard to pinpoint why, but there it is. My favorites are Benny Hill, Monty Python and Mr. Bean. I’ve recently discovered Harry Enfield’s work, and I love his black and white mockumentaries (but only those, not his color work).
Here’s Benny Hill, in “The life of [...]
