There's a neat tunnel that goes under 355 (one of the main roads in our area) and surfaces right at the Grosvenor-Strathmore metro station, under a beautiful canopy of curved glass, framed with steel ribs and anchored with pillars. If you've ever seen one of the old classic cars (early 1910s and 1920s) that had … Continue reading Grosvenor metro station
Bacau is one of the bigger cities in Romania. I had a chance to visit its downtown area this September. I'd never been there before, so I stopped to take a few photos. It was early on a Sunday morning, so there weren't many people on the streets. I love the northern Italian architectural elements … Continue reading Downtown Bacau, Romania
Here are seven interesting documentary-type videos found on YouTube: You've probably heard that Geek Squad technicians snoop around on customers' hard drives and copy photos and other files for their own use. But have you also heard that they overcharge ridiculously for simple little repairs? Have a look below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBvUt2bIQFk The metro bridge over the … Continue reading Some interesting documentaries
Meta work can be a lot of fun, and also a little different. I took a recent photo of mine (from January), set it as my desktop background, positioned my mouse, then focused in for a macro shot. I really like how the honeycomb texture of my laptop's LCD monitor came out. The juxtaposition of … Continue reading Click
The story behind this photo is a bit interesting. Ligia and I were visiting St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York when I took this photo. I didn't have a tripod with me, so this was taken handheld with my 24mm lens. This is why I love fast lenses and cameras that have very little noise. … Continue reading Walking out on hope
Ligia and I spent this past weekend in Manhattan, and got home around 1 am last night, completely exhausted. Was it fun? Yes. Was it worth it? Yes. Are we still tired? Yes. The trip out on Friday morning wasn't bad at all. The traffic was decent all the way through, including the Lincoln Tunnel. … Continue reading A weekend in Manhattan
I'm almost done post-processing a series of photos I took during a walk through downtown Georgetown back in February. I used my new WCR (wide color range) method as I worked on them. The day of the photo shoot, it was a blisteringly cold winter morning, and even though Ligia and I were both bundled … Continue reading A walk through Georgetown
