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Take it easy kid, I gotta finish this article

Image by Ed Yourdon
Note: this photo was published in an Apr 8, 2010 Mexican blog titled Podcast #42: Maternidad sobreinformada." It was also published in a May 27, 2010 blog titled "Strategies for the Work-Bound Stay-At-Home-Moms (and Dads)." And it was published in a Dec 10, 2010 At Home Moms blog, with the same title and detailed notes as what I had written on this Flickr page.

Moving into 2011, the photo was published in a Feb 6, 2011 blog titled "The top 5 benefits of being a work at home mom."

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This was taken on the east side of Broadway, between 86th and 87th Street. I thought it was intriguing that the woman was concentrating so completely on whatever she was reading, while absently patting her baby -- who looked like it was desperately trying to reach the bottle of milk that was just a little too far.

I stopped in front of them, and took a good 10-15 seconds to frame and focus the shot. The mother didn't notice me at all...


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This is part of an evolving photo-project, which will probably continue throughout the summer of 2008, and perhaps beyond: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.

I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.

I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.

For the most part, I've deliberately avoided photographing bums, drunks, drunks, and crazy people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...

The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, *far* more people who are *not* so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them.

Stroller

Image by Ed Yourdon
This was taken at a children's playground on Amsterday Avenue and 77th Street, where a water sprinkler was keeping several young children cool and wet in the hot summer afternoon...

Note: this photo was published in an Aug 16, 2010 blog titled "10 Do’s & Dont’s for your Email Marketing." It was also published in an Oct 18, 2010 blog titled "Mid-South women hosting meet-ups for moms."

Moving on to 2011, the photo was published in a Jun 12, 2011 blog titled "GUIDA ALL’ACQUISTO DEL PASSEGGINO E DELLA CARROZZINA – quinta parte."

Moving into 2012, the photo was published in a Mar 31, 2012 blog titled "Baby Doll Stroller In The Water Sprinkler."

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This is part of an evolving photo-project, which will probably continue throughout the summer of 2008, and perhaps beyond: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.

I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.

I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.

For the most part, I've deliberately avoided photographing bums, drunks, drunks, and crazy people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...

The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, *far* more people who are *not* so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them.

Drypers Learn & Love in-store event in Malaysia - SCA

Image by SCA Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget
www.sca.com SCA baby diaper brand Drypers Wee Wee DRY has launched a Learn & Love special edition in Malaysia. The educational diaper design turns diaper changing into a special moment of bonding between moms and babies.

To support this initiative, a nationwide “Learn & Love” in-store campaign will run for seven weeks at selected major retail outlets across Peninsula and East Malaysia, to generate consumer interest and excitement about this first Drypers special edition range.

Every weekend from now until the first week of September, consumers who purchase any Drypers Wee Wee Dry “Learn & Love” special edition pack will have the chance to get a special family photo taken on-the-spot. The Drypers “Special Moments” family portrait will be photographed at attractive Drypers booths setup in participating retail stores. Photos taken are then instantly printed out and inserted into a specially designed Drypers “Learn & Love” frame, for consumers to take home as a unique memoir of their special family moment together with Drypers!

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Drypers Learn & Love in-store event in Malaysia - SCA

Image by SCA Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget
www.sca.com SCA baby diaper brand Drypers Wee Wee DRY has launched a Learn & Love special edition in Malaysia. The educational diaper design turns diaper changing into a special moment of bonding between moms and babies.

To support this initiative, a nationwide “Learn & Love” in-store campaign will run for seven weeks at selected major retail outlets across Peninsula and East Malaysia, to generate consumer interest and excitement about this first Drypers special edition range.

Every weekend from now until the first week of September, consumers who purchase any Drypers Wee Wee Dry “Learn & Love” special edition pack will have the chance to get a special family photo taken on-the-spot. The Drypers “Special Moments” family portrait will be photographed at attractive Drypers booths setup in participating retail stores. Photos taken are then instantly printed out and inserted into a specially designed Drypers “Learn & Love” frame, for consumers to take home as a unique memoir of their special family moment together with Drypers!

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www.twitter.com/SCAeveryday

Sprinkler

Image by Ed Yourdon
This was taken at a children's playground on Amsterday Avenue and 77th Street, where a water sprinkler was keeping several young children cool and wet in the hot summer afternoon...

Note: this photo was published as an illustration in an undated (Nov 2009) Mahalo blog titled "How To Conserve Water," at www-dot-mahalo-dot-com-slash-how-to-conserver-water. It was also published in an Oct 5, 2010 blog titled "A New York Story." And it was published in an undated (mid-Oct 2010) Baby Buggy Products blog, with the same erudite title as the caption that I put on this Flickr page.

Moving into 2011, the photo was also published in a Jul 21, 2011 blog titled "Heat "dome" descends on mid atlantic region: what are the coolest places to visit this summer?"

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This is part of an evolving photo-project, which will probably continue throughout the summer of 2008, and perhaps beyond: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.

I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.

I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.

For the most part, I've deliberately avoided photographing bums, drunks, drunks, and crazy people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...

The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, *far* more people who are *not* so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them.

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Merry Christmas to My Flickr Friends!

Image by dok1
1. 1949 Plymouth, 2. Power Wagon 200, 3. DKO -Speed Graphic, 4. 1938 OIdsmobile, 5. Corvair in a Yard, 6. 1948 Mercury, 7. New York Central, 8. Korean Mother and Child,

9. Korean Woman, 10. Barn of Many Colors, 11. A-Frame on Wynn Road, 12. Meeting Russians at 38th Parallel, 13. 1938 Buick Century-3, 14. Schwartz Covered Bridge, 15. 1958 Edsel, 16. Korean Elder,

17. 1956 Ford Fairlane, 18. Refugees, 19. Orange-Colored Sky Over Tater Ridge, 20. Mountain View Above Seoul, 21. Korean Walker, 22. 1935 Ford Coupe-2, 23. Multnomah Falls 1937, 24. Ancient Abode,

25. Car, Cactus, Wildflowers, 26. New Ohio River Bridge, 27. Truck Retired, 28. Korean Grandmother and Baby, 29. Reflected Street Light, 30. 1951 Mercury, 31. 1948 Dodge, 32. Ancient School Bus-2,

33. 1953 Chevrolet, 34. 1939 Plymouth Panel Delivery, 35. Once a Dream Home, 36. Along the Road, 37. Home in a Hollow, 38. Words to Ponder, 39. Rusting Roadmaster, 40. Red Barn in a Hollow,

41. DKO and Korean Elder, 42. 1936 Ford, 43. Crown Imperial, 44. Wagon in a Woods, 45. Marcus Run Road, 46. This Old House Once Home and Shelter, 47. Bobo Road Red Barn, 48. 1955 Chevrolet,

49. Retired Barn, 50. 118-year-old Bridge, 51. Colorful Shed Wall, 52. 58-year-old Dodge, 53. Curtis Lane Barn, 54. 1949 Plymouth at Rest, 55. 1935 Ford Coupe, 56. Deteriorating Domicile,

57. 1957 Chevrolet in a Woods, 58. New York Central Steam, 59. Where Have All The People Gone?, 60. Hues of Red, 61. Korean Mountain Road, 62. "Historic" Structure, 63. Shadows of a Picket Fence, 64. Afternoon Rain in Chenoweth Fork Valley,

65. Deathbed of a 1953 Pontiac, 66. Livery Stable of Yesteryear, 67. Locked Door, 68. Weathered, 69. Sunday Drive in Korea, 70. Grand River, 71. 1922 Dodge, 72. Along a Backroad

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

Dragon

Image by eclectic echoes
A dragon fly we found shortly after it expired. We found it a week or so ago and examined it closely in the microscope. It has since dried out completely and I decided to use it as a test subject for a macro studio setup I plan to use to shoot Tammy's baby booties.

The setup is a pane of glass (from a photo frame) laid on a piece of posterboard. The posterboard is taped to the wall behind th table then curved gently onto the table so it serves as a full seamless backdrop, plus its far enough away from the subject it can be out focus and lit separately. Lighting is from a household CFL in a hardware store reflector and a single Canon flash. Both are aimed at large light panels (PVC and white newsprint paper) to enlarge the lights and act as a softbox.

I need to replace the newsprint with tracing paper or a translucent fabric and replace the CFL lamp with a second flash with full manual capabilities. This was all stuff that was on hand.

PA236701

Image by nolifeik

XII-Matteo

Image by matteo.zaggia
Once I was in a mart down in Paris. I was shooting polas. I was trying to frame some subject but nothing was that good to shoot at. So while I was standing there wondering, there was this bunch of kids coming towards me. And then I thought: the greatest gift I can do to this future digital babies is let them see what emotion is watching your camera spitting out a photo with great noise of cogs. So I held my camera up and shot. They stayed mouth open in front of me while I went away smiling.

Please save the polaroid film.

Anyone who takes this photo in his hand always wants to turn it upside-down... is my point of view so hard to see?

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I'm pregnant, and I'm beautiful

Image by Ed Yourdon
What else is there to say?

Note: this photo was published as one of several illustrations in a May 2009 Squidoo blog titled "Enjoying Pregnancy." It was also published in a Sep 23, 2009 blog titled "Best Safe Baby Pregnancy Tips.", which was republished in a May 26, 2010 issue of the Nutrition Fitness Life blog. And it was published in an Oct 7, 2009 blog "Top Ten Ways to Help a Pregnant Woman."

Moving into 2010, the photo was published in a Jan 8, 2010 blog titled "Pregnant Women Say They're Often Exposed to Workplace Hazards." And it was published as an illustration in an undated (Jan 2010) blog titled "Seventieth Street Playground in New York County, NY." It was also published in a Jan 29, 2010 blog titled "Trying to decide if you want kids? Relax, your eggs are already dead." And it was published in a Feb 20, 2010 Order the pill blog, with the same title as the caption on this Flickr page. It was also published in a Mar 15, 2010 blog titled "Guilderland Public Library hosts Baby Palooza." And it was published in an Apr 12, 2010 blog titled "When Do You Acknowledge Someone is Pregnant?" It was also published in a May 13, 2010 blog titled "Los órganos que se modifican en el embarazo." And it was published in a Jun 2, 2010 blog titled "Extra Pregnancy Pounds Lead to Heart Risk for Kids." It was also published in a Jun 16, 2010 blog titled "Embarazadas en verano: ¿Qué comer?" And it was published in an undated (Jun 2010) blog titled "El 80% de las mujeres embarazadas sigue fumando," as well as a Jun 21, 2010 blog titled "P: ¿Cuánto tiempo me puedo tomar de licencia de maternidad de mi trabajo?" And it was published in a Jul 20, 2010 blog titled "3 Effects of Teen Pregnancy on Mothers," as well as a Jul 21, 2010 blog titled "OK to Deny Morgages to Pregnant Women?" And it was published in a Jul 26, 2010 blog titled "Pregnant Fox fears moving in with boyfriend." It was also published in a Sep 24, 2010 blog titled "Best Safe Baby Pregnancy Tips." And it was published in a Nov 8, 2010 blog titled "You’re pregnant. And he’s decided NOT to leave his wife," and a Nov 13, 2010 blog titled "Exercises that are Useful during Pregnancy."

Moving into 2011, the photo was published in a Jan 24, 2011 blog titled "Best Safe Baby Pregnancy Tips." And it was published in an Apr 6, 2011 Health Charter Online blog, with the same caption and detailed notes that I had written on this Flickr page. It was also published in an Apr 23, 2011 blog titled "Laugh Before Noon With the Banker." And it was published in a May 26, 2011 blog titled "Best Safe Baby Pregnancy Tips." It was also published in a Jun 22, 2011 blog titled "Pregnant and Prudent?" It was also published in a Sep 12, 2011 blog titled "Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Exercise During Pregnancy." And a heavily cropped, and garishly colorized version of the photo was published in an undated (early Oct 2011) blog titled "Gli incontri dedicati alle famiglie dal 7 al 13 ottobre 2011."

Moving into 2012, the photo was published in an undated (mid-Feb 2012) blog titled "はじめ ." And a heavily cropped version of the photo (showing only the woman's pregnant belly) was published in an Apr 10, 2012 blog titled "Kids These Days Are Horrible at Getting Knocked Up." It was also published in a May 24, 2012 blog titled "Best Safe Baby Pregnancy Tips."

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This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.

As I indicated when I started this project in 2008, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.

I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.

Thus far, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...

The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, far more people who are not so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them.

Studio

Image by Nicholaus Haskins
...you guys will see these random photos in my stream. They are used on my blog, which is tethered to Flickr

haskinsphotos.blogspot.com

I held my first photo class last night, and this was the setup. I've been meaning to get up a photo of my studio, just having the time to do it was the hard part.

Nothing fancy, in fact this WAS our living room (I have the coolest wife ever!) I have a large 8 x 4 foot window directly to the right, which is excellent for those window lit portraits.

The only drawback...is the window. I typically cannot do studio until its dark.

Lets take a tour around from left to right.
- Homemade DIY Ringlite (featured here)
4 x 8 Mekko 5 in 1
24" Photoflex Diffuser
48" Photoflex 5 in 1
Smith Victor light stands
250 Watt continuous (on the boom)
580EX on stand with SV 23" Umbrella
430EX on stand on right side
Backdrop is from Adorama, frame is SV
Laptop - AMD Turion X2 Dual Core - 2GB Ram - 200GB SATA - Vista - 17" Gloss

Of course you guys know my babies....Hans and Frans pictured above on the table.
Other 2 backpacks on the table hold all my other gear.

6 months of pregnancy

Image by ethan.john
The only picture here that I wish I could do over is week 15 -- the frame just isn't right.

It was never the intention to get every picture exactly the same. I love that each one came out slightly different, evolving over time just as she (and Nora) did.

We skipped some weeks because Cori was rarely actually in the mood to take these pictures. It was only by reminding her (or her reminding herself) of the finished product that she was willing to sit (nearly) every other week.

Her patience with my ineptitude with the lights was admirable as well. I started with very little knowledge and finished with much more. I swapped lenses and lights and light covers (umbrellas, soft boxes, diffusers) several times. I don't think Cori ever swapped babies, though.

She was born right at 40 weeks.

Hit L, of course. Wide screens are good. Viewing the Original Size is probably best (1860 pixels tall; you will need a large monitor).

Mother and son

Image by Ed Yourdon
I thought this woman did an excellent job of balancing a backpack, a pocketbook, a snuggly, a young baby, a map, and the MetroCard that she would need to enter the subway station here at Verdi Square

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This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.

As I indicated when I started this project in 2008, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.

I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.

Thus far, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...

The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, far more people who are not so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them.

Four plus one = ?

Image by Payton Chung
This building type -- known for its four levels of studio apartments stacked atop one layer of parking -- is ubiquitous in some parts of Chicago and, unfortunately, in some parts of urban California. (Unfortunately, since the ground-level supports have a way of snapping during earthquakes.) Today, we think of these as eyesores and grieve over the mansions that disappeared in their wake, but they are a peculiar reminder of the very different society that was postwar America. These cheap concrete frame and picture-window constructions sprouted in many lakefront neighborhoods, especially Lakeview and Edgewater, as three factors collided:

(1) a pent-up demand for studio apartments, which became fashionable as changing social norms made it acceptable for young men and women to live on their own, as residential hotels and rooming-houses became socially unacceptable, and as the baby boom created an unprecedented number of new households after a twenty-year construction drought. Today, studios have fallen out of fashion among singles who prefer the spaciousness of 1-BRs that would have fit entire families back in the day.

(2) cheap new construction materials and techniques, particularly reinforced concrete, air conditioning, and aluminum window frames, arriving at the same time that architectural modernism permeated the public imagination.

(3) the permissive new 1957 zoning ordinance, which projected that Chicago would grow to five million residents (from its already overcrowded 1960 peak of almost four million) and would require many new residences -- especially along the perpetually popular lakefront, which would be served by a new subway line. Their boundless optimism crashed and burned in the 1970s-1980s; instead of growing, the city's population plummeted by over a million, none of the new subway lines
envisioned ever materialized, and much of the city's economic might trickled out to the suburbs or gushed to the Sunbelt, the Third World, and to super-dominant global cities.

In 1967, the City Council amended the zoning ordinance to ban all-studio buildings and construction of the 4 plus 1 ceased almost overnight.

This particular 4 plus 1 occupies a site near a quiet corner miles and miles from any of its sisters. Guessing the neighborhood will be easy, so I'll up the ante and ask: of the city's countless Starbuckses, which one is this nearest?

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Image by Rich Gibson

11/22/2004 - Monday: in Rome Roma, the Vatican, train to Florence Firenze

tags: italy



Monday Reality



Left hotel a bit late...not too bad. Tried to get on the subway but there was a line up the stairs. We were going to take a bus, but then we got a cab. 10 euros to take a cab two metro stops...I sort of think that wasn't strictly kosher...but maybe it was. it was still fun. We got to go under a tunnel that we saw yesterday during our ordeal march of being lost.



the idea was to catch the capucin crypts on the way to the vatican. But they were closed...still. so we slipped down back into the subway. We had used our single use tickets when we were turned back by the line at the Termini station, but we decided that the moral constraints were met, so we slipped through and re-used the tickets to get to the vatican. AFter all, we had gone through the gate, but we hadn't gotten on a train...



so the train left at 4:48ish, maybe 4:47...basically right on time ...



Off we rushed to the Vatican museum. We arrived at 10:00...and the english tour was at 10:30, so just enough time to get oriented and rest a bit before the ordeal by marbel floor!



We had a nice tour guide. First she showed us a sort of parchement view of the sistine chapel-two rulls of text and pictures with details of the different scenes. She would wind it down to get the next view.



This was fascinating...I am phenomenally underinformed of art and cultural matters...it is almost a cliche to say that, but egads it it true.



on the other hand, there are things we know today that were unknown 200 years ago. Amazingly...apparantly the whole forum area was under dirt until 18-something. So much dirt that only the tops of the columns were exposed. and even now much remains.



The archeologists cringe over the techniques used to clear what is now exposed. There have been several recent archeological 'campaigns' among the ruins of palatine hill that have excavated pre-roman huts. one of the write ups discussed the findings of 27 flakes of flint, indicating tool maing. So infering thngs based on bits of things found...which is the whole point of archeology.



And it made me realize that they are not done excavating Rome Roma...an odd thing to realize, since only a moment's consideration would reveal how obvious that is! There are Indian mounds that the archeologists are intentionally leaving alone for now, with the expressed plan of letting future archeologists examine them when they have better techniques.



my ears are popping...and the gps lost its lock...I then look out and realize we are going through a tunnel. ah...sense is made.



maybe...perhaps it wasn't a tunnel...I can't tell. several more episodes of pressure changes are occuring.



There are sliding head rests on the cabin walls in back of the seats. they are padded and have vertical supports so that you can lean on them to sleep without falling into the window, or onto your neighbor. they slide up and down to allow you to adjust to your preferences.



We didn't see the capucini crypt, because it was closed, and it was getting dark as we got on the train, but we are doing pretty well.



The vatican tour took two hours...and it seemed that we were moving much of the time. they have these slick radio receivors so you can hear the tour guide even if you are in the next room back.



I had a strong response to a tapestry depicting the slaughter of the chilidren by herod. One baby is being held, barely, by its mother and a soldier has a dagger to the child's heart. The baby is about to die. Other mother's are using their bodies to shield their infants. it is truly horrible.



damn! the pressure changes are really frequent, and amazingly annoying.



I downloaded a bunch of stuff from 'hex'-a friend of Jo and Schuyler's. I'm reading

how to build a reality that doesn't fall apart two days later...file:///Users/admin/wa/web/downlode.org/etext/how_to_build.html



I'm on the train...fighting sleep. I need to pee, but to do that I worry I'll have to wake the gentleman seated in front of the door to our compartment.



passing through orte...at 5:27:00---possibly even got a track point. I had a signal for a moment.



well..more than a moment, but not too long. there is crying in the hall....



The GPS showed us going 115 mph, for a bit. not just one observation. interesting. fast.



The hall of maps was cool because I realized it was, or could have been, not about art and instead was about the simple matter of managing an empire.



I enjoyed the museum, duh, and the Sistine chapel...and then we climbed the dome! I loved that! I truly loved it. We got to the top and I could see radio vatican and the quiet parts of the vatican and various 'stuff.' I don't know why, but seeing vatican radio made me happy.



We descended...heather waited while i ran about St. Peter's one more time. I went back into the catecombs...and reflected again at st. peter's grave, and the crypts of the popes. different passageway's were open from last time...you went in and out on different sides. Saturday we went through more passageways, past bits of monuments, even broken bits, supposedly the memorials for past popes there had been recovered via archeological digs and the like...little rooms, with gates, and some stones mounted on the walls.



Today I looked through a grate and down at a compartment that seemed to be set up as a small chapel. maybe a particularly holy pope was buried there.



When they embalm a pope, or remove anything from one, they send the bits to a particular church in room so the bits don't become relics.



I was struck by how clean and non-catacomb like the area was that we were allowed to tour. There were passageways that looked like they might get more 'creepy' small and twisty, but it was all clean...I guess marble does that for you.



Heather was whipped. We walked the .4 miles to cafe ruggio (is that it? The antipasto bar place by gellati millenium. it is in the Rick steve's book. We tried for it Saturday, but it was still closed, and we tried today, but closed Monday. Both faux paws (sic) could have been avoided if we had looked at the book and actually _read_ that listign first.



I have so many books and things that I don't really need...



Well Heather felt really crappy...but we ate at the little place by millenium gellati. It was great. The woman dished me up two plates. First a bowl of pasta, and then a plate with veal, mushrooms, zucchine, and peas with ham. It was in little bowls and I got to pick...heather had a panini. I was jsut positive that I was suffering eyes bigger than my head syndRome Roma, but

(and here the laptop powered down, I was writing on the train, and now it is the next day and some, 1:20 am on the 24th) I ate everything, and had a gellato after. And we went to the big 'M.' We found the M, but there was no metro...it was up another block. We metroed to the train station. Identified a train time, then grabbed our stuff at the hotel.



We spent time at the internet cafe DSC_4285.JPG, DSC_4286.JPG, DSC_4287.JPG ... They didn't support ssh! well I finally did send an email to folks via the webmail at work.



Then the train! The train was great. And we whisked into Florence Firenze. We wandered streets for a bit, then I got lock on the GPS, and knew we were .15 miles, and we wandered. I didn't remember the street name (via nazzionale, #10), but when we stumbled onto it Heather identified it. And we were a half block away.



Check in went smoothly. We fooled around, and then took to the streets. We ate at trattoria Sostanza-Troia (see p285 of Rick Steves). There were tour de france pictures on the walls, and signed photos dating back. We enjoyed it! A bottle of table wine. Tortellini with a house sauce, and then pot roast with beans. Heather had a bean salad and a salad.



Then we wandered back and bought a bottle of wine and some chocolate. Heather studied our books, and I sort of watched the Tony Gatuf movie Swing. I think it was in Italian with French subtitles. After all of that Art, and trying to read the pictures, I watched it in a different way. Paying attention to the cultural signifiers and all of that jazz. Having thoughts like 'why did he frame that shot that way? What does that use of open space say?" etc...

DSC_4289.JPG

Image by Rich Gibson
abstract patterns
11/22/2004 - Monday: in Rome Roma, the Vatican, train to Florence Firenze

tags: italy



Monday Reality



Left hotel a bit late...not too bad. Tried to get on the subway but there was a line up the stairs. We were going to take a bus, but then we got a cab. 10 euros to take a cab two metro stops...I sort of think that wasn't strictly kosher...but maybe it was. it was still fun. We got to go under a tunnel that we saw yesterday during our ordeal march of being lost.



the idea was to catch the capucin crypts on the way to the vatican. But they were closed...still. so we slipped down back into the subway. We had used our single use tickets when we were turned back by the line at the Termini station, but we decided that the moral constraints were met, so we slipped through and re-used the tickets to get to the vatican. AFter all, we had gone through the gate, but we hadn't gotten on a train...



so the train left at 4:48ish, maybe 4:47...basically right on time ...



Off we rushed to the Vatican museum. We arrived at 10:00...and the english tour was at 10:30, so just enough time to get oriented and rest a bit before the ordeal by marbel floor!



We had a nice tour guide. First she showed us a sort of parchement view of the sistine chapel-two rulls of text and pictures with details of the different scenes. She would wind it down to get the next view.



This was fascinating...I am phenomenally underinformed of art and cultural matters...it is almost a cliche to say that, but egads it it true.



on the other hand, there are things we know today that were unknown 200 years ago. Amazingly...apparantly the whole forum area was under dirt until 18-something. So much dirt that only the tops of the columns were exposed. and even now much remains.



The archeologists cringe over the techniques used to clear what is now exposed. There have been several recent archeological 'campaigns' among the ruins of palatine hill that have excavated pre-roman huts. one of the write ups discussed the findings of 27 flakes of flint, indicating tool maing. So infering thngs based on bits of things found...which is the whole point of archeology.



And it made me realize that they are not done excavating Rome Roma...an odd thing to realize, since only a moment's consideration would reveal how obvious that is! There are Indian mounds that the archeologists are intentionally leaving alone for now, with the expressed plan of letting future archeologists examine them when they have better techniques.



my ears are popping...and the gps lost its lock...I then look out and realize we are going through a tunnel. ah...sense is made.



maybe...perhaps it wasn't a tunnel...I can't tell. several more episodes of pressure changes are occuring.



There are sliding head rests on the cabin walls in back of the seats. they are padded and have vertical supports so that you can lean on them to sleep without falling into the window, or onto your neighbor. they slide up and down to allow you to adjust to your preferences.



We didn't see the capucini crypt, because it was closed, and it was getting dark as we got on the train, but we are doing pretty well.



The vatican tour took two hours...and it seemed that we were moving much of the time. they have these slick radio receivors so you can hear the tour guide even if you are in the next room back.



I had a strong response to a tapestry depicting the slaughter of the chilidren by herod. One baby is being held, barely, by its mother and a soldier has a dagger to the child's heart. The baby is about to die. Other mother's are using their bodies to shield their infants. it is truly horrible.



damn! the pressure changes are really frequent, and amazingly annoying.



I downloaded a bunch of stuff from 'hex'-a friend of Jo and Schuyler's. I'm reading

how to build a reality that doesn't fall apart two days later...file:///Users/admin/wa/web/downlode.org/etext/how_to_build.html



I'm on the train...fighting sleep. I need to pee, but to do that I worry I'll have to wake the gentleman seated in front of the door to our compartment.



passing through orte...at 5:27:00---possibly even got a track point. I had a signal for a moment.



well..more than a moment, but not too long. there is crying in the hall....



The GPS showed us going 115 mph, for a bit. not just one observation. interesting. fast.



The hall of maps was cool because I realized it was, or could have been, not about art and instead was about the simple matter of managing an empire.



I enjoyed the museum, duh, and the Sistine chapel...and then we climbed the dome! I loved that! I truly loved it. We got to the top and I could see radio vatican and the quiet parts of the vatican and various 'stuff.' I don't know why, but seeing vatican radio made me happy.



We descended...heather waited while i ran about St. Peter's one more time. I went back into the catecombs...and reflected again at st. peter's grave, and the crypts of the popes. different passageway's were open from last time...you went in and out on different sides. Saturday we went through more passageways, past bits of monuments, even broken bits, supposedly the memorials for past popes there had been recovered via archeological digs and the like...little rooms, with gates, and some stones mounted on the walls.



Today I looked through a grate and down at a compartment that seemed to be set up as a small chapel. maybe a particularly holy pope was buried there.



When they embalm a pope, or remove anything from one, they send the bits to a particular church in room so the bits don't become relics.



I was struck by how clean and non-catacomb like the area was that we were allowed to tour. There were passageways that looked like they might get more 'creepy' small and twisty, but it was all clean...I guess marble does that for you.



Heather was whipped. We walked the .4 miles to cafe ruggio (is that it? The antipasto bar place by gellati millenium. it is in the Rick steve's book. We tried for it Saturday, but it was still closed, and we tried today, but closed Monday. Both faux paws (sic) could have been avoided if we had looked at the book and actually _read_ that listign first.



I have so many books and things that I don't really need...



Well Heather felt really crappy...but we ate at the little place by millenium gellati. It was great. The woman dished me up two plates. First a bowl of pasta, and then a plate with veal, mushrooms, zucchine, and peas with ham. It was in little bowls and I got to pick...heather had a panini. I was jsut positive that I was suffering eyes bigger than my head syndRome Roma, but

(and here the laptop powered down, I was writing on the train, and now it is the next day and some, 1:20 am on the 24th) I ate everything, and had a gellato after. And we went to the big 'M.' We found the M, but there was no metro...it was up another block. We metroed to the train station. Identified a train time, then grabbed our stuff at the hotel.



We spent time at the internet cafe DSC_4285.JPG, DSC_4286.JPG, DSC_4287.JPG ... They didn't support ssh! well I finally did send an email to folks via the webmail at work.



Then the train! The train was great. And we whisked into Florence Firenze. We wandered streets for a bit, then I got lock on the GPS, and knew we were .15 miles, and we wandered. I didn't remember the street name (via nazzionale, #10), but when we stumbled onto it Heather identified it. And we were a half block away.



Check in went smoothly. We fooled around, and then took to the streets. We ate at trattoria Sostanza-Troia (see p285 of Rick Steves). There were tour de france pictures on the walls, and signed photos dating back. We enjoyed it! A bottle of table wine. Tortellini with a house sauce, and then pot roast with beans. Heather had a bean salad and a salad.



Then we wandered back and bought a bottle of wine and some chocolate. Heather studied our books, and I sort of watched the Tony Gatuf movie Swing. I think it was in Italian with French subtitles. After all of that Art, and trying to read the pictures, I watched it in a different way. Paying attention to the cultural signifiers and all of that jazz. Having thoughts like 'why did he frame that shot that way? What does that use of open space say?" etc...

DSC_4305.JPG

Image by Rich Gibson
Puppets
11/22/2004 - Monday: in Rome Roma, the Vatican, train to Florence Firenze

tags: italy



Monday Reality



Left hotel a bit late...not too bad. Tried to get on the subway but there was a line up the stairs. We were going to take a bus, but then we got a cab. 10 euros to take a cab two metro stops...I sort of think that wasn't strictly kosher...but maybe it was. it was still fun. We got to go under a tunnel that we saw yesterday during our ordeal march of being lost.



the idea was to catch the capucin crypts on the way to the vatican. But they were closed...still. so we slipped down back into the subway. We had used our single use tickets when we were turned back by the line at the Termini station, but we decided that the moral constraints were met, so we slipped through and re-used the tickets to get to the vatican. AFter all, we had gone through the gate, but we hadn't gotten on a train...



so the train left at 4:48ish, maybe 4:47...basically right on time ...



Off we rushed to the Vatican museum. We arrived at 10:00...and the english tour was at 10:30, so just enough time to get oriented and rest a bit before the ordeal by marbel floor!



We had a nice tour guide. First she showed us a sort of parchement view of the sistine chapel-two rulls of text and pictures with details of the different scenes. She would wind it down to get the next view.



This was fascinating...I am phenomenally underinformed of art and cultural matters...it is almost a cliche to say that, but egads it it true.



on the other hand, there are things we know today that were unknown 200 years ago. Amazingly...apparantly the whole forum area was under dirt until 18-something. So much dirt that only the tops of the columns were exposed. and even now much remains.



The archeologists cringe over the techniques used to clear what is now exposed. There have been several recent archeological 'campaigns' among the ruins of palatine hill that have excavated pre-roman huts. one of the write ups discussed the findings of 27 flakes of flint, indicating tool maing. So infering thngs based on bits of things found...which is the whole point of archeology.



And it made me realize that they are not done excavating Rome Roma...an odd thing to realize, since only a moment's consideration would reveal how obvious that is! There are Indian mounds that the archeologists are intentionally leaving alone for now, with the expressed plan of letting future archeologists examine them when they have better techniques.



my ears are popping...and the gps lost its lock...I then look out and realize we are going through a tunnel. ah...sense is made.



maybe...perhaps it wasn't a tunnel...I can't tell. several more episodes of pressure changes are occuring.



There are sliding head rests on the cabin walls in back of the seats. they are padded and have vertical supports so that you can lean on them to sleep without falling into the window, or onto your neighbor. they slide up and down to allow you to adjust to your preferences.



We didn't see the capucini crypt, because it was closed, and it was getting dark as we got on the train, but we are doing pretty well.



The vatican tour took two hours...and it seemed that we were moving much of the time. they have these slick radio receivors so you can hear the tour guide even if you are in the next room back.



I had a strong response to a tapestry depicting the slaughter of the chilidren by herod. One baby is being held, barely, by its mother and a soldier has a dagger to the child's heart. The baby is about to die. Other mother's are using their bodies to shield their infants. it is truly horrible.



damn! the pressure changes are really frequent, and amazingly annoying.



I downloaded a bunch of stuff from 'hex'-a friend of Jo and Schuyler's. I'm reading

how to build a reality that doesn't fall apart two days later...file:///Users/admin/wa/web/downlode.org/etext/how_to_build.html



I'm on the train...fighting sleep. I need to pee, but to do that I worry I'll have to wake the gentleman seated in front of the door to our compartment.



passing through orte...at 5:27:00---possibly even got a track point. I had a signal for a moment.



well..more than a moment, but not too long. there is crying in the hall....



The GPS showed us going 115 mph, for a bit. not just one observation. interesting. fast.



The hall of maps was cool because I realized it was, or could have been, not about art and instead was about the simple matter of managing an empire.



I enjoyed the museum, duh, and the Sistine chapel...and then we climbed the dome! I loved that! I truly loved it. We got to the top and I could see radio vatican and the quiet parts of the vatican and various 'stuff.' I don't know why, but seeing vatican radio made me happy.



We descended...heather waited while i ran about St. Peter's one more time. I went back into the catecombs...and reflected again at st. peter's grave, and the crypts of the popes. different passageway's were open from last time...you went in and out on different sides. Saturday we went through more passageways, past bits of monuments, even broken bits, supposedly the memorials for past popes there had been recovered via archeological digs and the like...little rooms, with gates, and some stones mounted on the walls.



Today I looked through a grate and down at a compartment that seemed to be set up as a small chapel. maybe a particularly holy pope was buried there.



When they embalm a pope, or remove anything from one, they send the bits to a particular church in room so the bits don't become relics.



I was struck by how clean and non-catacomb like the area was that we were allowed to tour. There were passageways that looked like they might get more 'creepy' small and twisty, but it was all clean...I guess marble does that for you.



Heather was whipped. We walked the .4 miles to cafe ruggio (is that it? The antipasto bar place by gellati millenium. it is in the Rick steve's book. We tried for it Saturday, but it was still closed, and we tried today, but closed Monday. Both faux paws (sic) could have been avoided if we had looked at the book and actually _read_ that listign first.



I have so many books and things that I don't really need...



Well Heather felt really crappy...but we ate at the little place by millenium gellati. It was great. The woman dished me up two plates. First a bowl of pasta, and then a plate with veal, mushrooms, zucchine, and peas with ham. It was in little bowls and I got to pick...heather had a panini. I was jsut positive that I was suffering eyes bigger than my head syndRome Roma, but

(and here the laptop powered down, I was writing on the train, and now it is the next day and some, 1:20 am on the 24th) I ate everything, and had a gellato after. And we went to the big 'M.' We found the M, but there was no metro...it was up another block. We metroed to the train station. Identified a train time, then grabbed our stuff at the hotel.



We spent time at the internet cafe DSC_4285.JPG, DSC_4286.JPG, DSC_4287.JPG ... They didn't support ssh! well I finally did send an email to folks via the webmail at work.



Then the train! The train was great. And we whisked into Florence Firenze. We wandered streets for a bit, then I got lock on the GPS, and knew we were .15 miles, and we wandered. I didn't remember the street name (via nazzionale, #10), but when we stumbled onto it Heather identified it. And we were a half block away.



Check in went smoothly. We fooled around, and then took to the streets. We ate at trattoria Sostanza-Troia (see p285 of Rick Steves). There were tour de france pictures on the walls, and signed photos dating back. We enjoyed it! A bottle of table wine. Tortellini with a house sauce, and then pot roast with beans. Heather had a bean salad and a salad.



Then we wandered back and bought a bottle of wine and some chocolate. Heather studied our books, and I sort of watched the Tony Gatuf movie Swing. I think it was in Italian with French subtitles. After all of that Art, and trying to read the pictures, I watched it in a different way. Paying attention to the cultural signifiers and all of that jazz. Having thoughts like 'why did he frame that shot that way? What does that use of open space say?" etc...

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Cool Baby Picture Frames images

Puppy in Hawaii

Image by NathanaelB
A puppy we met at Kolekole beach park just out of Hilo on our last day on the Big Island. Her mother died when she was 2 weeks old, just a baby.

The original owner couldn't handle the puppies without their mother so had to get rid of them. So we met the new owner taking this pup out for a walk. She's going to get her trained as a service dog.

Unfortunately it's common for dogs to not be well looked after in Hawaii ... owners will simply rope them to a pole in the yard. No exercise, no stimulation, no play.

But not this puppy! Very playful, and an owner who understood how to raise a puppy properly.

Although this puppy was also a little bitey ... nipped me a few times, and made Jenny's hand bleed a bit. But besides that, a lot of fun! We'll remember this particular little puppy.

Overview: I went to Hawaii with my girlfriend Jenny aka Allyeska for three weeks in July-August 2009. We spent a couple of days in O'ahu, almost a week on Kaua'i, a couple of days on Moloka'i, four days on Maui and a week on the Big Island.

See where this picture was taken. [?]

Bob Jackson Bike-1

Image by LightenUpBikes
So, there I was, taking pictures of the goats from my Mundo (I had it loaded with an Eastern Metalhead) and a guy rode up on this. He was interested in the Mundo. I was interested in this beauty!

Bob Jackson Bike-2

Image by LightenUpBikes
So, there I was, taking pictures of the goats from my Mundo (I had it loaded with an Eastern Metalhead) and a guy rode up on this. He was interested in the Mundo. I was interested in this beauty!

Bob Jackson Bike-3

Image by LightenUpBikes
So, there I was, taking pictures of the goats from my Mundo (I had it loaded with an Eastern Metalhead) and a guy rode up on this. He was interested in the Mundo. I was interested in this beauty!

I'm back, baby!

Image by Loozrboy
All right, I finally gave up on being reunited with my ill-fated camera and replaced it with one that's pretty much the same.

Here for you enjoyment is the very first third* picture I took with it, an ill-framed shot of a bunch of bikes like the one I was riding when I lost the old camera :P

(* The first picture I took was of a card containing my contact info lest I should ever be parted from this camera as well. And the second was a less-crooked attempt at the first.)

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Nice Baby Photo Frames photos

eddies_box2_059

Image by White Feather Photo Revival

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Image by White Feather Photo Revival

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Image by White Feather Photo Revival

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Image by White Feather Photo Revival

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Image by White Feather Photo Revival

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Nice Baby Photo Frames photos

Fuzzle Family Photo

Image by JD Hancock
My daughter helped me take a photo of the Fuzzle family, which she created herself.

We see Mrs. Fuzzle, Cousin Fuzzle, Baby Fuzzle, and Mr. Fuzzle.

Photo of photos

Image by storyvillegirl
I was feeling quite meta- took a photo of a photo...Me to the I...and my baby...
4/365- Feb 2, 2011

One happy family

Image by DomiKetu
Another baby step in street photography and another contribution to the Romani Book.
I know the framing is not good but I like it anyway. Because it`s very representative and very different from a previous one which presents the same situation. But look at the differences of age and the position of the family members (in the other one pay attention to the background too).
Please, view on black.
03

Delicate

Image by harry harris
Almost all in frame - I was leaning right across the hull, trying not to disturb it (it flew off and back again several times).

Just go large and check out the tail and wings - it is beautiful.

A place to Link my Animated Musical Christmas Light Videos

Image by Mona Loldwoman (Look for the good)
This photo is a freeze frame from one of the Video clips.
I only uploaded it to have one place to "collect"
the Animated Musical Christmas Light Show Videos
From my stream.
Go enjoy the Videos.

ENJOY, ENJOY, ENJOY !!!

and share !

1. We Need A Little Christmas
www.flickr.com/photos/40147761@N04/4176546915 /

2. Baby Its Cold Out There
www.flickr.com/photos/40147761@N04/4201329906 /

3. Winter Wonderland MY 2ND FAVORITE
www.flickr.com/photos/40147761@N04/4201326812 /

4,Christmas Bells
www.flickr.com/photos/40147761@N04/4210159572 /

5. We Need A Little Christmas (ReEdited) MY 1ST FAVORITE
www.flickr.com/photos/40147761@N04/4209862133/

6.Mary's Boy Child
www.flickr.com/photos/40147761@N04/4210445159/

7. Silent night
www.flickr.com/photos/40147761@N04/4211212316/

There may be others if I get back out there before The New Year.


Glitter Graphics - Topglittergraphics

pdvd_009cr1

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Nice Baby Photo Frames photos

Cooking lessons

Image by rifqi dahlgren
LP160 in softbox just out of frame above and to camera left. Another LP160 with cto gel outside the window in the back, Finally a YN560 in umbrella with some ctb gel just to camera right for fill light.

Read more on my blog: rifqisphoto.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/cooking-lessons/

Rise and Fall of Flowers

Image by mytoenailcameoff
Moving Flowers
4:45 pm to 12:30 am (465 minutes)
930 photos at 60 frames per second

truman and i waiting for the bus. 33rd and alberta. photo: everett hanson

Image by cafemama
that's my current favorite baby carrier: the horsey my tie. yes i *do* sell these!

Really Tiny Frog

Image by jeffk42
Shot with the Canon 40D and an EF 17-40 f/4L USM mounted on a 12mm extension tube. Below him you can see the razor-thin depth of field.

There's no frame of reference for his size here, but he would easily fit onto the face of a US dime without any part of him going over the edge.

View a larger version of this photo.

Cooking lessons

Image by rifqi dahlgren
LP160 in softbox just out of frame above and to camera left. Another LP160 with cto gel outside the window in the back, Finally a YN560 in umbrella with some ctb gel just to camera right for fill light.

Read more on my blog: rifqisphoto.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/cooking-lessons/

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Cool Baby Photo Frames images

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Image by White Feather Photo Revival

babywearing art.

Image by Fuschia Foot

Merissa opening gifts at her baby shower

Image by Phae
We got Merissa and Ray this frame and a gift certificate for photos/sittings, a baby blanket and some diapers. They got TONS of stuff! :P

One dad, one sleeping baby, one hungry kid...

Image by Ed Yourdon
This was taken near the corner of Columbus Ave & 72nd Street; I'm not sure what was going on here...

Note: this photo was published in a Jul 14, 2010 blog titled "Equal Parenting Great for Dads." And it was published in an undated (late Oct 2010) Cool Baby Strollers Images blog, with the same title and detailed notes as what I had written on this Flickr page. It was also published in a Dec 22, 2010 blog titled "あるある！？コレがイクメンの困ること."

Moving into 2011, the photo was published in a Feb 18, 2011 blog titled "Q&A: Where do you lay down your baby to sleep during the day?" It was also published in a Sep 2, 2011 Our Baby blog, with the same caption and detailed notes that I had written on this Flickr page.

Moving into 2012, the photo was published in an undated (early Mar 2012) Baby Birth Announcements blog, with the same caption and detailed notes that I had written on this Flickr page.

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This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.

As I indicated when I started this project in 2008, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.

I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.

Thus far, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...

The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, far more people who are not so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them.

Tiny photo frame

Image by JulieRed
Baby's first Christmas photo frame .

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Flynn's walking frame

Image by Charles
For some reason Flynn's cutest photos are always in the morning...it's either his big red jump suit or that he's had a good nights sleep and isn't grumpy, who knows :)

This chair gets pushed all around the living room, we had to add some felt on the legs to stop the scratching. More Flynn here.

greeting cards

Canada Dry (October 1954) ...item 2.. Keep Smiling -- Still Wonderful (June 11, 2012 / 21 Sivan 5772) ...

Image by marsmet543
A smile costs nothing, but gives much. It reaches those who receive without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the memory can sometimes last a lifetime.

None is so rich or mighty that he can get along without it and none is so poor but that he cannot be made richer by it.

A smile creates happiness in the home, fosters goodwill in business, and is the countersign of friendship. It brings rest to the weary, cheer to the discouraged. A smile is sunshine to the sad and is nature’s best antidote for trouble.

Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed or stolen, for it is of no value to anyone until it is given away. Some people are too tired to give you a smile. Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has none to give.
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.....item 1A).... song lyrics ... Sing365.com ... www.sing365.com/music ...

Going Home Lyrics
Performed by The Rolling Stones
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/GOING-HOME-lyrics-The-Rol...

Spendin' too much time away
I can't stand another day
Maybe you think I've seen the world
But I'd rather see my girl

I'm goin' home, I'm goin' home
I'm goin' home, I'm goin' home
I'm goin' home, bome, bome, bome-bome-bome,
Home, bome, bome, bome, back home
Yes, I am

All those letters ev'ry day
Maybe alright in their way
But I'd love to see your face
When I get home in their place

I'm goin' home, I'm goin' home
I'm goin' home, I'm goin' home
I'm goin' home, bome, bome, bome-bome-bome,
Home, bome, bome, bome, back home
Yes, I am
Alright

I'm goin' home, I'm goin' home
I'm goin' home, I'm goin' home
I'm goin' home, bome, bome, bome-bome-bome,
Home, bome, bome, bome, back home
Yes, I will

When you're three thousand miles away
I just never sleep the same
If I packed my things right now
I could be home in seven hours

I'm goin' home, I'm goin' home
I'm goin' home, I'm goin' home
I'm goin' home, bome, bome, bome-bome-bome,
Home, bome, bome, bome, back home

Yes, I will
Yes, I will
See my baby, see my baby
I wanna see my girl
I just can't wait, I just can't wait
I just can't wait, I just can't wait

I just can't wait, I just can't wait
I just can't wait, I just can't wait

I just can't wait
I'll see my baby
She'll make me feel alright

Gotta see my baby
She'll make me feel so good
She'll make me feel allright
Yes she does
In the middle of the night
So good ti ti tight

Feel allright, come on baby
I'm gonna get home babe
I feel allright
I'm lookin' for my baby
I'm gonna go in the early morning
I'm gonna catch that plane
Now it won't be long, I say
Listen to me

Long time since I've seen my baby
Yes it is
It's such a long long time
Yes it is, I feel allright
I'm gonna see my baby, one more time
I get home, I gotta get home
I wanna see my darling

I wanna make sweet sweet love
In the middle of the night
Early in the morning
In the midnight hour
She'll make me feel so good
She'll make me feel allright

When she touch my hands
And that's all I gotta say
Cause I'm gonna pack my bags
I wanna see you baby
See your face
Your pretty little smile
Your pretty clothes
Hear you talk
Come on

I'm comin' home
I'll see my baby
I'm goin' home
I'm gettin' out
To see your face
Makin' love to you baby
Yes it makes me feel so good
Inside
I feel so good inside

Touch me one more time
Come on little girl
You may look sweet
But I know you ain't
I know you ain't
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Out of the blue, Efryim Shore became paralyzed from the neck down.

June 11, 2012 / 21 Sivan 5772
by Gavriel Horan

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It was the second day of Rosh Hashana in 2004. Efryim Barry Shore came home from a full morning of prayers feeling a little tired. After a light lunch he decided to take a nap. Efryim climbed into bed, never knowing that it would be the last time he climbed into bed on his own for a long time.

He woke up feeling groggy, tried his best to get dressed and then collapsed into a chair, unable to move. His teenage son Ezra ran to shul to get a local doctor. “You don’t look too good,” the doctor said.

Together, they managed to carry Efryim to a taxi and sent him off to the hospital. “Don’t worry – I’ll be home tomorrow,” he told his wife Naomi.

“In the morning I was standing. That night I was a total quadriplegic.”
As the day progressed, it became harder and harder for Efryim to move his body, until he was completely paralyzed from the neck down.

“In the morning I was standing in shul just like you,” he recalled. “That night I was in the hospital – a total quadriplegic.”

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The next thing he knew he woke up in a hospital bed with a woman doctor looking down at him. “Good morning Mr. Shore,” she said, introducing herself as a neurologist. “We believe that you have a very serious – possibly fatal – condition known as Guillain–Barré Syndrome (GBS). We’re going to administer some tests to confirm that.” He had never heard of Guillain–Barré Syndrome and wasn’t even sure how to pronounce it.

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Guillain–Barré Syndrome, named after the two French doctors who identified it in 1916, is an autoimmune disease that causes the destruction, removal, or loss of the myelin sheath surrounding a nerve. This results in the rapidly progressive inflammation of nerves that causes loss of sensation, muscle weakness, and paralysis. The myelin sheath acts as an electrical insulator to nerve fibers. An average of 2 out of every 100,000 people is affected by Guillain–Barré each year.

GBS was confirmed after a spinal tap, delivered without anesthesia, showed a high level of protein in his spinal fluid. They administered Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) to arrest the development of the condition, but they were uncertain if they could reverse the paralysis process.

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Efryim spent the next 11 days in the Intensive Care Unit. All he could move was his head from left to right.

“To be in the ICU for so long was very intense – no pun intended,” Efryim recounts. “Every 20 minutes doctors and nurses came in to do tests. I was so well taken care of it is almost beyond comprehension.”
Efryim spent four and a half months in various hospitals, including ten days in a telemetry unit, followed by four months in rehabilitation hospitals.

“I was surrounded by so much love.”

“I was surrounded by so much love,” Efryim recounts. “My wonderful wife prepared healthy homemade kosher food for me every day. The hospital staff was bowled over by everything this woman did for me.”

After his release Efryim spent the next two years in a hospital bed in his home, three years in a wheelchair, one and a half years with full length braces and walker, finally graduating to the ankle braces and walking stick that he uses today. For seven months after the incident he couldn’t pick up a plastic fork. The first time he tried to feed himself, the food ended up on his forehead but today he is literally back on his feet.

-----The Power of Water

His road to recovery was long and hard. Efryim attributes his success to what he calls P.T.L.: Prayer, Therapy, and Love – in that order. “The prayers of everyone in addition to my own brought down the spiritual power to make everything work out. Until today I meet people who tell me that they’ve been praying for me all these years. I am so thankful for their help. The physical therapy was necessary to get my body working again and the love gave me the strength to persevere. But the love has to go both ways – giving and receiving.”
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Today he continues to undergo daily physical therapy but his greatest improvement came about unexpectedly. When he was getting wheeled home after his lengthy hospital stay, Efryim’s neighbor, Vince Newman, asked him with real concern what had happened. “I can help you walk again,” he said with confidence. Although they had waved good morning to each other for years, Efryim never knew that Vince was a leading expert on Aqua Therapy – physical therapy in the water. Using a special disability lane in a nearby pool, he was able to help people who were unable to walk to swim and through swimming eventually walk again.

He swims three miles at a time – six days a week.

At first Efryim could just float in the water using a plethora of floating devices that surrounded his body. But within six months he was able to move all his limbs in water. Before long he was able to swim a backstroke and within a year he was able to walk in the water. He continued swimming daily, all the while regaining his strength and in 2006, he amazed himself when he swam the equivalent of a full mile. It took him 96 minutes. The next year he challenged himself to swim two miles every day. Now it takes him 52 minutes to swim a mile and he swims three miles at a time without stopping – six days a week. This summer, he will be completing his 3000th mile. His lesson to others: “Never give up, persevere. There’s no end to what you can do—just keep doing it!”

-----Serial Entrepreneur

In the midst of his remarkable recovery Efryim, who considers himself a “serial entrepreneur,” continued using his business skills. “I can’t move around very well but my mouth and mind seem to be working okay—I might as well use them.” He’s now on his fourth internet startup, this one titled, YouNeverLose.com, an innovative and fun auction site that offers a no risk opportunity to win prepaid/gift cards from top national brand names at huge discounts. Launched four months ago, it has already garnered CBS TV coverage, an AOL Finance article, a write up in Investor’s Business Daily and scores of other news and blog outlets. Directing a crew of 17 in several diverse locations including Israel, Efryim has the title of Founder and CVO: Chief Vision Officer. The website has already become profitable on an operational basis and he is out speaking with investors to raise more funding for what he believes can be a lucrative venture. Prior to this, Efryim’s notable ventures included a wholesale diamond business, an international calling service, and Fax4Free – bought out by eFax for over million.
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-----Keep Smiling

Throughout the long and arduous ordeal, Efryim somehow managed to stay positive. “This is where I am, this is what God wants from me. What can I do about it?” he asked rhetorically. “Why should I be angry? I’m alive. I’m talking.” His mother used to say that when people suffer they say “why me?” – accenting the “me” meaning, why do I have it so bad. She would encourage him to say it differently, with an accent on the “why”: “Why me?”- meaning why was I chosen to experience this and what can I learn from it?

”So I can’t do everything, but you do what you can, with what you have – and keep smiling!”

“But let’s be realistic,” Efryim says. “I’m still living it. I can’t run or jump, I need assistance 12 hours a day, I can’t get up the curb by myself, and I can’t walk up stairs without a banister. But I can be thankful for a banister when I find one or for the person who shows up at the right time to help me up the curb. So I can’t do everything, but you do what you can, with what you have, from where you are – and keep smiling!”
In fact, “Keep Smiling” has been Efryim’s motto for nearly two decades. Over 18 years ago, Efryim received a card in the mail from Rabbi Moshe Goldberger of the Yeshiva of Staten Island. The card said
“Keep Smiling.” On the back was written the following:
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.....A smile costs nothing, but gives much. It reaches those who receive without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the memory can sometimes last a lifetime.

.....None is so rich or mighty that he can get along without it and none is so poor but that he cannot be made richer by it.

.....A smile creates happiness in the home, fosters goodwill in business, and is the countersign of friendship. It brings rest to the weary, cheer to the discouraged. A smile is sunshine to the sad and is nature’s best antidote for trouble.
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Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed or stolen, for it is of no value to anyone until it is given away. Some people are too tired to give you a smile. Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has none to give.

Efryim immediately contacted Rabbi Goldberger and requested permission to reproduce it. He printed 1000 cards and gave them away to everyone he met. Since then he and his distribution network have given out over 250,000 cards. The goal is to reach a million. (Anyone interested in helping him meet this goal can order cards for free at www.thedailysmile.com.) Efryim has had the card translated into 17 languages, including Hebrew, Yiddish, and Farsi. Most recently, the card has been translated into Braille. “They can’t see smiles, but people can see their smiles,” Efryim explains. “If a blind person has what to smile for, it can inspire others to smile too. It’s the essence of Judaism! The great Rabbi Avigdor Miller zt”l once said that it’s better to have an insincere smile than a sincere frown. This is the Jewish way: become a giver and spread the message of hope to make sure the world is living with peace, happiness, love, and joy. It changes the whole world—literally.”

-----Life is Wondrous

Efryim is still an avid hiker. He regularly walks along the trails of the Santa Monica Mountains with the help of his attendant, walking stick, and leg braces. Whenever he meets someone on the trail he asks them if they’re having a good day or a great day. “We’re gonna upgrade you,” he says before handing them a “Keep Smiling” card. He next asks them if they have someone they love, and then gives them another card to give to their loved one. Then he says “now that you’ve given, you can receive,” and gives them another card.
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One time when Efryim gave a fellow hiker a card, his face lit up. “This is just what I needed,” he said. He went on to tell them about how bad his life was going. He had just lost a job and everything looked gloomy. Two days later, Efryim got a call from a rabbi who told him that that man told his story on National Public Radio to millions of listeners.

“Stories like that happen all the time,” Efrayim says. “There’s nothing artificial about it. Just be yourself. It’s a gentle reminder that life is wondrous.” He later helped Aish’s Rabbi Ephraim Shore make cards for the “Don’t Blame, Don’t Complain” campaign to hasten their son Yaakov’s recovery from a serious car accident. Although not related, the two now have more in common than their name alone.

“We live with the axiom that light is greater than darkness.”

“Complaining is not the Jewish way,” he says with a hearty laugh. “Believe me, I’ve had some things to possibly complain about in my own life, but we live with the axiom that light is greater than darkness. Start spreading the light and the darkness will disappear! Get it, love it, internalize it, live it!”

-----Positive Thinking

Efryim attributes his positive attitude to a conversation he had with his aunt at the age of seven. Efryim, originally from Boston, was looking out the window on a stormy New England day. It was cold and rainy and Efryim could think of many reasons to be upset. “What a horrible day,” he exclaimed. Just then his aunt came up behind him and chided him for seeing the negative. “What are you talking about?” she asked. “The rain and snow are so good for the world. It helps the plants to grow, it fills the river basins, and gives us water to drink. We can’t survive without rain!”

“That was a seminal moment in my life,” he recalls. “My eyes were different from then on. I realized that I had a choice whether to see the good in a situation, or to focus on the opposite. Sometimes in the midst of a very hot or rainy day you can find yourself beginning to grumble and complain. Stop yourself right before the negative words leave your mouth and say, ‘Thank God I’m alive; I’m walking; I can smile!’”

Efryim’s signature on his email says www but it isn’t followed by a domain name. Instead he gives new definition to the acronym – “What a Wonderful World!”

As far as he’s concerned, it truly is.
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We decided that as part of our Christmas gifts
we'd give some family members a framed photo
of Oliver, so we did our little photo shoot today.
He was such a good boy & although he didn't
smile for mommy, he sat pretty still & was quite
content. This is one of my favorites from the
shoot :) [His hair just keeps getting lighter!]

& for his Ollie-style album:

Ralph Lauren dress shirt - [Value Village]
Gap cords - [Consigner's Place]
Robeez booties - [Value Village]

hanging photos of t

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i put some photos of tiernan in frames today. isn't he adorable?

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