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They’ve Arrived.
Can you tell? We made it through move-in day! Now for 1st day of classes. Good luck to #2 on her new journey. Continue reading
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Trains, Planes and….
No Cars! Just trains and planes. Two technologies… A Century and 30k feet apart. Continue reading
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Shoes for Victory
You can tell a man by his shoes? Continue reading
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Duck!!!
HVAC Dream or Nightmare? Either way, I think they have the place covered. Continue reading
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Put Him In The Box..
I had to tell him what it was… and then show him how it worked… Old school tech gets ’em every time. Continue reading
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BTS
We had a great shoot last week with Ruben, owner of @Rubiagave. Thanks to Ruben for being a great partner in the process. Thanks to Elise for the BTS images. Continue reading
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The Walls Are Melting
From the Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit Chicago. What a fantastic experience. It was a lot more than what I was imagining it would be. I might just go back. . . . . . Continue reading
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There’s a hole in me head!
I love reflections. It’s kind of like water when I’m not able to be by the water. Water is my favorite. I think I take inspiration from the surrealist like Renee Magritte. Reflections like water are a gateway to the subconscious. C’est n’est pas une pip. Continue reading
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Not bad for a 75-year-old….
Not bad for a 75-year-old…. lens. I’d like to make a clarification… To be perfectly clear… SHE IS NOT 75 YEARS OLD!!! I’m talking about the lens on my camera NOT my wife! Yes, I did get comments, mainly from Elise, that the post seemed to say she was 75 years old… She is NOT! … Continue reading
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I stand still or move slowly, feeling things like the impulse of shapes, the direction of lines, the quality of surfaces. I frame with my eye (sometimes with my hands) as the ground glass would frame. Nothing that one could reasonably call thinking is taking place at this stage. The condition is total absorption; the decision (a picture!) is spontaneous. – Aaron Siskind, 1955