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  • 2012 Annular Eclipse

    The Wife and I made our way to Overlook Park in White Rock to watch the Annular eclipse.

    The sky above White Rock was heavy with clouds as the eclipse began but we were lucky that sun poked through during totality.

    This man’s setup: a bird watching monocular projecting the sun onto a white background. Cardboard helped to shade the the image.

    The Sunspotter!

    Welding masks make for great filters.

    One of two homemade telescopes. This one projected the biggest image and was the crowd favorite.

    The second of two homemade telescopes. One looked through an eyepice at the sun.

    A homemade pinhole projector made from taping two poster tubes together.

    This woman used her binoculars to project the sun’s image onto a white piece of foamboard.

    A clever idea: making a solar filter from glass blackened by a candle.

    Totality!

    Totally? Totally!

    Good times.

  • Los Alamos Kite Festival

    Ten photos from the first day of the Los Alamos Kite Festival.

  • My pictures are all up this place

    Back in August, a friend Facebooked me to let me know that there was a call for community photographers to submit photos for an exhibit called “Los Conchas Fire,” put on by the Los Alamos Historical Society. I submitted seven pictures and three were selected to be displayed.

    Me, standing next to my three photos in the exhibit.

    The exhibit started on December 5th and runs through February.

    The wife is proud; the cat not so much.

    Just being selected has been cool. But today I found out that one of my pictures showed up in print:

    How's this for a shot in the arm? My picture is used to promote the exhibit in the Santa Fe New Mexican weekly event round up called "Pasatiempo".

    KICK ASS!

    Tonight there was supposed to be a special viewing and panel discussion on the effects of the fire but it was postponed because of snow. Regardless, I’m pretty happy. Below are the three pics that were chosen.

    View of the Las Conchas Fire from Pajarito Ski resort outside of Los Alamos, NM.
    The Las Conchas Fire seen from NM state road 4 near Bandelier National Monument.
    The most visible portion of the fire was from Barranca Mesa.

     

     

     

     

  • Playa del Carmen Thanksgiving Wedding

    My best friend got married in Mexico over Thanksgiving. Epic. Good. Times. I love you, Mr. and Mrs. Schulien.

    Drinks the first night we arrived. Hello Mexico!
    The bride to be getting crunk!
    Carlos, looking like the Virgen with the spin wheel behind him.
    Offering prayers for no hangovers.
    Day two, finally a chance to explore our hotel.
    Down the beach from the hotel.
    View from the Paseo de Carmen.
    Getting ready to go out to dinner.
    Getting ready to go out to dinner.
    The happy couple leading the way to dinner.
    Gracie and Oscar!
    Emma!
    Wendy, her mom, and Sean the best man caught hamming it up.
    Chucherias on la Avenida Quinta.
    Day three, Thanksgiving, visiting the ruins in Tulum.
    Wendy taking extra precautions with the sun.
    Tulum!
    Tulum!
    Tulum!
    Mexican turkey.
    Beach access at Tulum.
    Wendy, Mari, Ana.
    Little inlet for turtles to get their freak on.
    Ana!
    Wendy and Jeff on the beach at Tulum.
    Thanksgiving dinner.
    Wendy arriving at the hotel after her hair appointment.
    Wendy, and her flower girls.
    Wendy the bride!
    My best friend for 20 years looking beautiful.
    The bride and groom at the altar.
    The Kiss!
    Outdoor bar on the beach.
    Drinky drinky!
    No wedding in Mexico is complete without Mariachis.
    Wendy and Jeff, November 25th, 2011.

  • Dia De Los Muertos, Los Angeles 2011

    I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to fly back to LA for the Day of the Dead celebration held at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. As always, it didn’t disappoint.