Mount Rainier, at first light
The magic of the mountains, of high elevation, of early mornings first light…Mount Rainier is heaven to behold. Yesterday I could freeze this moment between subtle droplets of misty rain, as clouds raced by overhead. All weather has its beauty, creativity, and power.
What a wonderland!
Here’s an interesting clip of a color film test done by Kodak in 1922, years before color movies started appearing. This is 13 years before the first full-length color film appeared, and 7 years before the first Oscar was awarded. You can read more about this clip on the Kodak blog.
Just worked with this actor, he is seeking a major role in a motion picture soon to be filmed in Seattle. To see more from this shoot, check out the new work.
After working in Italy, and living a long while in Seattle, I’ve learned to appreciate fine coffee. Making expresso today, it appeared to be smiling back. Now that’s a good cuppa coffee! No photoshop, this is exactly the way it looked, another example of beauty in the details.
How is it nature gets it so right?
I photographed this extreme close up of a Yucca recently. When I get close in to plants I’m constantly amazed by nature’s astonishing art sensibility, so painterly and beautiful. It’s as though a talented fine artist had designed the canvas, or a brilliant architect was realizing a unique structural masterpiece.
You can be sure I’ll continue this theme. Stay tuned!
A short road trip today yielded some visual surprises. I’ve always loved textures and close-ups.
Add some red and you’ve got a photograph! The light was just right to make this a keeper.
Firsthand Technology knows how to play games, serious games that is. The National Institute of Health tasked them with creating a virtual reality, 3D game experience for kids that would teach them to improve their dental health, a major issue for young people.
The result is a truly awesome game led by it’s main character, “Dentisha”.
Firsthand has also produced other ‘serious games’ including a recent effort which helps veterans who have returned from Iraq & Afganistan with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Doing great work and “Making Technology Work for People”
From NPR:
In 1984, photojournalist Steve McCurry was in an Afghan refugee camp in Pakistan. He followed the sound of voices to a tent where he found a group of girls. “I noticed this one little girl off to the side that had his incredible set of eyes that seemed almost haunted — or very piercing,” he tells NPR’s Audie Cornish.
McCurry snapped a picture that ended up on the cover of National Geographic’s June 1985 issue. “The Afghan Girl” became one of the magazine’s most widely recognized photographs — and one of the century’s most iconic. To get that shot, McCurry used a type of film that has become iconic in its own right: Kodachrome.
Credit: Steve McCurry
The film, known for its rich saturation and archival durability of its slides, was discontinued last year to the dismay of photographers worldwide. But Kodak gave the last roll ever produced to McCurry. He has just processed that coveted roll at Dwayne’s Photo Service in Parsons, Kan. — the last remaining location that processes the once-popular slide film.
I photographed the ancient art of the Tea Ceremony for this new book cover.
The author speaks of the beauty of Japanese culture and tradition, and how it has had a powerfully positive affect on her life. Her perspective is unique as she is originally from Korea, she discusses how even though the two countries are close in proximity they are culturally distant, and the positive inspirations for her life she has gained through classical Japanese culture.
The original Japanese title is:
Watashi Wo Gekiteki Ni Kaeta Nihon No Bifu
We just completed this fun video piece for a small business providing services to homeowners. The owner wanted to promote their window washing business, so I approached it in a straight-foward way to show his warm, sincere approach to customer satisfaction.
