A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
This is a recipe that we reverse-engineered for our Super Bowl Party at Paul’s. It was served to us at Bohemian Cafe on Friday night as an appetizer, and we decided that we could re-create it. We were served this with bruschetta, which was wonderful. The Stuff: 2 cups cherry tomatoes 2 cups pitted calamato … Read More “Tomato Olive – something” »
Yep, that’s OOBs – not OOPS!, or worse yet, BOOBS!. It stands for Out of Boundary, and is a photomanipulation technique that creates three-dimensional effect. A frame is created around part of the photo, then part of the image appears to break out of that frame. Creative use of a Gaussian Blur for shadow and … Read More “OOBs!” »
I finished up my portraiture class well after normal lunch time, and Laura haad already eaten and was out shopping. That meant I was on my on to try something new. Today it was Smoke on the Water at in the West End Shops. Atmosphere: The restaurant describes itself as "a saucy southern tavern." Blues … Read More “Smoke on the Water” »
This morning was the second session of our portraiture class at the Greenville Museum of Art. Today we were to spend the day posing and working with our model, Christy. Since it was incredibly cold outside, we started in the studio, with Polly discussing and demonstrating various posing techniques and lighting. Polly drove home several … Read More “Portraiture Class, Part 2” »
Every one of these headlines was on the front page of this morning’s Metro section of the Greenville News… Residents hope pedestrian plan has legs Easley transit plans face long road City’s paving request falls through the cracks Beavers gnaw at neighbors’ patience Give me a break! I feel like I’m reading a "Frank and … Read More “Corny Headlines” »
The following is an amalgam of actual phone calls received at our district office this morning… We’re on a two hour delay, right? What, exactly does that mean? Just add two hours to the start time. If my child’s school starts at 7:45, do I bring him at 10:00 or at 9:45? 9:45 Well, what … Read More “Delayed Math Skills” »
I knew there would be fog. The temperatures were high enough for yesterday’s snow to sublime away, leaving a heavy mist in its place. We had a two-hour delay for school this morning, just on the off-chance that icy patches still remained. It was as good an opportunity as I was going to get for … Read More “Foggy Delay” »
After dealing with phone calls, I was wide awake early . Part of me wanted to watch the snow coming down (and possible get some long-exposure shots.) The part of me that won put on a pot of coffee, then dozed off on the couch for awhile. The weather wasn’t as bad as we feared. … Read More “Snow Day” »
When it comes to communication, our district really tries to cover all its bases. A snow day is a good case in point. We alert the media and we post messages to our website. Even with all that, we will always get complaints from a parent that didn’t get the message because we hadn’t used … Read More ““I woke you up to tell you to go back to sleep”” »
Our big guy was lurking in our pond as the afternoon light was hitting. I took this shot with the Celestron C-90 and Nikon D50. The setup is shown below: