A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
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:
There was terrible news in this morning’s Greenville News. The Map Shop is joining the ever-growing list of downtown business that have closed. The owner has decided to retire from retail, and will focus on creating customized maps for business. Located on Coffee Street since 1982, The Map Shop was one of the first unique … Read More “The Map Shop – RIP” »
Today was a full day of photography. First there was the portraiture class in the morning. Later in the afternoon, I met up with some of my friends from the Greenville forums on UrbanPlanet.org for a photowalk around downtown Greenville. Eric (aka RestedTraveler) and Ron (aka ManinthePark) were waiting for me under the canopy overlooking … Read More “UrbanPlanet Photowalk” »
This morning I began a class on portrait photography. The class, taught by Polly Donahue, is being offered at the Greenville Museum of Art in conjunction with Furman’s Lifelong Learning program. We meet on Saturday mornings at the museum for three weeks. Today’s session was a general overview of the various types of portrait photography. … Read More “The Art of Portrait Photography” »
I’ve been getting a bit more daring with my Photoshopping. After reading about blur overlays on the Digital Photography School, I decided to try a few on some more pictures. Here are a couple more before and after shots. First, the Before. This shot was taken with my Nikon D50 attached to a Celestron C90 … Read More “Full Moon Photoshopped” »
The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion. ~Henry Steele Commager I am a government censor. I am responsible for blocking certain images and ideas that might be deemed harmful to our students. I do this … Read More “Censorship” »