A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
I just realized that I’ve been making a critical error. I’m still in the "web designer" mindset, so I try to make all of my images as compact and as efficient to load as possible. To acccomplish this, I’ve been using Photoshop’s "save for web" function. This holds whether or not the image is to … Read More “Doh!” »
It was really nice of Dan Brown and Ron Howard to give our local ministers a sermon topic for this week. I passed several churches that had titles like "The Da Vinci Code: Fact or Fiction?" on their marquis. They could have saved their breath. The movie version really took pains to placate the religious … Read More “Da Vinci Code Movie – A review” »
I was itching to take some more pictures, but wasn’t sure where to start. I first headed downtown to the annual Greek Festival at St. George’s Greek Orthodox, hoping to get some action, people, and nice colors. It was a bit early, and neither the crowds nor the action had started. I wandered a bit, … Read More “Saturday Photo Hunt” »
I had been told that it was amazing. It was. I had been told that it would take us about an hour just to walk through it. We took about fifteen minutes. Not that it wasn’t interesting, but we just had dinner, and food wasn’t as much fun to look at. Whole Foods opened a … Read More “Whole Foods” »
The spammers are at it again. I had added a challenge-response question to try to block some of them, but when I got hit with over 300 spam comments in less than and hour, I knew I had to close them off again. From this point on, comments are closed. I really hate that some … Read More “Website Stuff” »
Yesterday we attended the groundbreaking for the new Charles H. Townes Science Center at Furman. The center will include three buildings – the existing Riley Math and Computer Science Building, a renovated Plyler Hall, and a new, yet-unnamed building to house Chemistry and Biology. The groundbreaking was attended by several Furman notables, including Dr. Townes … Read More “Groundbreaking” »
I came across this headline in today’s Greenville Cageliner… I didn’t know there was a spook market.
Three days until the movie version of "The da Vinci Code" comes out, and I’m still trying to reread the book before it opens. However, I can’t remember most of the plot, or at least I get confused because of all the similar books I’ve read recently. Here’s a quick rundown… The da Vinci Code, … Read More “Rockin’ the Christian World” »
I almost missed this. As I was shooting shots from the Liberty Bridge, a woman on a Segway was winding her way downward through the park. Funny, these things were supposed to take the world by storm as a new form of transportation. Actually seeing one in action is a rarity. [tags]Segway[/tags]
It was a beautiful evening, so what better than to head downtown with the new camera to take pictures of what thousands of others have photographed – Falls Park. I started snapping everything, slightly modifying the settings for experimentation. I noticed at least half a dozen people also shooting photos in the park. I almost … Read More “Downtown Shootings” »