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Wednesday, October 06, 2004

Crypt King

I *was* going to save this image for Halloween - but as I browsed through the new pictures from my Europe trip, I found this one really struck me. So I figured, what the heck...

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Crowned skull figure at corner of 16th Century crypt, Emperor's Crypt, Kapuziner Church, Vienna, Austria

I'll try and post at least one pic a day as I make my way through the approx. 1000 images, so please hang in there with me.

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Tuesday, October 05, 2004

A Match Made In ... An 80s Disco Heaven

My sister and her boyfriend have been dating and living together for nearly 20 years. Two and a half weeks ago, they finally made it legal, official, "till' death do us part".

Of course I was assigned to the task of being their wedding photographer. That I would have to fly half-way around the world for that was a just one of those things you gladly do for the happiness of your family.

The ceremony was beautiful, the dinner was delicious, and of course my sister looked absolutely gorgeous and radiant. So here are a couple of pics for the curious (more to come in the near future):

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Friday, October 01, 2004

RIP Richard Avedon

And another great one is gone: Richard Avedon is dead.

This is really a shame. Although he was already 81 and certainly leaves an astounding photographic legacy, I think Avedon still had a lot to give.

For the uninitiated, here's a look at Avedon's work and life:

His own site
A PBS bio
Pics at the NY Met
Avedon @ Artnet
Excerpts of Avedon's book "The Sixties" at PDN

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Thursday, September 30, 2004

Tasteful Food Photography

I'm back from my trip. Since I'm still a bit jetlagged, and haven't completely joined the living again, y'all have to wait a wee bit longer until I'm ready to post pics and stories from the trip.

In the meantime however, I do have a special little nugget for the alert reader interested in photography: an article I wrote for O'Reilly on food photography.

The article's been well received so far - the Digital Photography Blog has included it into their lineup of useful articles on the topic, and
USA Today Online has mentioned it in conjunction with highlighting the O'Reilly Digital Media site as one of their picks for "Hot Site".

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Monday, September 13, 2004

Europe - Here I Come!

I'm leaving for Europe - or more precisely Switzerland and Austria - tomorrow morning. I will try and post random updates whenever I get access to a computer over there - but I'm not making any promises.

It will be a whirlwind visit of friends, relatives, a wedding and a 3-day trip to Vienna - so the only thing that's guaranteed is a lot of cool eye-candy, given it doesn't rain non-stop while I'm over there.

In the meantime, here's a look at one of my home town Basel's most prominent buildings - the Rathaus (seat of the city counsil):

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Thursday, September 09, 2004

The Virtues of Lamp Shade Posts

Who would have thought?

According to David Pogue's NYT column this week, lamp shade posts can be of surprising virtue to a photographer. I quote:

The tripod mount on the bottom of most digital cameras has exactly the same thread diameter as a typical hotel lampshade post. In a pinch, you can unscrew the lampshade and use the exposed screw on the lamp itself to steady your camera.

And no. I'm not going to wonder about how exactly he figured this one out. Draw your own conclusions.

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