Close Encounters of the Third Kind

As I was taking some of my pictures last week, it was getting near sunset and I was trying to capture the colors in our glass block bathroom window. None of them were terribly interesting, so after sunset I experimented with opening up the aperture to see what the effect would be. Even though it was dusk, it looks like the aliens just landed.

iPhone Photojournalism Causes Aesthetic Controversy

I ran across an interesting post that addresses an issue Mr. Mark has brought up a couple of times in class. In terms of photo documentary, what is real and what isn't? Clearly there are shades of gray in making decisions about these type of images. In this case, the photos were taken in Afghanistan using an iPhone and applying a number of effects to images as they were taken.

Check it out here: http://hyperallergic.com/18805/iphone-photojournalism/

Attempt at Motion Photography

I say attempt because I had a hard time with this week's assignment. But here is one of my tries...

Oh La La!

Dinner at West of Paris.

Main Street at Night

I liked the way this beer sign looked in the window of La Casa Lopez.

Looking down on Main St.

Leaning over the edge of a roof? Not a good idea.

From the NSA roof

My first time looking at Main St. from above :)