I'm still not all that good at this, but they look ok.
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| 30 second exposure |
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| Same as above, but processed to increase contrast |
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| 10 second exposure |
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| Same as above, processed to increase contrast |
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| Stack of 24 10 second exposures, enhanced and zoomed |
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
...and leave a trail of diamonds in its wake
Got my camera out and took a few pictures of Comet Neowise earlier this week.
I'm still not all that good at this, but they look ok.
I'm still not all that good at this, but they look ok.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Collision Mob
I posted videos from our gig at The District Coffeehouse this past weekend.
Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXTHwSz3YB4&list=PL00TGbpVJwQXxUEnbhuqu2IBOT0-Y6mlG
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Black Hole Sun
It was an amazing experience to view the Great American Solar Eclipse, and I will not forget it any time soon. In fact, I enjoyed it so much, I may try to travel to the midwest for the 2024 eclipse.
I'm still not super great at photographing the sun, but here are some of the best shots I got during the eclipse, from Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Enjoy!
This is a composite video of still images.
I took roughly an image every two minutes, with more taken during totality. There are a couple of small jumps where I missed a couple of minutes. Also, there are a couple of brightness changes where I changed the exposure on the camera - totality in particular is much dimmer than the exposed sun, and so the brightness changes significantly for that. Actually, the whole video is more exposed than I would have liked - I'm still getting used to photographing the sun.
A lot of my images were more exposed than I would have liked. However, one advantage of overexposing during totality is that I was able to capture a little hint of detail in the darkness of the moon. The face of the moon is lit by light reflected off the Earth, and you can barely make out some detail in this image. I have included a picture of the moon, rotated to the same orientation as the moon in my image, so you can compare and see if you can detect any of the details.
During totality, the sun is dimmed to the point that stars can be seen. The star to the left of the eclipse here is Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation Leo.
Just after totality, as the sun begins to peek back out from behind the moon. If my exposure had been lower, I might have been able to capture "Bailey's Beads," but I was too enthralled by seeing it live.
There was a cluster of distinct sun spots near the center of the sun on the day of the eclipse. Here you can see a close up view of them, with the moon having just moved away enough to expose them again.
Here is another view of the sunspots, at a lower magnification, after the eclipse had ended.
I'm still not super great at photographing the sun, but here are some of the best shots I got during the eclipse, from Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Enjoy!
This is a composite video of still images.
I took roughly an image every two minutes, with more taken during totality. There are a couple of small jumps where I missed a couple of minutes. Also, there are a couple of brightness changes where I changed the exposure on the camera - totality in particular is much dimmer than the exposed sun, and so the brightness changes significantly for that. Actually, the whole video is more exposed than I would have liked - I'm still getting used to photographing the sun.
A lot of my images were more exposed than I would have liked. However, one advantage of overexposing during totality is that I was able to capture a little hint of detail in the darkness of the moon. The face of the moon is lit by light reflected off the Earth, and you can barely make out some detail in this image. I have included a picture of the moon, rotated to the same orientation as the moon in my image, so you can compare and see if you can detect any of the details.
During totality, the sun is dimmed to the point that stars can be seen. The star to the left of the eclipse here is Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation Leo.
Just after totality, as the sun begins to peek back out from behind the moon. If my exposure had been lower, I might have been able to capture "Bailey's Beads," but I was too enthralled by seeing it live.
There was a cluster of distinct sun spots near the center of the sun on the day of the eclipse. Here you can see a close up view of them, with the moon having just moved away enough to expose them again.
Here is another view of the sunspots, at a lower magnification, after the eclipse had ended.
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Slow Boat to China
Ashlee has been studying Mandarin in high school the past two years, and this summer she had the opportunity to go on a two week "summer camp" with the University of Idaho's Confucius Institute.
She's been home for about a week now, but it took me a little while to put together a post.
So, here are some pictures from her adventure:
First meal in China:
Traditional tea:
At the Great Wall:
Street vendor food:
Fried scorpions!?!
People in China are not used to seeing non-Asian people. Ashlee says that people were always taking pictures of them, asking to take selfies with them, or trying to discreetly take selfies with them. This woman out of the blue gave one of the girls her baby so that she could take a picture of the girl holding him:
At the Shaolin Monastery:
Kung Fu demonstration:
A night cruise on the Pearl River:
At the Southern China University of Technology, the group's host in China:
It looks like a really amazing trip. Ashlee was exhausted when she got home, but she had a lot of fun.
She's been home for about a week now, but it took me a little while to put together a post.
So, here are some pictures from her adventure:
People in China are not used to seeing non-Asian people. Ashlee says that people were always taking pictures of them, asking to take selfies with them, or trying to discreetly take selfies with them. This woman out of the blue gave one of the girls her baby so that she could take a picture of the girl holding him:
At the Shaolin Monastery:
A night cruise on the Pearl River:
At the Southern China University of Technology, the group's host in China:
It looks like a really amazing trip. Ashlee was exhausted when she got home, but she had a lot of fun.
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Show Me Show Me Show Me
We were asked to play at Awakenings Coffee House again, to open for Nick and Luke (Nick and Luke's Facebook page). We had to pull things together pretty quickly, so we included a lot of material we had done before, but we did get some new songs in there.
The band keeps morphing and changing faces every time we play - this time we have added Peter Kerrick on Bass, but we're down to just a trio for this outing. Lots of fun, and Nick and Luke were really good!
With or Without You - U2
Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
Just What I Needed - The Cars
Radioactive - Imagine Dragons
Where is My Mind? - The Pixies
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding? - Elvis Costello
Freefalling - Tom Petty
Just Like Heaven - The Cure
Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears
The band keeps morphing and changing faces every time we play - this time we have added Peter Kerrick on Bass, but we're down to just a trio for this outing. Lots of fun, and Nick and Luke were really good!
With or Without You - U2
Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
Just What I Needed - The Cars
Radioactive - Imagine Dragons
Where is My Mind? - The Pixies
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding? - Elvis Costello
Freefalling - Tom Petty
Just Like Heaven - The Cure
Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears
Saturday, November 12, 2016
I'm Waking Up
This weekend, some friends and I performed about an hour and a half set of music at Awakenings Coffee House here in Boise. It was a lot of fun!
The sound isn't super great, and one video has a little gap in the middle, and we had to change cameras part way through, but we got pretty much the whole thing on video.
Enjoy!
Radioactive - Imagine Dragons
Viva la Vida - Coldplay
If You're Reading This - Tim McGraw
Remember This Day - Eric Millet
Just Like Heaven - The Cure
Free Falling - Tom Petty
Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
Wonderwall - Oasis
Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkle
Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears
Dixie Road - Lee Greenwood
Flake - Jack Johnson
Superman (It's Not Easy) - Five for Fighting
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) - Talking Heads
Try a Little Kindness - Lee Greenwood
Sunshine on My Shoulders - John Denver
Let it Go - James Bay
The sound isn't super great, and one video has a little gap in the middle, and we had to change cameras part way through, but we got pretty much the whole thing on video.
Enjoy!
Radioactive - Imagine Dragons
Viva la Vida - Coldplay
If You're Reading This - Tim McGraw
Remember This Day - Eric Millet
Just Like Heaven - The Cure
Free Falling - Tom Petty
Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
Wonderwall - Oasis
Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkle
Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears
Dixie Road - Lee Greenwood
Flake - Jack Johnson
Superman (It's Not Easy) - Five for Fighting
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) - Talking Heads
Try a Little Kindness - Lee Greenwood
Sunshine on My Shoulders - John Denver
Let it Go - James Bay
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Rockin' in the Free World
I'm in a band called "Jagged Iris," and this weekend our drummer, Jeff Redmond, got married. He and Melinda (the bride) asked us to play for their reception. We did 8 songs, 2 covers and 6 originals, plus a couple of repeats by request.
We played two sets, with the repeats happening in the second set. The audio mix was a little better in the second set, so I've only included the second set versions of those songs.
We played two sets, with the repeats happening in the second set. The audio mix was a little better in the second set, so I've only included the second set versions of those songs.
Break on Through (to the Other Side) by The Doors
Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf
Ode to Society by Jagged Iris
Jeff Redmond, our drummer and the groom, had to leave for a few minutes to have pictures taken.
While we waited, we just jammed a little bit. This is improvised on the spot.
One More Day by Jagged Iris
Ska Song by Jagged Iris
The Unseen by Jagged Iris
Shadows by Jagged Iris
Release by Jagged Iris
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