Day at the zoo

Today I went to the Memphis Zoo with Mom, Emma, and Matt.  It was so much fun!  After trying to take some decent pictures of these zany kiddies, though, I just want to say out loud: I am so impressed that Melissa takes such great pictures of them.  

Gorgeous?  Yes, they are.  Photogenic?  Of course.

Still? Never. Ever.

The fact that they are so active is fantastic until you try to document it with a camera.  I imagine I'd feel similarly if I attempted to photograph a tornado.  Or Taz on Bugs Bunny if he were real.  Matt is a little easier to catch (you'll see that I have more pictures of him) but Emma zipped away whenever she saw me trying to focus in her direction!  

Plus, I'm still messing around with a new lens that isn't exactly designed for speed-of-light action. It is also not ideal for zoo shots, but what the heck.

Schmap at Domaine Carneros

This link takes you to a picture of the Domaine Carneros winery in California I took last year.

Photography channel coming?

Looks like there will be a TV network solely devoted to photography. How cool! Here's a blurb from their site:

Photography is the universal language spoken in every country around the world. Now everyone can share their vision and passion by connecting with the hearts and minds of photographers everywhere.

Check out their web site for a video explaining their concept.

Rogue wedding photographer?

Last weekend I shot some photos for my cousin's wedding at the Hernando Hills Country Club. Here are a few of my favorites.

SCADshorts

Ho hum, I haven't uploaded many photographs lately because I've been using my film camera rather than my digital...and the film scanner at school is broken.  Instead, I've decided to share with you a hilarious - yet creepy - SCADshort.  For more information on SCADshorts, visit their website.

Ed Kashi

Ed Kashi wrote an article for liveBook's new blog, Resolve, describing his experiences teaching a National Geographic Photo Camp in India. I especially liked what he had to say about the educational role photography plays within a global context:

I believe strongly in the power of photography to teach, to raise awareness, and to intimately and dramatically bring to life our stories, our issues, and our subconscious concerns. I have witnessed this power in countless situations, including refugee camps in Uganda, rural villages of Oaxaca, Mexico, the Latino district of San Francisco, and the South Bronx. These are the other National Geographic photo camps I’ve been a part of, but beyond this one set of experiences, I’ve been reminded repeatedly that photography has an uncanny, unique power to inspire, to prick the questioning mind, to discover beauty, and to express the intimate and personal.

It is this nexus of passion for, belief in, and commitment to the unique universe of visual storytelling that compels me to keep on driving forward, moving against the current odds, the dire predictions and blatant economic and structural trends. I cannot stop, nor do I believe I should. There is a usefulness, potency, and necessity to photography.

Kindle 2 has launched!

See Jon Stewart interview the boisterous founder of Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos, about Kindle 2. This product started shipping as of yesterday, February 24, 2009.

This interview is aptly titled "Jon Stewart vs. Kindle 2."

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