028/366: Peek-a-Bench

The Pip grinning from behind a bench.

The JCC day care is closed today and tomorrow for the start of Sukkot, so as a result, I spent most of the day home with The Pip (SteelyKid went off to school as usual). Which means I got a whole bunch of photos of him playing at home and at a couple of local… Continue reading 028/366: Peek-a-Bench

027/366: #SuperBloodMoon

SteelyKid looking at the eclipse through her telescope.

Really, was there any question at all what the subject of today’s photo would be? I mean, I’m a geek, I have a fancy camera– of course I was taking pictures of the lunar eclipse. But more importantly, I was sharing it with SteelyKid: That’s SteelyKid looking through her telescope at the early stages of… Continue reading 027/366: #SuperBloodMoon

026/366: Pancakes in Infrared

A pancake cooking at Chateau Steelypips.

The image here of a pancake cooking isn’t particularly interesting in its own right, other than as documentation of our weekend ritual at Chateau Steelypips. Saturday and sunday mornings, Kate sleeps in while the kids watch cartoons and I cook pancakes for them. SteelyKid absolutely drowns hers in maple syrup, then refuses to eat them,… Continue reading 026/366: Pancakes in Infrared

025/366: Teaser

Still frame from video shot for a physics thing.

I spent a while today shooting video of myself on the back porch. Which technically qualifies for the photo-a-day project, because I used the video feature of my new camera. So, here’s a still frame. What am I doing here, and why? You’ll have to wait until I finish the analysis and write it up… Continue reading 025/366: Teaser

024/366: Soaring

A soaring bird-- turkey vulture, I think-- from the Helderberg Escarpment at Thacher park.

While I have a bunch of stuff in progress, it’s been a hectic week already, so I blew off the middle park of the day to go to Thacher State Park and take a hike with my camera. I got a whole bunch of photos from this, and later on, I’ll sort them all and… Continue reading 024/366: Soaring

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023/366: Green Mountains

Playing field and mountains at the Burr and Burton Academy in Manchester, VT.

This afternoon, I drove over to Vermont to give a talk on “What to Tell Your Dog About Einstein” for the Green Mountain Academy of Lifelong Learning. This was held at the Burr and Burton Academy in Manchester, VT, which sure is pretty: The audience for the talk was roughly evenly split between the two… Continue reading 023/366: Green Mountains

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022/366: My “Office”

My usual spot in the Niskayuna Starbucks.

Over the last few years, I’ve developed a routine of working at Starbucks in the early morning, between the bus picking SteelyKid up (at 7:30-ish, ugh) and when I need to be on campus. Now that I’m on sabbatical and don’t need to go to campus every day, I’m still going to Starbucks, just extending… Continue reading 022/366: My “Office”

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021/366: Sunrise Again

Sunrise 9/21/15

I took this yesterday morning while walking the dog, and said “Yep, there’s the photo of the day.” Which morphed into “I already posted the photo of the day” at some point, so it wasn’t until this morning that I realized I hadn’t. Anyway: sunrise. It’s pretty, it’s damn early. I could probably get a… Continue reading 021/366: Sunrise Again

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020/366: Scratch Work

Scratch paper with calculations for a football physics post at Forbes.

I got a little bit of time today to play with the new lens, which included a couple of nice shots of the kids. I’m trying not to have this be “photo of the kids of the day,” though, so here’s a different shot making use of the limited depth of field of the f/2.8… Continue reading 020/366: Scratch Work