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”
021/366: Sunrise Again
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
020/366: Scratch Work
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
019/366: Lots of SteelyKids
Weekends around here tend to be ridiculously busy, so you get a cell-phone photo again. But with a twist– over in Twitter-land, Frank Noschese mentioned a smartphone app called Motion Shot that takes short video clips and processes them to provide multiple images of some moving object. This is, of course, basically irresistible for a… Continue reading 019/366: Lots of SteelyKids
018/366: Cute New Toy
There’s only one obvious choice for today’s photo of the day, namely the brand new lens that just arrived: This is a really compact 24mm f/2.8 lens, which isn’t quite as fast as the f/1.8 I used for the depth of field experiment the other night, but has a much wider field of view, meaning… Continue reading 018/366: Cute New Toy
017/366: Guessing Game
SteelyKid’s elementary school had their annual open house tonight, and they tried something different with it this year. Rather than having prepared presentations in the classrooms, they had the kids lead a “tour” for their parents– she got a map and a “bingo” card, and then led us to her classroom, the cafeteria, the library,… Continue reading 017/366: Guessing Game
016/366: Depth of Field Follies
I’ve been doing a lot of opining on my blogs of late, and much less science-ing that I would like. So I thought I’d try bringing a little science to the photo-a-day project, by playing around with f-numbers. I put the camera on the tripod, with my fastest lens (a 50mm f/1.8 prime) and set… Continue reading 016/366: Depth of Field Follies
015/366: Ascent
I don’t want to turn this into “Photo of the Kids of the Day,” but I spent most of today with The Pip, because his day care was closed for Rosh Hashanah. And while I took a bunch of artsy shots of trees and stuff, I really like the way this one came out: He’s… Continue reading 015/366: Ascent
014/366: Summer Stars
Today was Rosh Hashanah– happy new year to those who celebrate it– meaning that both SteelyKid’s school and The Pip’s day care were closed. In an effort to maintain my sanity while keeping them entertained, I took them to the local science museum to rampage through hands-on exhibits. We also caught the planetarium show, because… Continue reading 014/366: Summer Stars
Physics Blogging Round-Up: Complication and Aesthetics
I have once again fallen down on the job, or at least the part of it that involves letting ScienceBlogs readers know what I’ve been posting at Forbes. I blame the Labor Day holiday and the start of school. Anyway, it’s been a bit over two weeks since the last round-up, so a bunch of… Continue reading Physics Blogging Round-Up: Complication and Aesthetics