Daily Photo 2017
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Second Verse... Same As The First
The Ampitheater at Chautauqua is one of my favorite performance spaces. It holds nearly 6,000 people, but it's largely open and when performances hit the stage, it's as if they embrace the whole community. This year, the Institution completed a tear-down and rebuild of the Amp. It looks *almost* exactly as the old amp did, now boasting handrails and better supports, and it doesn't look like the roof is going to topple off the thing. At just around $45 million in upgrades, the cost is steep. And yet, at sunrise, just as the first lights hit the stage, it's worth it.
Sunrise, flowers, and a very long lens
I used to make photographs of a lot of flowers. They don’t generally move. The colors are rich. If the time is right, the radiance is enormously satisfying. Then I realized, how arrogant … sitting there, all beautiful and showy, glowing and probably misty with morning dew. I checked my library and as far as I can see it’s been over three years since I went about with the intention to focus on a flower. As it turns out, I was projecting, lost while planning my career as a male model in which *I’m* the one sitting there all beautiful and showy, glowing and misty with morning dew. So, here you go — proof that in fact I do still appreciate the flower, and that I no longer believe so broadly that plant life is arrogant.
Not Lost, Blind
I'm not an early riser. I'm terrible at it. As a photographer, that's not great since the best of nature is revealed when I'm best left sleeping. So you can imagine my disappointment when I picked my ONE day to get up in the morning for sunrise only to discover that the lake was COMPLETELY fogged in.
... And still, cool things happen. Love this little boat floating in the gloom pre-daybreak. I'm sure it tells a story; to me, it's the story just after Billy Zane shows up in "Dead Calm." I'm sure that tells more of a story about me than the boat.
This is 15
At the feet of the Longyang Road Maglev Mess
#DailyPhoto #China #Maglev
I know I've talked about this before, but the scale of the challenge of this train station astounds me. The train travels 268 mph, floating above the tracks like MAGIC. It takes the 18.6-mile journey from the Longyang Road Station in Pudong to the Pudong International Airport in about seven minutes. But at $1.2 *billion* to build this glorified airport shuttle, it's languished as a money-losing proof of concept of a future that will likely go unfinanced.
Terracotta Buddies
Bring my Hat and Whip
We all have our little suspicions
The Red Wedding
When Winter Comes to the Palace
Leaving the Forbidden City
Briefly, Practice Brevity
Raise the Red Lantern
Bride to Be II
Fish, Exploded
The Shanghai Boat Police
Bride to Be I
There was once a smiling lady
The Back Stairs
End Justifies Means III
Qin's Dynasty: Terracotta Dreamer
Toddler Parade
A Clark in Winter
You will know the sting of winter
Always Watching #1 — Bund
Guarding the Guards
Lone Guard
Little Emperor
The Little House at Hangzhou
Learn to Love the Scrum
Vladivostok's Jacket #1
Vladivostok's Jacket #3
Vladivostok's Jacket #4
Vladivostok's Jacket #2
Visiting the Forbidden City with Grandma
SWAT
Life is fine and enjoyable
Peugeot takes Godzilla
At least someone has a scheme for it
One of these things just doesn't belong
I told you grandmother is a Beae!
Insightful Coin Purses
The Chairman Says: U can U up! no can no BB!
As it turns out, I do have an eye for this stuff
Gaga: Icon
I Love Paris. Almost as much as the UK.
