Nobel Medal

I went to Corvallis OSU last October to take portraits of a biochemistry professor from the Linus Pauling Institute for a Neutrogena website. They have a big section of their library dedicated to Linus Pauling, and a special display with his desk and some of his personal items, including his two nobel medals, one for chemistry and the other one is a nobel peace medal.They were kind enough at the library to let me hold the actual medal! This was a once in a lifetime moment, as I don't think I'll ever get to hold another one...

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Happy New Year

So... It's been a while since I've updated this blog. I will make more of an effort this year to post regularly.on that note, here are some water in motion tests I did yesterday morning.

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Double wing over Sedona

I was going through old photos and saw these shots I took from a double wing airplane in Sedona. This really was a great experience to be flying in an open cockpit. IMGP1018

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California Poppies

This was amazing! Went to Lancaster to take photos of the poppies in bloom but had no idea the fields would be this dense.Took my dogs with me and they had a great time running around.

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I love this video of Sammie running next to me

Miami trip

Had gone to Miami to visit my sister in february for a week, and here are some photos from the trip. IMG_8998 View from her balcony in south beach

She's all into wind surfing, and here are photos from a day at the beach. IMG_9018

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And here are some photos of a really cool parking structure.

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and finally here's a time lapse video of a miami sunset.

Photos of the House-in-progress

1the blue trim looks funky I know, but I'm waiting for spring to start painting the outside.

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3 backyard needs a lot of work, gotta redo the grass... at least I got a lime tree :-)

5 gonna repaint the inside of the garage and thinking of doing the epoxy floor paint thing. It'll be a nice space to do tabletop shooting.

6 still needs a few more pieces of furniture, book/wall shelves and maybe a few rugs. notice the in-ceiling speakers :-)

10 had to sand and lacquer the desks. Damn you ikea! I may have to do wall shelves to fit all the photo books

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7 I think I like the kitchen as it is... 9

11 the tv stand worked out pretty well; still a lot of clutter on it, but it'll look better once Tim finishes the drawers for the bottom opening hiding the mess of cables.

House. House, house.

ok, the contractors are finally done with the place! Had central air/heating installed, floors finished, rewired the whole house, new panel, outlets and lighting in the garage, painting, recessed lighting and finally in-ceiling speakers! Yay!Some of the furniture got delivered today, still gotta go and find a coffee table and dining table. May try to do a booth type thing instead of a regular dining setup.

Been so busy that it didn't occur to me to take photos... will try to post some photos soon.

Oh and I've been trying very hard to figure out a good solution for the tv/entertainment stand situation. Looked everywhere but nothing retail really works well with the space and equipment I have, so I'm trying to have it built by a friend. Here's a really simple sketch of what it may look like. All the gadgets are to scale so I think it may all fit together nicely.

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I'm thinking of putting some photo books on the top left shelve, framed by simple bookends maybe.