Taking it all in
Check out a picture of Brandon and I at the Grand Canyon over at Brandon’s site. I’m the one with the Navy Pier sweater.
The Pacific Ocean
Not content with seeing just the Grand Canyon we decided it would be cool to drive from the Grand Canyon to the Pacific Ocean. Not a terribly long drive, but tiring none-the-less. It was certainly worth it to see this magnificent sunset, which we came close to missing!
Open PLS files using Windows Media Player
I recently switched from using Winamp to the new Windows Media Player 11. One downfall to this is internet radio streams that I like tend to use PLS files (playlist files.) I found a website that has a utility that basically converts the PLS files to ASX which Windows Media Player recognizes. Works like a charm.
Grand Canyon
I’m almost hesitant to post any of my shots from the Grand Canyon. They just don’t seem to really capture the size and beauty of that area. If you ever get a chance to visit it you should. You quickly realize that God is huge and beautiful. I almost posted this in black and white because it looks cool, but I wanted to show the colors in this amazing area.
Wallpaper – Desert Road
I got back from Vegas yesterday and hope to work on processing the 1000 or so shots I took.
Desert Road
I visited an Ansel Adams exhibition while here in Vegas and was highly moved by his images. I love the tones in his black and white images. When you think about the equipment he used while shooting you have to be impressed. I wonder what he would think of the digital cameras we use today compared to the huge equipment he carried.
The Wynn
One of the many really nice hotel/casinos here in Vegas. I’m going to guess by the grandeur and splendor of the casinos and other attractions that most people must lose a lot of money here. I still haven’t tried my hand at the gambling, mostly because as I walk through the casinos it doesn’t seem like most people are having very much fun. The ones that look like they are having fun are drunk and probably don’t realize the money they are losing. Not that everyone here loses money, but you don’t walk along and see lots of people hitting the jackpot. I guess it’s like any other pastime that can get out of hand quickly.
Joshua Tree
Las Vegas is certainly a different kind of place. I’m not particularly crazy about the main strip where the casinos and such are. The casinos and hotels themselves are interesting architecturally. One thing I don’t get are the numerous young people standing on the street handing out cards with mostly naked women. It’s kinda sad really. Then these cards are thrown on the ground so you end up walking on hundreds of them. I most like getting out of the city and seeing the desert and mountains. The landscape reminds me how incredibly awesome our God is. The trashing of women that goes on here reminds me about how badly the majority of people need God in their lives.
Light
John 12:46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
Las Vegas, a new 10-20mm lens and a remodeling project!
This coming Sunday I am headed to Las Vegas for a week. Brandon and I are going to be attending a Windows and Microsoft Exchange conference held there. The conferences are the main reason for us going there, but my next reason (and the part I’m looking more forward to…) is to get some good shots. We are planning on hitting the city hard and then heading to the Grand Canyon as well.
If there are anymore of you geeky photobloggers out there like us who will be attending the conferences let us know so we can hook up! I’m super excited and ready to get to shooting. If you visit my photoblog you’ll probably notice that I haven’t been posting much lately and that’s because I haven’t been shooting much lately. I haven’t picked up my camera nor done much post-processing much at all for about a month or more. I just needed a break from it and have had a bunch of other things come up. One major project is we are re-modeling our bathroom, so that’s consumed every free minute for the past week and I’m barely half way there!
At this stage in the project I’ve removed the old yellow tile that was around the bathtub and along the wall by the toilet. I’ve removed the sheet rock that was behind the tile and started to hang the hardibacker where I’ll be putting tile back up. Tommorrow I’ll be removing the tub, replacing the fixtures and finishing putting up the hardibacker. I’ll try to remember to post some after pictures when we are done. I wish I had took some shots before we started, but oh well.
Anyways, since we are headed to Vegas and will be wondering around the landscape outside it and by the Grand Canyon I thought I really wanted to use a wider angle lens so I’ve got one of the 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC Sigma lens. I’ve played around with it a little and am liking it so far. Check back next week and see if I manage to get any good shots with it!