adios 2008
With a new year comes a new blog. Click the image and link to 2009.
travels with chuck
I’ve followed Sen. Chuck Hagel around a lot over the years. He’s leaving office in January so he took his farewell tour of Nebraska this week. No remarkable pictures, but I’m posting this one because he’s using my Sharpie to autograph this lady’s picture. Come to think of it, he never gave it back.
favorite
This is my favorite of the bunch. In fairness, Hagel has some interesting things to say, but I understand why the young ones might get a little bored.
reflections
One of the Hagel stops was the Scottsbluff airport. In a conference room just off the room Hagel was addressing his well-wishers, I saw this reflection off the table. I would have loved to sit the airport director or even myself in the seat and taken a portrait, but I didn’t have time.
monticello
Staci and I went to TJ’s house today. He wasn’t home but we took a look around anyway.
Since TJ wasn’t home, we didn’t want to impose and had lunch in Charlottesville.
portrait gallery
I have never been to the National Portrait Gallery before, so I spent today’s rainy afternoon getting art overload. Fascinating exhibit of Lincoln, including two freakazoid life masks, some exceptionally bad art photography — I’m in the wrong genre of my business — and lots of other good stuff.
There was a display of famous women, some by famous photograhpers, some not.
The gallery is the old Patents Office building, vastly remodeled in the 1990’s. The old, central courtyard is covered and they have functions there. Saw this out a window.
They also had a folk art exhibition. “Man dancing with drums” (left) and a jug of Elvis, of course.
minamalist art. . .
. . . gets my minimal appreciation.
Went to the Hirshhorn gallery in D.C. yesterday where they had a minimalist exhibit. Can’t say I get it. A line of rocks piled in a long, rectangular pile. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm. On the wall is a string of 5×7 photographs taken from a camera mounted on a tripod, unmoved, looking out a window at nothing particularly interesting, set at the same exposure for a period of 24-hours, so most frames are either under or over exposed and only a few being correct.
I liked the big, naked man sulking in the corner.
Shiny things attract my attention.
This shiny object attracted everybody’s attention. The Hope Diamond is one big rock.
this and that
I performed the tedious but necessary task of going through and archiving my Nebraska football season yesterday and found a couple of pictures I like.
If you happened to watch the OU-NU game, OU ran all over Nebraska. Before the game, the OU band ran over me. Yes, they are number one in my opinion, and also of the guy in back.
Boyfriend, girlfriend at the NU-OU game. I think she has a piercing for every touchdown Nebraska gave up.
I’ve already shown you Super Fan, but here’s another look.
after all this time, finally
I’ve lost count how many times I’ve shot the Husker football team, volleyball team, baseball team, wrestling team — you get the point – out performing community service. However, I can count the number of times they made a picture: One.
I got two frames off before somebody in the room thought they would help me out by turning the light on. This was the first.
sewing coasters
Among Heidi’s many avocations is her love of fabric. She also loves ping pong, of which she is accomplished, but not skillful enough to beat me, which is why she is sewing coasters, to pay off a bet she lost during our last tournament.
wounded iraq veteran shows
Check out these three shows I produced last week about Nebraska Army National Guard members wounded in Iraq.
I only had four days to shoot, collect, edit and assemble them so they aren’t as deep as I would like but considering the time constraint I’m happy with them.
road trip
Headed south to Manhattan for the KSU game on Saturday. Spent the night with Travis at his home in Wichita. Had an excellent dinner at a Latin restaurant and bacon for breakfast — a Travis specialty.
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