Thursday, April 23, 2009

tokyo, taipei pics

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Saturday, January 24, 2009

random b/w shots in sf

b/w san francisco #1 - embarcadero 3b/w san francisco #2 - transamerica building

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

joshua tree, LA, death valley pics

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Monday, January 12, 2009

plano sunsets

plano sunset 3 plano sunset 2 plano sunset 1

Friday, January 09, 2009

nikkormat

over the holidays dad showed me his first nikon from the 1970s
Nikkormat FT3

original lens
Nikon 50mm f/1.4 AI

Nikon 50mm f/1.4 AI

i spent an afternoon playing with his old lens and close-up filters. despite being older than me, they mount on my camera. it was a little tricky since i'm not use to shooting 100% manual. some sample pics
Macro Nikkormat FT3

macro panerai movement

random flower

i'm hoping to post some of our joshua tree and death valley pictures soon.

Thursday, December 25, 2008

happy holidays!

mom is getting pretty handy with a computer.  she made this and emailed it to her friends

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

australia pictures - part 3

we rode on the world's longest gondola cableway (skyrail over kuranda rainforest)

then hiked through the world's oldest rainforest (daintree)


and had a rare run-in with the world's most dangerous bird (a cassowary). our guide was freaked out. after reading the wikipedia entry now i know why..."A cassowary's three-toed feet have sharp claws; the dagger-like middle claw is 5 inches long. This claw is particularly dangerous since the Cassowary can use it to kill an enemy, disemboweling it with a single kick. They can run up to 32 mph through the dense forest. They can jump up to 5 feet and they are good swimmers."


mangrove trees at cape tribulation


frog on our river boat

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Thursday, September 25, 2008

australia pictures - part 2

walk from coogee to bondi beach


waverley cemetary at sunset


somewhere along the manly scenic walkway


on the way out to the great barrier reef


along the way several whales came right up to our boat


out at sea


dive map


grace ready to go


right before an early morning dive


some guy on our boat

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Sunday, September 21, 2008

australia pictures - part 1

part 1 - pictures from sydney

sydney tower


queen victoria building


sydney opera house






grace getting ready to eat a whole mud crab


view of sydney from the ferry


taronga zoo


grey gibbon


views of sydney from the zoo




sleeping koala


shy koala


finally awake

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Wednesday, September 03, 2008

nyc

we were in nyc back in july for grace's high school friend's wedding. some random pics

sunset over the hudson


grace with cupcakes at magnolia bakery. yes, they're the ones to blame for all that cupcake hype


view of manhatten from our offices


i was pretty excited we got to catch the murakami exhibit at the brooklyn museum




me + a speckled hen ale, waiting for dinner at the spotted pig


i've been waiting to try this place for a while and the food did not disappoint. crispy pig's ear and ricotta gnudi below. i also suggest the chicken liver toast, roquefort burger and shoestring fries


phillippe starck's elevator walls at the hudson hotel. coming to your town soon in plastic form at the local pinkberry knock-off


tux'd up for the wedding


in other news, grace and i finished our move down to stanford. being back on campus is a mixed bag of weird, comforting and cramped (grad student apt = tiny). i'll post some pics of our new place once it's looking more respectable.

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