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Friday, 13 November 2009

  • Grateful Dead Archivist?

    Should've been a librarian:

    with an approximate salary range of $52,860 – $68,892

    ...but the truly funny part, is watching all the verbal diarrhea they use to try to justify such a position (well the same language is used for all kinds of job ads):

    The Archivist will be part of a dynamic, collegial, and highly motivated department dedicated to building, preserving, promoting, and providing maximum access both physically and virtually to one of the Library’s most exciting and unique collections, The Grateful Dead Archive (GDA).

    Sorry - not a fan : ( -- perhaps if I were, I wouldn't think so poorly of this job ad.

    h/t Dave Barry's Blog

Monday, 02 November 2009

Sunday, 11 October 2009

Monday, 05 October 2009

  • Civil War Battle Reenactment

    I'm still working on 'developing and processing' all of the photos from this event, but I wanted to get a few up on the web for friends to see.  Besides, at this rate, I may never finish ALL of the photos.  Blah.

    What follows are a variety of shots from an American Civil War Camp and Battle Reenactment in Zoar, OH, back a couple weekends ago.

    These first few were from a cavalry demonstration prior to the battle:

     

     

     

    Now some from the battle:

    Confederate gun crew waiting for the action to start
     

    Confederate skirmishers sneaking into the area
     

    The Union Army entering the field, facing the Confed skirmishers (focus in the foreground is on the Confed cavalry officer - notice the gaudy spectators on the other side of the field? : ) )
     

    Confederate cannon in action (my favorite shot)
     

    New Confed force surprises and outflanks the Union troops (you can see some Union guys retreating, in the foreground)
     

    A wider perspective on the battle
     

    This soldier put the reins in his teeth so he could reload his weapon
     

    The Union contingent eventually won the battle, pushing the Confederates off the field
     

    Other random shots:

     

    Eventually, I'll have a web album with most of the photos, and I'll post a link for those who'd like to see the rest.

    Cheers!

  • Weekly Photo Challenge - B&W and color versions of one photo

    This week's Weekly Photo Challenge is "Anything in Color and then in Black & White" -- a good challenge, I like B&W because it emphasizes light/shadow and texture more than color, in my opinion.

    My wife recently set me to the task of photographing our son's incredibly long, and beautiful, eyelashes.  So far, this is the shot we like best, and I think I like the B&W version better than the color version.  Feel free to share your opinion.  (Apologies if it doesn't fit the screen - the shot was originally formatted & uploaded for a different forum).

     

     

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