Daily photo log

So, I may have plugged my other blog, Stanford Sunrise, here a time or two.  I have a great deal of fun and creative outlet taking my pictures every morning.  I just took a gander at the 'Places' function on my iPhone, and the result was kinda neat.  Not always completely accurate, but neat.

You can see my basic walk to work, picked out in photos placement here.  There's a small deviation to the right, at the bottom of the map... that's where I sometimes have started walking over to the Clark center on campus for more photo opportunities.  There has been some heavy construction on my regular walk, which is starting to really limit my photo-taking choices. 

Hey... you took away my grass, trees, and little mushroom guys.

They left the gate open... I promise.

Crane through the fog, with the 8X lens.

I've already self-limited to an extent, trying to take a years worth of photos on this one walk.  But it's been totally worth it. If anyone else is undertaking a similar journey, I would love to hear about it.

Sunrise Stanford

Hello all!  I have started a sister blog - Sunrise Stanford - designed to house just my daily photos of my walk to my building on Stanford campus.  And by 'started...' I mean back filled it so that all of the posts were on the correct days.  That was 81 posts to back-fill... A fair number. However, all of the photos taken thus far are up on that blog.

Photos from the most recent entry:

 

Most of you know this - but to get everyone on the same page - I only use my iPhone for this photojournal.  I have a set of lenses (from Photojojo) that stick onto my case using magnets to enhance some of the photos.  I tried to tag any posts that use one of those lenses- macro, 8x zoom, 2x zoom, wide angle, and fisheye.





This is where my photos will be living from now on - I'll work on how to best cross post for those that don't follow my blog, and I have a twitter handle started up just for those photos. I will attempt to avoid spamming this blog or the @anatamation twitter feed with the photos, although you can find a link to the most recent entries on the right....

 

In any case, Sunrise Stanford has it's own dedicated blog now. I hope you enjoy some representations of the beauty I see in the world around me.

Rodin Gallery

So, I think I spent more time trying to figure out an image gallery for this blogger blog than I did at the museum.  Not literally, but it sure feels that way.  And we'll see how this works.  Please, let me know how this style of image gallery works for you, and if you prefer this gallery style. Or if you would rather the larger, expandable version of the images, I would love to know that too.

I had a great time at museum, and these are a few of the follow-up images I tried to take of the Rodin hands.  

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And for your viewing pleasure, a few of the other images from the day.

Rodin Hands, part 2

I went down to the Gates of Hell today.  However, the weather was actually fairly pleasant.

I was able to take some helpful photos of the hands in their natural museum environment.  I also learned a valuable lesson - always check your equipment before shooting.  I was shooting in JPG mode, not Camera Raw, unfortunately.  It actually is not a huge deal, as these are just reference images.... but it still bothers me.  Live and learn, I suppose.

So, these are the best quality, but I sure had fun taking them.  I will probably wander back through the Cantor Arts Museum- it's both free and awesome.  Not a combo you see very often!

In the mean time, a smattering of some of the many, many images I took today.

Rodin, 1885-1886: Left Hand of Pierre and Jacques de Wiessant

Rodin, 1888: Large Clenched Left Hand

Rodin, 1903: Large Left Hand - detail

Rodin: Small Clenched Right Hand - detail

Rodin: (behind) Small Clenched Right Hand, (foreground) Clenched Left Hand, 1900

Rodin, 1880-1884: Blessing Left Hand

Rodin, 1886: Left Hand of Eustache de St. Pierre - detail

Rodin: (foreground) Blessing Left Hand, 1880-1884, (behind) Large Left Hand, 1903