I’m a little tired this morning. Ella woke me up in the middle of the night last night by coming into my room and climbing into bed with me. I asked her if she had a bad dream, she said “no, I just wanted to come in here.” She moved the pillow closer to mine […]
Got a chance to try out my new telephoto lens last night… -I’ve been so busy learning about technical terms and techniques of photography that I forgot to pay attention to any notable events in the night sky. Turns out, the Moon made a really close approach to Venus and were only separated by a few […]
In an effort to better and more fully understand the terminology associated with photography and ultimately, astrophotography, I complied a short list of common terms and their definitions as well as some brief examples of their applications. Included are specific examples of my hardware setup and how these terms apply to them directly. Term <tl;dr> […]
Spring Equinox, 2015. Is it weird that one of my favorite times of the day is walking from my car to the building through my work’s parking lot? There are two main reasons for this: It’s always pre-dawn or dawn and the morning has quickly become one of my favorite times of the day. -It’s […]
Sunrise Moon Woke up this morning to a quiet house, feeling refreshed with a beautiful pre-Spring sunrise. Like my dad said this morning, “Birds are singing, ducks are quacking, Spring is just around the corner… finally.” I’ve actually being making an effort to get healthy recently. I’ve said in posts previous that I would like […]
I recently fixed my binoculars and had a chance to test them out tonight. I scanned the skies, checked out blazing Venus, saw Jupiter’s moons, peered into the star nursery that is the Great Orion Nebula, and gazed in awe at the Seven Sisters – The Pleiades. I saw planets and moons, nebulae and star […]
Another beautifully cold morning! The skies were perfectly clear – not a cloud in the sky – and the pastel sunrise colors almost took my breath away as much as the bone-chilling cold air. Why does it have to be so cold when the skies are this nice?! The unfortunate reality is that the skies […]
From Thoreau’s journals: “All nature revives at this season… If a man do not revive with nature in the spring, how shall he revive when a white-collared priest prays for him?” Oh man, it hit me hard this morning. Inspiration. Awakening. The anticipation of Spring. The desire to get outside and experience Life again. Go […]