Miscellaneous musings
I had an amazing New Years visiting Seattle and my new friend Susan was the best tour guide! This post is a little slow but better late than never. Here are a few choice pics from our whirlwind tour of the greater Seattle area. Thanks Susan! I hope someday I can repay your kindness and generosity.
You can view the rest of the pictures and order prints here.
I did a Senior Shoot with the beautiful Taylor over the weekend. She made my job super easy even though it was quite chilly and breezy. I'm glad she didn't get frost bite. Here are a few pics from the shoot. Enjoy.
Taylor's Boyfriend Adam joined for a few shots too.
Buggy!
Saturday walk in the park.
Finally here are the pictures from the Fairbury Fair fly over.
On Friday August 20 I hade the good fortune to have the awesome opportunity to do an aerial photo shoot. A co-worker arranged for me to get a ride in a small two seater Piper Cub so that I could take some pictures of the Fairbury Illinois fairground. I had a blast and took over 700 pictures plus some video during the 45 minute flight. I'm still working on the pictures but here is some of the raw video of the flight. (Note: The wind noise is pretty loud so turning down the sound is recommended.) Many thanks to Pilot Bill Thacker and my coworker Rick Dawson for setting this up.
Pictures to come.
A recent Los Angeles Times article confirmed that sea turtles are being burned in the efforts to clean up the British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The majority of the sea turtles affected by the oil spill are the endangered Kemp's Ridleys.
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Is there anything the iPad can’t do? An application called Speak Dolphin is now being used by Dolphin Discovery’s swim team in Puerto Adveturas, Mexico, on Merlin, a two-year-old bottle-nosed dolphin in hopes the communication gap will be bridged between man and scarily intelligent porpoise. The app uses symbol recognition techniques in order to teach the dolphin how to express itself. Merlin uses his rostrum (elongated beak) to press the symbols on the iPad’s touch surface in attempt to turn us humans into ‘Dolphin Whisperers’.
Full story at Popsci.
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If there’s ever a webcam that will make you want to get scuba-certified in a hurry, this is surely it. This live feed, which can be refreshed up to every two seconds on a speedy connection, provides an underwater view of the Bonaire National Marine Park in the Antilles islands. The cam is located 15 meters below the drop-off at the “Something Special” dive site. It offers a particularly clear glimpse of the marine world, thanks in part to the instructors and dive masters from Bonaire who help to keep the lens clean.
Pensacola, Florida (CNN) -- As the "H2O Below" charter boat leaves the dock and heads into Pensacola Bay, it is chock full of divers.
But there's not a single paying client aboard.
The boat is carrying a team of local dive industry professionals -- along with an underwater cameraman -- who arranged Wednesday's trip to show that the Gulf oil spill has not affected the prized dive site, the USS Oriskany.
"We're going to go out look at the ship, assess the marine life on it and find that there's no oil anywhere around," said Jim Phillips, who owns a dive shop in the area.
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Spring has sprung and the dog park whas jumping today. Cabo and I made a trip to Normal today for some fun at the park. Here are some Pics.
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On Sunday February 28th the Special Olympics Polar Plunge was held at Miller Park in Bloomington, Il. I was one of 5 Midwest Diving Specialist divers on hand to help out and keep everybody safe. Positioned in the water I had a great vantage point to bring my camera and take plenty of action shots.
Enjoy!
Check out the rest of the pictures at.
2010 Special Olympics Polar Plunge Flickr Album
(At the time of this posting I had just begun uploading. It could take a few days for all of the pictures to upload. I am uploading almost 1100 pictures)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Water gushed from a leak in a shark-filled aquarium in a ritzy Dubai mall on Thursday, sending startled shoppers scattering and shutting down nearby shops in one of the city's proudest attractions.
