Category Archives: Photography
Fog in the forest
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Guy – Photo by Suhyoon Cho
Reformed journalist. Scribbler of speeches and whatnot. Wrote a thriller that was a finalist for some award.
January 6, 2013 · 4:28 pm
Otter stacks cups, breaks hearts
This is a local otter, in the Tacoma, and I HAVE SEEN IT.
It may even be the same otter I shot (with the Nikon of Infinite Beauty). That photo got picked up by the world’s greatest collection of otter photos, maybe because it’s the only place on the web that obsesses about cute photographs of otters.
Here’s my photo.
Yes, this is perhaps the same genius otter who stacks cups, or possibly his cousin, Harry, who’ll never stack cups and will stick to busting oysters and breaking hearts. Photo by Guy Bergstrom.
And here’s the blog of otters, otters and, for variety, more otters.
Why a blog devoted entirely to photos of otters? Three reasons: (1) why not? (2) no animal is cuter than an otter and (3) you can’t spell awesomesauce without “aw.”
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Guy – Photo by Suhyoon Cho
Reformed journalist. Scribbler of speeches and whatnot. Wrote a thriller that was a finalist for some award.
India is a different planet
I will now be somewhat Serious, which is quite rare, and may never happen again on this silly blog.
India may be the closest thing you can get to visiting another planet.
It’s a joke that every corner market sells bananas and cell phones. But there’s truth to that joke. More than 500 million people own cell phones and there’s a growing middle class to go along with a highly educated elite, which is just as creative as any other in the Western world.
Yet most of the population still lives in the countryside and is employed in agriculture. Just think of what will happen when they make the same shift we did in America, the mass migration to the factories to embrace horsepower instead of actual horses.
A hallway at the Red Fort, next to the Taj Mahal.
India is the world’s biggest democracy which only recently made the switch from state-run industry to a full market economy.
Filed under Photography, Travel
Time lapse photo goodness, set to music
Good photos, good music and amazing attention to detail.
I once rebuilt a carburetor for a 1971 Plymouth Fury III, and forever after that, the heavy green tank would stall at intersections, thus sealing my fate: I would never work as an engine tech at Les Schwab, much less change oil at Jiffy Lube. (Sidenote: I did used to change the oil, and replace things like alternators, without destroying the car or having it crush anybody to death.)
This man, now, truly knows what he’s doing. Well done, sir. Well done.
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The Nikon D-50 of Infinite Beauty ($200 or best offer)
It’s wrong to say that this camera can make a plain-looking person look good.
With enough practice, you can wield the Nikon D-50 of Infinite Beauty and turn a random man with a mustache into Tom-freaking-Selleck.
Left: Random Man with a Mustache. Right: Tom Selleck. You pick.
Puny little point-and-shoot cameras are for nancypants who don’t care about beautiful photos. Want a real camera, but don’t want to spend enough for a Bahama cruise? Man up and get this D-50.
This is a true SLR, which is a fancy and geeky way of saying it’s a real camera instead of a toy for tiny boys and girls.
This is a Nikon D-50. Is it black and epic? Yes it is.
You can swap out lenses. With a little knowledge and the right settings, you can shoot in the darkest of nights — or take shots of lava so hot and bright it burns your retina.
Is this camera “used,” “pre-owned” or “refurbished?” No. It was ADORED for four years.
I just took it to India and shot the hell out of the Taj Mahal, then lovingly brought it to Dubai so it could take photos of the Biggest Skyscraper in the World; it also happily shot up Hawaii, Alaska, Washington D.C. and California.
I shot the Taj Mahal, damn it.
This camera is perfect for anybody who loves photography and wants to step it up a notch without taking out a second mortgage. It was born to be wielded by starving journalists, starving college students or starving artists.
Put down the Top Ramen and find enough cash to buy the thing so I know it goes to a good home instead of some pawn shop.
I was not born a photographer. I write for monies and started shooting my own photos as a reporter at floods, fires and murder scenes. And I sucked at first. But this D-50 gave me the tools and the confidence to shoot like a man, specifically, a man named Ansel Adams.
The D-50 told me to shoot this sunset in India, then we ate fish curry and drank some cold Kingfisher.
The Nikon D-50 of Infinite Beauty comes with four 2 gig memory cards. You can fit about 1000 high-res photos per card. Do the math. I’ll wait.
Filed under 5 Random Thursday, Photography
Pieces of the World
I have been to a few places, and shot them with the Nikon of Infinite Beauty.
These shots got printed on canvas and framed for my first photo show, Pieces of the World.
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- A hallway at the Red Fort, next to the Taj Mahal.
Big thank you’s to the Candi and the Vini for thinking of it, and making it happen — and to everybody who showed up, from near or far.
On my earlier blog, I wrote a few stories about the India and Dubai trip, so when I find time, I’ll repost those & write something about Iceland and Sweden.
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Guy – Photo by Suhyoon Cho
Reformed journalist. Scribbler of speeches and whatnot. Wrote a thriller that was a finalist for some award.
Filed under 5 Random Thursday, Photography, Travel
My first photo show is ON LIKE DONKEY KONG
Some of you know that I own a Nikon of Infinite Beauty, and that I’ve lugged it places.
India and Dubai, France and Belgium, Alaska and Hawaii, Sweden and Iceland — that sort of thing.
I’m having having a travel photo show — Pieces of the World: Photos on Canvas — 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18 at my favorite restaurant, Savory Faire.
Bottom line: canvas rocks. If you shoot photos, don’t print them on glossy paper and show off your pile of 4x 6 snapshots that you keep in a shoebox. No. Print your favorites on canvas. DO IT NOW. Because you could get hit by a truck tomorrow.
Sidenote: Is the title of the show just pretentious enough without being obscure and stupid? Maaaybe. Could I have gone with a photo-geek route with F-Stops in Eight Places? Sure, if I was a photo geek, but I actually hate messing with f-stops and whatnot.
Other rejected titles:
Snapshots of Where I Ate Fish Curry and Fermented Shark
Hey, These are Actually In Focus, Mr. Fancy Camera Man
I Rode on 43 Different Stupid Airplanes to See This Stuff
Some of the photos:
Arc de Triumphe in Paris, France
Houseboat in Kerala, India
Sunset in Stockholm, Sweden
Kerio volcanic crater, Iceland, where Bjork held a concert from a floating raft in the lake. The acoustics are glorious.
Dune bashing in Dubai
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Guy – Photo by Suhyoon Cho
Reformed journalist. Scribbler of speeches and whatnot. Wrote a thriller that was a finalist for some award.
Filed under 5 Random Thursday, Photography, Travel
