On my way back from Cape Canaveral I realized I’d be traveling pretty far, coming from the coast all the way back home in Santa Clara. So, I decided to see both oceans flanking the continental US in one day, for it wouldn’t be much further to travel. I woke up and saw some birds with Mo in the Atlantic in the 30 minute break from the rain. Then headed west, first by car to Orlando, then by plane to DFW, then again by plane to SJC, then again by car to Santa Cruz. I reached the Pacific before bed and also took a photo. It was lots of fun, and probably will be a while before I travel so far again.

Cocoa Beach • Santa Cruz

(2463.6 miles apart)

In my final project for my photography class this semester I had intended to take very wide angle pictures of spaces to evoke a feeling of emptiness and desolateness around the university. As the project progressed, I found it had turned in to something else; extremely wide angle and stitched photos. The process produced high resolution images which allowed me to print them very large. The image “beautifulcourtyard” seems to reflect the original intent most accurately.

Prints covering the entire floor of my apartment

They were put together with Adobe Photoshop CS3; Realviz stitcher provided unsatisfactory results.

The “big” versions I’ve put up for viewing in the gallery are 33% scaled versions of the originals. The originals are impressively large, which yielded the interesting prints. Well, they’re not wall sized or anything, but they’re the first time I’ve printed this large.

One more round of photos coming after I get back to school and scan the black & white film project.

My proceeding Fall 2007 semester entailed a photography course. In light of all the photos I took, I’ve here made several of my favourite photos available for your viewing pleasure right here on my website. They’re all available in the gallery section, as well as this post. These are all from the first project, I intend to post more photos in the future. Happy 2008.

I would very much appreciate some comments; critical ones equally as much as praise.

I’m happy to report I’m the proud new owner of a Canon PowerShot SD850 IS. It is so much fun to take photos with this camera. I’m going to be happy to use it while working on the final project in my photography class this semester. Here’s a sneak preview of what to expect: