They sure didn’t make playground equipment like this when I was a kid. This thing is a slide in Tucson’s recently dedicated Balboa Park…
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Construction Photography: More on Water Harvesting for Commercial Properties
This past November, I wrote a post on Tucson’s new ordinance that requires water harvesting for commercial developments. To show how this can be done, the Ward 1 City Council Office is creating a public demonstration site. Work on the Ward 1 site is now being completed. On Saturday, January 24, Watershed Management Group volunteers…
Event Photography: 23rd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration
On Monday, January 19, hundreds of Tucsonans commemorated the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. with a march and festival at Reid Park. The festival featured music, mime, poetry, and dancing. Tariq Rasool and the Songhai Drummers got things going… My neighbors, Chuck and Beatrice, enjoying the festivities…
Nature Photography: Extreme Weather
My recent trip to Pennsylvania featured just about every kind of weather imaginable. Most of my time there was snow-free. But not fog-free… And certainly not wind-free. Gusts of 40 mph and higher were recorded on New Year’s Eve. This had predictable effects on local trees and powerlines…
Website Design: University Online Course
March 2019 update: This website is no longer online. Nutrigenomics draws on research in nutrition, genetics, and several other scientific fields. Although nutrigenomics is fairly new, there is a great demand for collaboration, training and education. I just finished working with Randy Burd, Ph.D., who is on the faculties of the University of Arizona, University…
Travel Photography: Take the Long Way Home
My holiday plans were simple: Go back to Pennsylvania to visit the family for Christmas and New Year. Since I live in Arizona, such a plan involves air travel. And, to put it mildly, the 2008-2009 holiday travel season has been hellacious. My flight from Tucson to Chicago reached Chicago airspace as a major snowstorm…
Construction Photography: Reducing Pollution
The people in these photos may look like they are doing a landscaping project, but there is much more to it than that. They are volunteers in a Watershed Management Group project that aims to improve urban water quality… The focus of the project is on reducing non-point source (NPS) pollutants like pet waste, auto…
Event Photography: 4th Avenue 2008 Winter Street Fair
Care to visit one of Tucson’s hippest streets with hundreds of thousands of your best friends? Well, have I got a street fair for you! The 4th Avenue Street Fair has been going on since the early 1970s, and it features artists and artisans from all over the U.S. In addition to admiring the artwork,…
Event Photography: Tucson Farmers’ Market at St. Philip’s Plaza
Every Sunday morning, the St. Philip’s Plaza becomes an open-air market. You name the edible item, you can probably find it here. You can also find what you need to help prepare your food. How about some wooden utensils? Or would your taste run more toward some pie?
Photography Workshop: Downtown Tucson
This past Saturday, a handful of photographers met outside of the Downtown Main Library. We’re all members of the Tucson Photography Meetup group, and we’re always up for a chance to improve our skills. Our instructor was Roger D., who gave us a series of assignments to tackle. These included three studies in motion: Freezing…
Construction Photography: Water Harvesting for Commercial Properties
Last month, Tucson became the first American city to require water harvesting for new commercial developments. The new city ordinance requires new developments to meet 50 percent of their landscaping water budget with water that falls on the property. To show how the ordinance will work, the Ward One City Council Office is creating a…
Event Photography: Fall 2008 Bicycle Swap Meet
This past Saturday, thousands of bicyclists converged on Fourth Avenue near Downtown Tucson. While many of the two-wheeled legions rode to the semi-annual Bicycle Swap Meet, there was more looking than riding. With so many people gathered in one place, it was hard to get more than a couple of pedal strokes in. Besides, there…
Event Photography: All Souls Procession ‘08
Tucson’s dearly departed got a unique tribute during the 19th Annual All Souls Procession. This one-of-a-kind parade started shortly after sunset this past Sunday. Marchers gathered at 4th Avenue and University Boulevard, then wended their way Downtown for a grand finale at the Franklin Street Docks. I divided my time between being an observer/photographer and…
Event Photography: Mesquite Bean Grinding
If you have a mesquite tree in your yard, you know that they’re just full of beans. And, every summer, those beans come a-tumbling down to the ground. You’ve probably wondered if there’s something better to do with them than raking them up and throwing them away. The good news is that there is. You…
Event Photography: Election Day 2008
Today is Election Day, and today’s bicycle ride took me through much of central Tucson. I took advantage of the opportunity to seek out long lines at polling places. And I couldn’t find any. I was also looking for those clusters of campaign signs that spring up at just about every major intersection. Wouldn’t ya…
Photo essays added to my website
I’ve just added a Photo Essays department to my website. It includes essays on: 1. Post-Katrina reconstruction in Mississippi. 2. Building a water harvesting demonstration site at Tucson’s City Council Ward 3 Office. March 2019 update: I have removed this department from the site.
Event Photography: Living La Vida Verde
This past Saturday, Tucsonans held a huge party for the earth. Thousands came to Downtown to celebrate La Vida Verde. The festivities included tasty solar-cooked meals like this stew… Our furred and feathered friends also got into the act. Meet Hopi, the career-changing Harris Hawk… Hopi is a two-year-old male that came into the Forever…
Graphic Design: Solo Butterfly
Another example of my ongoing quest to design with type and combine the result with photography. This promotional postcard offered a business tip (to hire me for Web and print design) along with a garden tip that plays off the image…
Travel Photography: Military Flags
These flags are part of a Southwest Airlines/Chicago Midway Airport effort to honor active duty military serving overseas…
Travel Photography: University of Michigan Diag
Although the University of Michigan campus has grown since my student days, the Diag is still the heart of it all. The Diag consists of two diagonal walkways that intersect outside the Graduate Library. It’s long been a hotbed of activity, including this outdoor yoga class… The student’s feet are tantalizingly close to the Block…
Event Photography: Ann Arbor Football Saturday
This past weekend, I went to Homecoming at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. A mandatory part of this experience is football Saturday. Game day preparations start many hours before kickoff. Tailgate partiers arrrive in fully equiped RVs and set up camp near Michigan Stadium. And did I mention that flying the Block M…