Full moon from yesterday

I wanted to share this. I shot this late last night and, so far, it’s the best moon photo I’ve ever taken.

Edited to add: I used auto-focus, spot metering, tripod. Settings: ISO 400, f/9.0 1/640s, 250mm. Daylight white balance.

Day 69 – Hawk in flight

Two hawks have built a nest in a tree right on a busy street (McCarran) in Reno. I discovered this on my way home tonight so I pulled over to snap some photos. I’ll post more tomorrow after I’ve had a chance to really go through them, but for now, here’s the one I like the best. I wish it was in better focus.

Day 68 – The Nugget

John Ascuaga’s Nugget in Sparks.

Gentleman in a Fedora

I may have mentioned before that my lighting instructor is an award-winning photographer. His bread and butter is commercial photography, but his photography goes far beyond. On the first day of class he showed us some of his work, and later we learned more of the back story to many of his shots through this program, The Work of Art, produced by KNPB. I highly recommend watching it and it will give you a great idea of who Jeff Ross is as an artist and a human being.

I had a routine visit with my cardiologist today. Actually, it wasn’t that routine as my regular EP, Dr. Dhir, has left the practice and I was seeing a “new” doctor today: Dr. Letitia Anderson. The last time I’d seen Dr. Anderson was in November 2009 when I was in the emergency room at Renown prior to being admitted for four days of observation. I liked her then, and today’s visit confirmed that I made the right choice in requesting her after Dr. Dhir’s departure.

Yes…there is a connection here. Patience!

Dr. Anderson wanted me to get my pacemaker read and as I was heading into the waiting area I saw an elderly black man checking in with the receptionist. I immediately recognized him as the gentleman in this photo. A super-sized version of this photo hangs in Jeff’s studio in Reno and it moves me very much.

And there he was, looking just as he did in the photograph. Same hat, same expression, same demeanor.

At first I wasn’t going to say anything to Mr. Marks, but I felt drawn to him. I wanted him to know I knew who he was, and so I walked up to him and said, “I know you from your photograph.” We chatted briefly; I told him how much I loved Jeff’s photograph of him. He remembered Jeff and the photo. I touched the sleeve of his trench coat with my left hand, and he reached for my right hand to hold it. I told him that I would tell Jeff tonight that I’d seen him. We said good-bye.

And then he smiled at me and kissed my hand.

Cross-posted at Blue Lyon

Day 67 – Big Fat Full Moon

Heading east tonight on I-80 the full moon hanging over the foothills took my breath away.

Day 66 – Outside the College of Education, UNR

The buildings on the University of Nevada, Reno campus are beautifully lit at night and this back-lit bronze sculpture outside the William J. Raggio Building caught my eye this evening as I was leaving class.

Day 65 – Concrete Factory at Twilight

Shot in Fernley, NV at about 6:20 p.m. I processed this shot first in Lightroom 3.6 and then fine-tuned it in Photoshop. I shot this at 1600 ISO due the low light and the fact that I wasn’t using a tripod. Lightroom allows me to quiet the noise in a way I am not able to do in Photoshop.

Day 64 – At the pond

I had a breakfast meeting and then needed to go shoot my friend for my lighting class assignment, but I had a few moments to myself between both appointments so I stopped by the pond near Nevada Power. The weather was gorgeous. If we’re not going to get winter, then I’ll settle for this!