Day 196 – He always wears shoes like this

Theoretical physicist and best-selling author, Lawrence Krauss, speaking on “The Future, and Nothing” at The Amaz!ng Meeting.

Day 195 – The Amaz!ng Randi

I took this photo of James Randi, the founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) today as he was being interviewed by Jamy Ian Swiss about his mission to reveal Uri Geller for the fraud he was (and is). James Randi is an amazing force for skepticism and critical thought, and the hero of every attendee at The Amaz!ng Meeting.

Here he is from the front.

Day 194 – Arches and Shadow

I snapped this one early this morning, before the busy of the day took over. It’s nearly 11 as I post this and we are catching our breath before heading out for one last event that will keep us out until about 2 in the morning. Luckily, we we able to get an hour-long nap in late this afternoon.

Day 193 – Hotter than Hades

Thank goodness we can stay inside. This may look idyllic but only if you were in the water. Blast furnace were the two words that came to my mind.

That being said, I did go for a swim. It was very nice.

Getting here a day before the conference workshops started was a great idea. After today it’s likely we will be too busy to take much advantage of the pool. I have a feeling this is what we’ll be seeing a lot of:

Day 192.5 – We have to leave them for a while

Tomorrow morning we’ll be heading out the door for five days. They’ll be in good hands, but we’ll miss them. I got my to-dos done earlier than I thought so I pulled out my Speedlite and my reflector umbrella and set them up on the light stand. The cats were nowhere to be found, but the pups were available.

The heat of the day (100+ degrees today) had taken its toll on Buddy, and our big boy wasn’t interested in doing anything but lay out on the carpet.

Nina gave me a little more as she worked hard on the Nylabone, which as you can see, is about as big as she is!

You all know I’m not big on the “reblogging” thing, but I wanted to share my lighting instructor’s latest blog post. I’ll get to study under him again next month as I take his two-Saturday class at the Nevada Museum of Art. I’m so excited!

The master at work.

Day 192 – Chain, chain, chain

Another “cheat” day, if you will indulge me. I took this one late last night (so technically it was today somewhere in the U.S.). Today is going to be terribly busy, what with work and preparing for our trip to Las Vegas tomorrow, and I’m really not sure, no, make that I’m pretty sure I’m not going to have a chance to do any serious shooting today.

We’ll be in Vegas Wednesday through Sunday for The Amaz!ng Meeting. I’ll be taking pictures, but not sure when they’ll get posted. Hopefully I will be able to post every day, but . . .