Bert: March 2008 Archives
I've been off my regular update schedule this week, but I swear I'll be back to my regular every other day posting now (I hope).
Yesterday, (rather 3am this morning) marked the end of this semester's Footlighters performances of Chicago. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I played piano in the pit for the musical. My whole week had been consumed by rehearsals from about 8pm-midnight every night, and although this totally made me sleep deprived, it was the most fun I've had at Case yet.
All of our performances went well (although our first one had a few rough spots in some songs). The last midnight performance was especially fun with changed lines and some added improvisations in our music. Our jams before the starts of shows and intermissions were fantastic as well.
The whole experience was really nice. I became friends with some new people and had the chance to become better acquainted with some that I previously knew. Even with all the stress that came with having rehearsals and performances that late in the night, I feel like it was completely worth it and can't wait to do it again next year.
Yesterday, (rather 3am this morning) marked the end of this semester's Footlighters performances of Chicago. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I played piano in the pit for the musical. My whole week had been consumed by rehearsals from about 8pm-midnight every night, and although this totally made me sleep deprived, it was the most fun I've had at Case yet.
All of our performances went well (although our first one had a few rough spots in some songs). The last midnight performance was especially fun with changed lines and some added improvisations in our music. Our jams before the starts of shows and intermissions were fantastic as well.
The whole experience was really nice. I became friends with some new people and had the chance to become better acquainted with some that I previously knew. Even with all the stress that came with having rehearsals and performances that late in the night, I feel like it was completely worth it and can't wait to do it again next year.
Ever since spring break I've been watching Scrubs whenever I have some free time. I've gone from watching no television at all to watching a few episodes of Scrubs each day (I consider this TV even though I'm watching the shows on my computer). This makes me wonder: am I wasting my time?
It seems that I've gotten lazier all of a sudden, preferring to watch a TV show instead of something else. Granted, I have also recently greatly reduced the amount of news I read (I've deemed most of it useless and not worth my time), so I think I've been having a hard time trying to find something to do to fill up all my free time.
So do I plan to continue watching Scrubs even though I consider it a huge waste of time? Yeah, I think so, the show is just too funny to give up. Plus, I only have 6.5 more seasons to go before I've seen them all!
It seems that I've gotten lazier all of a sudden, preferring to watch a TV show instead of something else. Granted, I have also recently greatly reduced the amount of news I read (I've deemed most of it useless and not worth my time), so I think I've been having a hard time trying to find something to do to fill up all my free time.
So do I plan to continue watching Scrubs even though I consider it a huge waste of time? Yeah, I think so, the show is just too funny to give up. Plus, I only have 6.5 more seasons to go before I've seen them all!
As I mentioned in my post about spring break last week, I finally got around to going through, editing, and uploading the photos I took. They can be found at my Flickr page:
http://flickr.com/photos/bertwagner
The three newest sets are portraits I took of my good friend Zack R., portraits of my father, and some portraits from an interview Zack R. and Steve J. had with Shirley Phelps (more about this in the coming weeks).
I also got around to organizing some of my older photos since I finally got a Flickr pro account and am no longer limited to only three sets. Enjoy!
http://flickr.com/photos/bertwagner
The three newest sets are portraits I took of my good friend Zack R., portraits of my father, and some portraits from an interview Zack R. and Steve J. had with Shirley Phelps (more about this in the coming weeks).
I also got around to organizing some of my older photos since I finally got a Flickr pro account and am no longer limited to only three sets. Enjoy!
Actually, it was more of a mixture that resembled mud, wet clay, and sludge. Whatever it was, determining the composition isn't as entertaining as how I ended up covered in it. Let's start from the beginning.
This morning was quite nice out: partly sunny, fairly warm, and almost all the snow had melted (a sign that spring is actually coming?). So having nothing to do on a Friday morning (naturally), I had an urge to go enjoy the weather by going for a run.
I took my usual route, starting by going up Mayfield Avenue. About a minute into my run I arrived at the railroad underpass. This is where the mud/whatever was located. Every time I have run this route in the past, the underpass and sidewalk has been dry and I have had no problems. Today however, due to melting snow or recent rains, the dirt that is normally under this bridge was this thick, nasty, gunky, mud mixture. I slowed down to a walk, I swear (I have seen multiple times before people almost slip and fall in this mess). Anyway, luck wasn't on my side this morning and apparently I wasn't going slow enough.
"The coefficient of friction between you and substance was tiny, and so you slipped and fell on your bum," said Mr. Shiffrin. Actually, he didn't say that. But I'm sure he would have. He probably would have also included some scathing insult about my foolishness. Or my mother. It could have gone either way.
Sorry to get off track, but what I'm trying to say is that this spill was grandiose. I covered myself in the grey substance from about chest down. Awesome.
I now had to face a decision: walk back to the dorms wet and embarrassed or continue with my run (still very wet, but somehow not so embarrassed). I chose the latter. But before I continued my run, I found a nice dry patch of grass and rolled around in it, trying to get as much of the stuff off me as possible. I'm sure this looked absolutely ridiculous to any passerby who happened to see it.
After getting back up, I proceeded with my run, looking like a mud covered aborigines that couldn't make it to the bathroom in time. The rest of the run was nothing special (I ended up running only half of it because I was too cold running around all wet) but the looks I got from people were priceless.
I returned to my dorm and used up about half a bar of soap to wash all the mud off of me. Then, having a bunch of wet and filthy clothes, I decided to do the laundry a day early.
Anyway, moral of the story is that you shouldn't try running through nasty gunk. And if by chance you happen to slip and become covered in said gunk, at least make the most of it and continue running. You were going to get gross and sweaty during your run anyway, so what harm will a little bit of hazardous radioactive industrial sludge do? Plus, people's weird looks as you run by them make it totally worth it.
This morning was quite nice out: partly sunny, fairly warm, and almost all the snow had melted (a sign that spring is actually coming?). So having nothing to do on a Friday morning (naturally), I had an urge to go enjoy the weather by going for a run.
I took my usual route, starting by going up Mayfield Avenue. About a minute into my run I arrived at the railroad underpass. This is where the mud/whatever was located. Every time I have run this route in the past, the underpass and sidewalk has been dry and I have had no problems. Today however, due to melting snow or recent rains, the dirt that is normally under this bridge was this thick, nasty, gunky, mud mixture. I slowed down to a walk, I swear (I have seen multiple times before people almost slip and fall in this mess). Anyway, luck wasn't on my side this morning and apparently I wasn't going slow enough.
"The coefficient of friction between you and substance was tiny, and so you slipped and fell on your bum," said Mr. Shiffrin. Actually, he didn't say that. But I'm sure he would have. He probably would have also included some scathing insult about my foolishness. Or my mother. It could have gone either way.
Sorry to get off track, but what I'm trying to say is that this spill was grandiose. I covered myself in the grey substance from about chest down. Awesome.
I now had to face a decision: walk back to the dorms wet and embarrassed or continue with my run (still very wet, but somehow not so embarrassed). I chose the latter. But before I continued my run, I found a nice dry patch of grass and rolled around in it, trying to get as much of the stuff off me as possible. I'm sure this looked absolutely ridiculous to any passerby who happened to see it.
After getting back up, I proceeded with my run, looking like a mud covered aborigines that couldn't make it to the bathroom in time. The rest of the run was nothing special (I ended up running only half of it because I was too cold running around all wet) but the looks I got from people were priceless.
I returned to my dorm and used up about half a bar of soap to wash all the mud off of me. Then, having a bunch of wet and filthy clothes, I decided to do the laundry a day early.
Anyway, moral of the story is that you shouldn't try running through nasty gunk. And if by chance you happen to slip and become covered in said gunk, at least make the most of it and continue running. You were going to get gross and sweaty during your run anyway, so what harm will a little bit of hazardous radioactive industrial sludge do? Plus, people's weird looks as you run by them make it totally worth it.
First off, let me state that I'm not claiming to be an expert photographer. I don't consider myself to be anywhere close to that title and probably won't for a long time. There is just so much more to learn about.
However, I think I have the basics of photography down from a technical standpoint and that's what I want to write about today. A few days ago, one of my friends from high school asked me what he should do in order to learn how to take good photographs. Here is an reiteration of my message to him:
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The primary way I learned some photography basics was by reading as much as I could about the topic and looking at examples of good work. In my opinion, the most important topic to read up on is how film speeds, shutter speeds, and lens apertures all interact with each other. Knowing how the three of these interact with each other will help you better operate a camera to achieve the effects that you want. A great site for learning this information (as well as many other great techniques) is:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech.htm
(Check out the article "Basics of Shutter Speed, Aperture and ISO 21 April 2004" for simple explanations of what I mentioned above).
After becoming aware of the relationship between shutter speeds, aperture, and film speeds, take some photos using your cameras manual mode. At first, it will probably be difficult to guess what settings to use in order to get decent photos.Most likely, your first shots will be coming out over and under exposed (but this isn't a huge deal in today's age of digital cameras where taking photos is essentially free...so wasted photos cost nothing!) In order to help you start off with guessing lighting conditions and camera settings, try using the Sunny 16 rule:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_16_rule
(Sidenote: When I was first learning this stuff I used a medium-format film camera. One huge benefit of using film when learning to take photos is that it's costly. Therefore, in order to reduce the amount of money I was spending on film and processing, I made sure I thought out and checked my settings for every shot before taking it. This made sure that on a roll of 12 frames, each shot I got was technically perfect and properly composed.
Although you will most likely be using a digital camera, you can use this same principle in taking your photos. Once you start becoming good at choosing camera settings for given lighting conditions, maybe limit yourself to only taking one shot of a given subject, making sure you have set up everything properly so that you will be guaranteed a technically superb image. Doing this will help you pay more attention to detail as well as help you become an expert at using your camera)
Finally, the last major thing that I have done is to look at good photographic work. I visit a lot of websites on a near daily basis to look at new photos, which end up giving me new ideas about how I might want to shoot something in the future. Some sites that I enjoy:
Regularly updated:
http://www.istoica.com/everyday/
http://www.chromasia.com/iblog/;
http://strobist.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebba
http://andrewhefter.com/index.php
http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/
Two of my favorite pros:
http://chasejarvis.com/
http://www.platonphoto.com/
I also highly recommend finding some groups that interest you on http://flickr.com/ . You don't necessarily need to post photos in the groups or look at them everyday, but loosely following some groups that you enjoy shooting will help you generate ideas and show you what works and what doesn't.
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I hope that my friend found this information useful, and now maybe some other aspiring photographers will too!
However, I think I have the basics of photography down from a technical standpoint and that's what I want to write about today. A few days ago, one of my friends from high school asked me what he should do in order to learn how to take good photographs. Here is an reiteration of my message to him:
************************************
The primary way I learned some photography basics was by reading as much as I could about the topic and looking at examples of good work. In my opinion, the most important topic to read up on is how film speeds, shutter speeds, and lens apertures all interact with each other. Knowing how the three of these interact with each other will help you better operate a camera to achieve the effects that you want. A great site for learning this information (as well as many other great techniques) is:
http://www.kenrockwell.com
(Check out the article "Basics of Shutter Speed, Aperture and ISO 21 April 2004" for simple explanations of what I mentioned above).
After becoming aware of the relationship between shutter speeds, aperture, and film speeds, take some photos using your cameras manual mode. At first, it will probably be difficult to guess what settings to use in order to get decent photos.Most likely, your first shots will be coming out over and under exposed (but this isn't a huge deal in today's age of digital cameras where taking photos is essentially free...so wasted photos cost nothing!) In order to help you start off with guessing lighting conditions and camera settings, try using the Sunny 16 rule:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
(Sidenote: When I was first learning this stuff I used a medium-format film camera. One huge benefit of using film when learning to take photos is that it's costly. Therefore, in order to reduce the amount of money I was spending on film and processing, I made sure I thought out and checked my settings for every shot before taking it. This made sure that on a roll of 12 frames, each shot I got was technically perfect and properly composed.
Although you will most likely be using a digital camera, you can use this same principle in taking your photos. Once you start becoming good at choosing camera settings for given lighting conditions, maybe limit yourself to only taking one shot of a given subject, making sure you have set up everything properly so that you will be guaranteed a technically superb image. Doing this will help you pay more attention to detail as well as help you become an expert at using your camera)
Finally, the last major thing that I have done is to look at good photographic work. I visit a lot of websites on a near daily basis to look at new photos, which end up giving me new ideas about how I might want to shoot something in the future. Some sites that I enjoy:
Regularly updated:
http://www.istoica.com/eve
http://www.chromasia.com/i
http://strobist.blogspot.c
http://www.flickr.com/phot
http://andrewhefter.com/in
http://wvs.topleftpixel.co
Two of my favorite pros:
http://chasejarvis.com/
http://www.platonphoto.com
I also highly recommend finding some groups that interest you on http://flickr.com/ . You don't necessarily need to post photos in the groups or look at them everyday, but loosely following some groups that you enjoy shooting will help you generate ideas and show you what works and what doesn't.
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I hope that my friend found this information useful, and now maybe some other aspiring photographers will too!
What a great spring break week. It was very different than my normal weeks here at school (especially since I spent very limited amounts of time online since I didn't have my computer) so here's my week in review.
-Friday 3/7 - I flew out of Cleveland just as the biggest snow storm of the year began. I actually landed in New Haven 20 minutes ahead of schedule; it was the first time my flight has ever been on time. The airline lost my baggage, however I had gotten it back the next morning. I spent my evening with Caitlin C. and Hanna N. at the WSIN radio station, having a good time talking and looking through the CD collection.
-Saturday 3/8 - My day started off with Africa practice. After practicing and realizing we still had some time to kill, Lewis, Sasso, and me went to Guitar Center and jammed on some synths for about an hour. Afterwards we went off to play our show at Toad's Place. It was an awesome show even though the PA kept breaking, but I'd like to think we still sounded good.
-Sunday 3/9 - Food day. I had Pepe's pizza and Dunkin' Donuts. Welcome to New England.
-Monday 3/10 - Continued to have left over pizza and donuts and read books all day.
-Tuesday 3/11 - Visited Zack R. at WNHU and hung out with him during his live show. Took some photos of him that will hopefully make good portraits. I also learned about Seth Godin's summer internship in New York and started creating my 'resume' for it.
-Wednesday 3/12 - More portrait photography, this time of my father in his new military uniform. Zack and I also discussed the possibility of creating a viral website to market something...
-Thursday 3/13 - Went out to breakfast with Hope S., Adam S., Arielle S., and Amber M. Afterwards I visited Zack at the station again to take more photos of him and Steve J. for their phone interview with Shirley Phelps (photo from that session above). That evening I went out with friends to Buffalo Wild Wings for $.50 boneless Thursdays where we ate good food and rocked at the trivia game. Afterwards Adam S. and I went to Miss JFHS but were late and ended up only catching the end of it. Afterwards I went out to Friendly's with a few people from the show and after that to Mike B.'s for some Super Smash Brawl fun with Mike B., Adam S., Mike C., Andy R., and Joe E.
-Friday 3/14 - Happy Pi Day! I started my afternoon with the final portrait shoot of the week with Zack around the UNH campus. I'm really happy with the results I got. That evening Michelle G., Amanda R., and I went to see the Foran and Law Jazz bands compete at Norwalk. They both did great jobs. However, because we arrived at Norwalk so early, we decided to stop in Stew Leonards to see the singing cows and other animatronics because Michelle had never been.
-Saturday 3/15 - This was my ultimate lazy day for the week. I watched 16 episodes from the first season of Scrubs while packing my bags.
-Sunday 3/16 - The trip back to Cleveland. As I was about to go through the security checkpoint, I saw Paul S. and his father. It turns out we were not only on the same flight but seated across the aisle from each other as well. Good times. We got delayed by about 30 minutes in Philly, but met a gentleman who works for Conn-Selmer in Eastlake, OH. He told us all about how brass instruments are made and it was really interesting. Later that night back at Case, we had Chicago pit rehearsal. I swear, we have the most poorly written out music parts I have ever seen. Things jump around across pages and the conductor's score is of little help. My piano book is also missing solos.
Overall, I really enjoyed this break. I got to see a lot of people I wanted to and generally had a great time. It was also nice to detach myself from email and the internet and be able to concentrate more on other things like reading and photography. The break was too short however, only being a tease of the long summer break that is only a few weeks away.
-Friday 3/7 - I flew out of Cleveland just as the biggest snow storm of the year began. I actually landed in New Haven 20 minutes ahead of schedule; it was the first time my flight has ever been on time. The airline lost my baggage, however I had gotten it back the next morning. I spent my evening with Caitlin C. and Hanna N. at the WSIN radio station, having a good time talking and looking through the CD collection.
-Saturday 3/8 - My day started off with Africa practice. After practicing and realizing we still had some time to kill, Lewis, Sasso, and me went to Guitar Center and jammed on some synths for about an hour. Afterwards we went off to play our show at Toad's Place. It was an awesome show even though the PA kept breaking, but I'd like to think we still sounded good.
-Sunday 3/9 - Food day. I had Pepe's pizza and Dunkin' Donuts. Welcome to New England.
-Monday 3/10 - Continued to have left over pizza and donuts and read books all day.
-Tuesday 3/11 - Visited Zack R. at WNHU and hung out with him during his live show. Took some photos of him that will hopefully make good portraits. I also learned about Seth Godin's summer internship in New York and started creating my 'resume' for it.
-Wednesday 3/12 - More portrait photography, this time of my father in his new military uniform. Zack and I also discussed the possibility of creating a viral website to market something...
-Thursday 3/13 - Went out to breakfast with Hope S., Adam S., Arielle S., and Amber M. Afterwards I visited Zack at the station again to take more photos of him and Steve J. for their phone interview with Shirley Phelps (photo from that session above). That evening I went out with friends to Buffalo Wild Wings for $.50 boneless Thursdays where we ate good food and rocked at the trivia game. Afterwards Adam S. and I went to Miss JFHS but were late and ended up only catching the end of it. Afterwards I went out to Friendly's with a few people from the show and after that to Mike B.'s for some Super Smash Brawl fun with Mike B., Adam S., Mike C., Andy R., and Joe E.
-Friday 3/14 - Happy Pi Day! I started my afternoon with the final portrait shoot of the week with Zack around the UNH campus. I'm really happy with the results I got. That evening Michelle G., Amanda R., and I went to see the Foran and Law Jazz bands compete at Norwalk. They both did great jobs. However, because we arrived at Norwalk so early, we decided to stop in Stew Leonards to see the singing cows and other animatronics because Michelle had never been.
-Saturday 3/15 - This was my ultimate lazy day for the week. I watched 16 episodes from the first season of Scrubs while packing my bags.
-Sunday 3/16 - The trip back to Cleveland. As I was about to go through the security checkpoint, I saw Paul S. and his father. It turns out we were not only on the same flight but seated across the aisle from each other as well. Good times. We got delayed by about 30 minutes in Philly, but met a gentleman who works for Conn-Selmer in Eastlake, OH. He told us all about how brass instruments are made and it was really interesting. Later that night back at Case, we had Chicago pit rehearsal. I swear, we have the most poorly written out music parts I have ever seen. Things jump around across pages and the conductor's score is of little help. My piano book is also missing solos.
Overall, I really enjoyed this break. I got to see a lot of people I wanted to and generally had a great time. It was also nice to detach myself from email and the internet and be able to concentrate more on other things like reading and photography. The break was too short however, only being a tease of the long summer break that is only a few weeks away.
So another month has passed, meaning it's time once again for a best of list post!
Photos
No Worries - I definitely want to have a photo taken here at some point in my life. An explanation and more photos from this spot can be found at Fogonazos's blog.
Doritos, The Body - This would be an awesome advertisement. Too bad it would cause too much controversy.
Platon - His portfolio is phenomenal. And I like how he shoots Polaroid.
Social Wallpaper - Wallpaper backgrounds in various sizes.
Informational
Overused Words - A list of commonly overused English words and synonyms for them.
Brightness Illusions - Some neat illusions and a lesson in how the eye interprets brightness.
Hurricanes Increase Pop-Tart Sales - A great NYT times article showing how detailed of a system Wal-Mart uses to track its sales.
Winning the Pine Wood Derby - The physics behind racing a pine wood derby car.
Autotune Abuse - How prevalent Autotune is in pop music.
Screen Calibration - (Semi) Properly calibrate your monitor!
Video
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - ...does a wonderful rendition of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
McDonald's Rap - This is the way to order food.
Taking Chase as the Serpent Slithers - The RX Bandits performing at Bonnaroo. I saw these guys last week in Cleveland and they were amazing.
Wired's 10 Best Chem Videos - I think #6, the undulating brew, is my favorite.
Kent's Chem Videos - More fantastic chemistry experiment videos.
Ruben Fleischer - I've loved this guys ad and music video work ever since I first saw his stuff a few years ago. Be sure to check out the DJ Format videos, they are my favorites.
Photos
No Worries - I definitely want to have a photo taken here at some point in my life. An explanation and more photos from this spot can be found at Fogonazos's blog.
Doritos, The Body - This would be an awesome advertisement. Too bad it would cause too much controversy.
Platon - His portfolio is phenomenal. And I like how he shoots Polaroid.
Social Wallpaper - Wallpaper backgrounds in various sizes.
Informational
Overused Words - A list of commonly overused English words and synonyms for them.
Brightness Illusions - Some neat illusions and a lesson in how the eye interprets brightness.
Hurricanes Increase Pop-Tart Sales - A great NYT times article showing how detailed of a system Wal-Mart uses to track its sales.
Winning the Pine Wood Derby - The physics behind racing a pine wood derby car.
Autotune Abuse - How prevalent Autotune is in pop music.
Screen Calibration - (Semi) Properly calibrate your monitor!
Video
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - ...does a wonderful rendition of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
McDonald's Rap - This is the way to order food.
Taking Chase as the Serpent Slithers - The RX Bandits performing at Bonnaroo. I saw these guys last week in Cleveland and they were amazing.
Wired's 10 Best Chem Videos - I think #6, the undulating brew, is my favorite.
Kent's Chem Videos - More fantastic chemistry experiment videos.
Ruben Fleischer - I've loved this guys ad and music video work ever since I first saw his stuff a few years ago. Be sure to check out the DJ Format videos, they are my favorites.
The winter cold decided to take a break this weekend with temperatures
of 46*F and 63*F yesterday and today respectively. Unfortunately the
forcast for the rest of the week predicts snow and temperatures in the
mid-twenties again.
So in order not to pass up the fluke of beautiful weather, I went out around University Circle right at dusk and took some photos. I only had my fisheye lens on me, but it served me fairly well for the shots I wanted. I definitely want to go back and redo some of the shots with another lens though.
You can check out a few of the photos I took on my flickr account.
So in order not to pass up the fluke of beautiful weather, I went out around University Circle right at dusk and took some photos. I only had my fisheye lens on me, but it served me fairly well for the shots I wanted. I definitely want to go back and redo some of the shots with another lens though.
You can check out a few of the photos I took on my flickr account.
Maybe it was the pizza. Or the hot chocolate that looked like chunky apple cider. Or maybe it was just the realized expectations of terrible food at Leutner on a Saturday night.
People always complain about the cafeteria food at school as being awful and disgusting and not worth eating. It really isn't that bad. In fact, most of it is very well made and tasty (and it sure beats cooking for yourself three times a day). The only time the food doesn't meet this positive description is on 'no-fry Friday's" and Saturdays. About the only thing you can get is a burger (without fries...) or pizza with toppings that nobody wants (why can't they just make plain cheese pizzas is beyond me...not using up leftovers would be wasteful I guess).
So, as the unnourished group of us sat around the dinner table, I made the mistake of allowing Paul S. to play with my camera. What came of this were nearly completely black photos creatively titled "Leutner gets taken over by the Shadow People" and unsteady long exposures artistically named "SPACE Travel" (seen above of me and Luther W.). This kept us entertained for about half an hour and I must say was the most entertaining part of my day.
I blame it on the pizza.
People always complain about the cafeteria food at school as being awful and disgusting and not worth eating. It really isn't that bad. In fact, most of it is very well made and tasty (and it sure beats cooking for yourself three times a day). The only time the food doesn't meet this positive description is on 'no-fry Friday's" and Saturdays. About the only thing you can get is a burger (without fries...) or pizza with toppings that nobody wants (why can't they just make plain cheese pizzas is beyond me...not using up leftovers would be wasteful I guess).
So, as the unnourished group of us sat around the dinner table, I made the mistake of allowing Paul S. to play with my camera. What came of this were nearly completely black photos creatively titled "Leutner gets taken over by the Shadow People" and unsteady long exposures artistically named "SPACE Travel" (seen above of me and Luther W.). This kept us entertained for about half an hour and I must say was the most entertaining part of my day.
I blame it on the pizza.
