Today was Palm Sunday for the Catholics in town, but we started the day by returning to Lake Zorrocucho in the Cajas, where we spent last Sunday. Alberto drove us there again, and then Evelyn painted en plein air. We were joined this time by Shimi — an artist friend from Danville, back in the […]
Cajas – Lake Zorrocucho
Today Evelyn went painting with Alberto Soriano again, and I tagged along with my camera. We went to Lake Zorrocucho this time. While walking around the periphery of the lake, there were plenty of photographic opportunities for me, though I had left the “right equipment” back in the car… Evelyn and Alberto set up in […]
FotoClub Cuena Night Photo Walk
FotoClub Cuenca members (plus random birthday group that walked through, sitting down front). I’m in the blue jacket just below standing group on the (photo) right. I showed up at the FotoClub Cuenca meeting tonight, expecting to try out a couple of my photographs on the group, only to find most people standing around […]
Antenna Farm and FotoClub #2
We went out to check the progress of a carpenter making my new desk today, in Chilcapamba. After we had approved the preliminary construction of the desk units, the driver asked if we wanted to see the antennae farm, where there was a panoramic view of the city. We agreed, and started up a road […]
FotoClub Cuenca
I heard about the FotoClub Cuenca a few months ago, but between my crutches and the December holidays, tonight was the first time I was able to attend. I knew almost nothing about the group other than they are the Camera Club for Cuenca, and therefore my best chance of getting back into a photography […]
Happy 4th of July!
For the last few years, we have gone to the Richmond Crane Pavilion on July 3 for their “early July 4th” fireworks. Various music groups play for a couple hours, then the Oakland Symphony plays for an hour leading up to the fireworks, following with more music while the sky lights up. The area is […]
Super Moon and Porch Sunset
This post is really just to show off a couple of photographs I took from our deck this weekend. Sunday was the official “Super Moon”, which means the full moon was at its closest to earth. This happens once every 14 months, so is not completely rare. However, it is a bit more unusual to […]
Dancers in Motion
Last week I tried using hand-held long exposure photography for the first time. Tonight we visited The Jazz Society again at Nektar. On Thursday nights they have dancers in addition to the jazz music, and I was anxious to try this technique on dancers, where their motion can be captured. For a first attempt, I […]
Everything’s Blurry
1/2 second hand-held experiment of police bike getting ready to lead the running Santas in a 10K race Last week we were invited to the home of Emanuela for dinner and to review her photography. She had commented that she liked my stuff (see www.mindstormphoto.com for mine), but that hers were “at the opposite extreme” […]
Churches and Jazz Society
Evelyn has drawing art classes on Thursday mornings, so I walked the 3 blocks to take in the week’s laundry. $3.58 for same-day wash & fold for all I can carry is such a deal that I don’t really want a washer/dryer in Cuenca! I decided to take a long route back home, exploring a […]