Good news, everyone -- I've been featured! I have my very own photo spread in Further North, a new magazine about my favorite place: The Copper Country! Check it out (and maybe order a copy -- they're cheap!).
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Showing posts with label news. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
163/365 - Featured!
Good news, everyone -- I've been featured! I have my very own photo spread in Further North, a new magazine about my favorite place: The Copper Country! Check it out (and maybe order a copy -- they're cheap!).
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Croatia and Wireless
Sadly, there is no photo to go with this post! The reason is, well, let's start from the beginning.
As many of you know, I am (professionally) a mathematician, but (mostly amateurly) a photographer. So, professionally, I am spending two weeks in beautiful Opatija, Croatia, at a conference highly targeted at my area of study.
On the upside, Opatija is on an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, and I'm getting some beautiful photos every day. So, my 365 goes on!
On the downside, internet access in awful here. The only access I can find blocks all photo sharing sites, so I can't upload (or even look at) photos until I'm back home again.
So, fear not, there will be photos -- a whole bunch all at once. Until then, Do viđenja!
As many of you know, I am (professionally) a mathematician, but (mostly amateurly) a photographer. So, professionally, I am spending two weeks in beautiful Opatija, Croatia, at a conference highly targeted at my area of study.
On the upside, Opatija is on an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, and I'm getting some beautiful photos every day. So, my 365 goes on!
On the downside, internet access in awful here. The only access I can find blocks all photo sharing sites, so I can't upload (or even look at) photos until I'm back home again.
So, fear not, there will be photos -- a whole bunch all at once. Until then, Do viđenja!
Friday, January 1, 2010
1/365 - Welcome to Dave's 365!
Hello all, and welcome to 2010! Welcome also to the result of my New Year's Resolution: to take (and post) a photo every day for this year. That's right, I'm doing a 365!
Each day, I'm hoping to post a photo with a brief description. I'll also be posting in the Digital Photography School 365 Flickr Group regularly.
Today's photo is of my parents' cat, Rosey. She's a stray who they took in -- although she's skittish, she's also beautiful. In winter, she's a regular furball! This photo -- my first, taken while on vacation -- is of Rosey enjoying some morning sunlight.
See you soon!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Featured on Shutter Photo!
Good news, everyone! My photos of the mining ruins in the Copper Country were recently featured on D. Travis North's excellent photography blog, Shutter Photo. The article features not only photos, but also some analysis of industrial photography and ruin hunting in general. Check it out and be sure to browse through the other articles while you're there!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Photos for sale!
My photos are for sale!
Over the last few weeks, I've been setting up an online store, so that those of you who are fans of my photos can order prints of my photos. Please take a look, and perhaps order a print for yourself. You can check out my store at the David Clark Photography store.
Also, if you like what you see, please feel free to spread the word: let people know about my blog and also my photo store. If you're on flickr, check out my photostream there.
Finally, friends and family -- if you are interested in ordering, be sure to drop me a line for a coupon code. Thanks very much for your support!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
News: Updated Website Addresses
And now, a bulletin from your friendly local photo blogger (that's me!)Howdy folks! This brief post is to let you know that I now have my own web address. BWAHAHAHAHA! Real, ultimate power!!
Ahem. What I mean is: I'm slowly working my way up to something big with my photos, and among other things I'll be designing a new site to go along with it. So, I purchased myself a domain and moved my blog and gallery to new addresses. Here's a list:
Cliffs and Ruins (this blog) is now at http://blog.dcclark.net/
My photo gallery is now at http://gallery.dcclark.net/
All of the old addresses will still work just fine, all of your old links will still work, and they will continue to work for the foreseeable future. However, if you have any links, I would appreciate it if you would update them -- just to stay current.
Thanks! And now, back to our program...
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
I voted!
[Edit 11 pm Tuesday: yay! A much better election than 2004. This time I didn't have to cough up a boatload of cash to send my absentee ballot overnight and international.]
... at 7:10 am, 10 minutes after the polls opened. There was a line out the door at the Houghton Fire Hall, and I was voter #46. Apparently 46 is their normal turnout for an entire day during a regular election.
... at 7:10 am, 10 minutes after the polls opened. There was a line out the door at the Houghton Fire Hall, and I was voter #46. Apparently 46 is their normal turnout for an entire day during a regular election.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Stupid Internet Tricks
I don't normally post things like this on here, but... here's some website's idea of which "celebrities" I look most like. Who is that on the right, hiding behind Richard Gere? Could it be... David Hilbert, famous mathematician best known for his immensely important list of 23 problems fundamental to mathematics?! Check out his photo in that first link -- very stylish.
I also appreciate that a computer somewhere thinks I look like Janeane Garofalo. Very interesting.
Back to real photos soon! Until then, enjoy this ultra-rare Dave-all-dressed-up photo.
I also appreciate that a computer somewhere thinks I look like Janeane Garofalo. Very interesting.
Back to real photos soon! Until then, enjoy this ultra-rare Dave-all-dressed-up photo.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
How I ate free for a week
People are constantly asking me: "Dave, how is it that you managed to eat free for the entire week of August 3rd - 9th?" Friends, relatives, random strangers on the street have all heard about this amazing feat and clamor to know how I pulled it off. Grad students everywhere are in awe of my powers. Well, I guess it's time to let out one of my most sought-after secrets and appease the hordes of hungry readers. Here's how it happened.
First, I should qualify: I ate free dinners for a week. Lunches were still mostly on my own. How did I do it? Here were a handful of contributing factors. First, several weeks earlier I had convinced a bunch of my housemates and other troupers to chip in on a wedding gift for one of our troupers. I bought the item (a dough kneading board, which is bizarrely expensive), so everyone ended up owing me about $30. Almost everyone had $20 bills on them, so many troupers still owed me $10 going into the Week of the Free Food. Second, my birthday was August 9th. For various reasons, different groups of people wanted to take me out on different days. Finally, some other troupers were getting married (on my birthday...), so a lot of old friends were in town and wanted to hang out.
That said, here's the schedule:
Sunday 8/3: Dinner with troupers new and old at the Pilgrim River Steakhouse, including a fresh dose of bizarre math puzzles from my old friend Dave. Cal covered dinner to pay off the gift debt.
Monday 8/4: My old mathie friend Amy and I went through the Arby's drive-through. I ordered chicken (yeah, at Arby's... I'm like that) which apparently wasn't ready, so they asked us to pull ahead and wait for a minute. 15 minutes later... no chicken. I went inside: "I'm wondering if my order is ready." "Do you have your receipt?" "Yeah, I'm order 74." "Hey Bill, where's order 74?" "Order 74? We don't have any order 74!" "Sir, I'm terribly sorry..." They not only made my order (fast!) but also repaid the cost of the meal. So yes, that too was free.
Tuesday 8/5: Pizza at the Chyre. Matt covered my part to pay off the gift debt, while daforsto earned us free crazy bread on the cute little memory machine at Little Caesar's.
Wednesday 8/6: Dinner with Troupers at Hunan. Brandon covered dinner to pay off the gift debt.
Thursday 8/7: My old friends, classmates, and coworkers Christi and Ryan (in town for the wedding) took me out to the Library for my birthday, reminiscences, and yummy root beer.
Friday 8/8: My long-time not-girlfriend Rachel took me out to the Ambassador for my birthday, along with Amy and a few of the younger troupers.
Saturday 8/9: Brandon and a few other troupers took me and Steve (also his birthday!) on a mini pub-crawl for my birthday: the DT for dinner and beer, the Ambassador for a fishbowl, the Dog for a shot, and the Library for dessert and fancier drinks.
Sunday, I took Amy out for her birthday... yes, it was quite a weekend for birthdays!
So there's the story. For an entire week, my dinners were covered by other people. It was pretty amazing. The next week wasn't quite as amazing, free-food-wise, but it was quite fun for other reasons, including an awesome camping trip. More about that later!
First, I should qualify: I ate free dinners for a week. Lunches were still mostly on my own. How did I do it? Here were a handful of contributing factors. First, several weeks earlier I had convinced a bunch of my housemates and other troupers to chip in on a wedding gift for one of our troupers. I bought the item (a dough kneading board, which is bizarrely expensive), so everyone ended up owing me about $30. Almost everyone had $20 bills on them, so many troupers still owed me $10 going into the Week of the Free Food. Second, my birthday was August 9th. For various reasons, different groups of people wanted to take me out on different days. Finally, some other troupers were getting married (on my birthday...), so a lot of old friends were in town and wanted to hang out.
That said, here's the schedule:
Sunday 8/3: Dinner with troupers new and old at the Pilgrim River Steakhouse, including a fresh dose of bizarre math puzzles from my old friend Dave. Cal covered dinner to pay off the gift debt.
Monday 8/4: My old mathie friend Amy and I went through the Arby's drive-through. I ordered chicken (yeah, at Arby's... I'm like that) which apparently wasn't ready, so they asked us to pull ahead and wait for a minute. 15 minutes later... no chicken. I went inside: "I'm wondering if my order is ready." "Do you have your receipt?" "Yeah, I'm order 74." "Hey Bill, where's order 74?" "Order 74? We don't have any order 74!" "Sir, I'm terribly sorry..." They not only made my order (fast!) but also repaid the cost of the meal. So yes, that too was free.
Tuesday 8/5: Pizza at the Chyre. Matt covered my part to pay off the gift debt, while daforsto earned us free crazy bread on the cute little memory machine at Little Caesar's.
Wednesday 8/6: Dinner with Troupers at Hunan. Brandon covered dinner to pay off the gift debt.
Thursday 8/7: My old friends, classmates, and coworkers Christi and Ryan (in town for the wedding) took me out to the Library for my birthday, reminiscences, and yummy root beer.
Friday 8/8: My long-time not-girlfriend Rachel took me out to the Ambassador for my birthday, along with Amy and a few of the younger troupers.
Saturday 8/9: Brandon and a few other troupers took me and Steve (also his birthday!) on a mini pub-crawl for my birthday: the DT for dinner and beer, the Ambassador for a fishbowl, the Dog for a shot, and the Library for dessert and fancier drinks.
Sunday, I took Amy out for her birthday... yes, it was quite a weekend for birthdays!
So there's the story. For an entire week, my dinners were covered by other people. It was pretty amazing. The next week wasn't quite as amazing, free-food-wise, but it was quite fun for other reasons, including an awesome camping trip. More about that later!
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Manganese Falls
There's not much to Manganese falls, which is just south of Copper Harbor. It does drop through a relatively deep cut -- perhaps it's better in the spring, when there's more runoff.
For the moment, I'm posting this from the dorms at the University of Wisconsin, where I'm attending the MAA Mathfest. Yes, math camp, again!
Friday, July 25, 2008
Rant: Missing out on a Keweenaw summer
Alright folks, it's time for me to enlighten my lovely horde of readers with a minor rant.
As some of you know, I make my living teaching math at Michigan Tech. Due to insufficient reluctance, I tend to be assigned to teach 8 am classes. That's the case this summer, when I've been getting up nice and unreasonably early to teach Differential Equations four days a week. I'm actually getting pretty good at getting up at those evil hours, and the advantage is that I have afternoons mostly free.
On another, seemingly unrelated topic: the golden hours. This is the name photographers use for the hour or so right around sunrise and sunset. The sun is low in the sky, the light is golden and soft, clouds are hilighted in brilliant colors, and basically everything takes on a beautiful glow. I've played around in the golden hours myself a bit, such as these up from Quincy. Which one was taken at sunset?
Mmmm, golden glowy goodness!
And finally: lenses. I just bought a new lens (the awesomely awesome Nikon 18-200mm VR general-purpose zoom of the gods). I really, really, REALLY want to get out to try it. But my only option is to go out in the harsh light of day, instead of the beautiful golden glow of evening of early morning, or even the weirdly colored night.
So the upshot of all this is: I feel like I'm really missing out on my favorite times and awesome opportunities for photos. That will get fixed eventually, of course. Perhaps things will improve once the semester is over in mid August! Until then, I'm hiking on the weekends in the bright, harsh sunlight.
As some of you know, I make my living teaching math at Michigan Tech. Due to insufficient reluctance, I tend to be assigned to teach 8 am classes. That's the case this summer, when I've been getting up nice and unreasonably early to teach Differential Equations four days a week. I'm actually getting pretty good at getting up at those evil hours, and the advantage is that I have afternoons mostly free.
On another, seemingly unrelated topic: the golden hours. This is the name photographers use for the hour or so right around sunrise and sunset. The sun is low in the sky, the light is golden and soft, clouds are hilighted in brilliant colors, and basically everything takes on a beautiful glow. I've played around in the golden hours myself a bit, such as these up from Quincy. Which one was taken at sunset?
And finally: lenses. I just bought a new lens (the awesomely awesome Nikon 18-200mm VR general-purpose zoom of the gods). I really, really, REALLY want to get out to try it. But my only option is to go out in the harsh light of day, instead of the beautiful golden glow of evening of early morning, or even the weirdly colored night.
So the upshot of all this is: I feel like I'm really missing out on my favorite times and awesome opportunities for photos. That will get fixed eventually, of course. Perhaps things will improve once the semester is over in mid August! Until then, I'm hiking on the weekends in the bright, harsh sunlight.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Moving...
... sucks! It takes up all your time, and no matter when you think you're done, there's always one more drawer to clean out. Anyhow, I thought I'd post a couple photos of our new home before I get back to the packing and unpacking.
Here's a shot from the main doorway. The new house is nothing if not spacious. It gets some great light in the afternoons. The roof could use a little work. We have some house cleaners coming in to take care of the random rubble left by the last tenants (it's on the left).
Of course, there are a few problems. The electrical system needs repairing, and the heating too (it's steam heated, so we have our own boiler stacks, which haven't been maintained). But we got a great deal on the place, so I shouldn't complain!
Unfortunately, the biggest problem is the uncapped mine shafts directly underfoot. But you know -- caveat emptor (which means, "we hope you like it!").
Anyhow, I guess I should get back to packing. The cleaning maids are coming soon!
Here's a shot from the main doorway. The new house is nothing if not spacious. It gets some great light in the afternoons. The roof could use a little work. We have some house cleaners coming in to take care of the random rubble left by the last tenants (it's on the left).
Of course, there are a few problems. The electrical system needs repairing, and the heating too (it's steam heated, so we have our own boiler stacks, which haven't been maintained). But we got a great deal on the place, so I shouldn't complain!
Unfortunately, the biggest problem is the uncapped mine shafts directly underfoot. But you know -- caveat emptor (which means, "we hope you like it!").
Anyhow, I guess I should get back to packing. The cleaning maids are coming soon!
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Something new
I've ignored my blog for long enough -- it's time for something new. Since I've been focusing so much on photography lately, I'm going to re-start my blog as a photo blog!
The idea is pretty simple -- every so often (hopefully more often than so), I'll post a photo that I've taken, along with some commentary -- where I took it, what was happening, maybe a story about the day. Hopefully this will keep me motivated to actually post!
While you're here, be sure to check out my photo gallery. Everything I post here comes from there, and there are a lot more to boot.
My first photo entry will be in the next post. Enjoy!
The idea is pretty simple -- every so often (hopefully more often than so), I'll post a photo that I've taken, along with some commentary -- where I took it, what was happening, maybe a story about the day. Hopefully this will keep me motivated to actually post!
While you're here, be sure to check out my photo gallery. Everything I post here comes from there, and there are a lot more to boot.
My first photo entry will be in the next post. Enjoy!
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