Weekly Photo Challenge: Ready

Posted on February 10, 2012

Are you Ready for this week’s the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge? I bet you are. Because I’ve never been more Ready (even if I am a bit late).

It must be all the tests I’ve taken over the years, but nothing says ready to me quite like a sharpened number 2 pencil.

I love that moment right before you put graphite to paper. There are so many possibilities open to you.

Whether it’s a Scantron or a sheet of college-ruled notepaper, as long as you’ve got your trusty number 2 you’re ready for anything.

Want to participate in the challenge? Head on over to The Daily Post and follow the instructions below.

1. Each week, [they] provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced.

2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “Weekly Photo Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use a “postaday2012″ or “postaweek2012″ tag.

3. Subscribe to The Daily Post so that you don’t miss out on weekly challenge announcements. Sign up via the email subscription link in the sidebar or RSS.

Now, take a picture that captures this week’s theme and post a link to it in the comments below.

All images are from my flickr, unless otherwise noted.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Hope.

Posted on January 28, 2012

This week NASA shared a super-duper high resolution image (8000 by 8000 pixels!) of the Earth with the world. In case you missed it, here it is. I feel it ties in perfectly with this week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Hope.

Photo courtesy of NASA’s flickr.

I am moved by the beauty and majesty of our precious planet. What a wonderful world we have been given! It gives me hope for the future.

I didn’t take this picture, but I hope that some of my tax dollars were spent in paying for it.

Want to participate in the challenge? Head on over to The Daily Post and follow the instructions below.

1. Each week, [they] provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced.

2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “Weekly Photo Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use a “postaday2012″ or “postaweek2012″ tag.

3. Subscribe to The Daily Post so that you don’t miss out on weekly challenge announcements. Sign up via the email subscription link in the sidebar or RSS.

Now, take a picture that captures this week’s theme and post a link to it in the comments below.

An Amazing High Resolution Photo of the Earth from NASA’s New Polar Satellite (littlegreenfootballs.com)
NASA’s New Satellite Captures Amazing Hi-Res Image of Earth (mashable.com)
NASA’s New Blue Marble (mossandfog.com)
The Most Amazing Highest Resolution Image of Earth Ever (gizmodo.com)
NASA releases the highest resolution photo of Earth ever taken (technologytell.com)
NASA Releases New High-Definition Image of Earth (science.slashdot.org)

Weekly Photo Challenge: Hidden

Posted on October 29, 2011

The theme for week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is Hidden. As soon as I saw this theme I immediately thought of a Matryoshka—the Russian nesting doll—that my grandmother brought back from Europe for us a few years back.

I didn’t play with dolls growing up, unless you count my Star Wars, G.I. Joe, and He-Man action figures. However, I was always intrigued by Matryoshkas.

I loved the idea that inside these elaborate, handcrafted dolls there was one toy after another hidden inside.

Want to participate in the challenge? Head on over to The Daily Post and follow the instructions below.

1. Each week, [they] provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced.

2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “Weekly Photo Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use a “postaday2011″ or “postaweek2011″ tag.

3. Subscribe to The Daily Post so that you don’t miss out on weekly challenge announcements. Sign up via the email subscription link in the sidebar or RSS.

Now, take a picture that captures this week’s theme and post a link to it in the comments below.

All images are from my flickr, unless otherwise noted.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Possibility (slightlyinsightful.com)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Textured (slightlyinsightful.com)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Old Fashioned (slightlyinsightful.com)

Weekly Photo Challenge: Possibility

Posted on October 17, 2011

The theme for week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is Possibility. My inspiration for this post is an old coin—a Fuerte (a coin worth five Venezuelan Bolívares)—I picked up years ago.

I love the moment after you flip a coin, right before it lands. That’s the moment of possibility where things are always 50/50.

If you’re flipping a coin to help make a decision the second the coin leaves your thumb anxiety kicks in and you know which outcome you really desire.

Want to participate in the challenge? Head on over to The Daily Post and follow the instructions below.

1. Each week, [they] provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced.

2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “Weekly Photo Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use a “postaday2011″ or “postaweek2011″ tag.

3. Subscribe to The Daily Post so that you don’t miss out on weekly challenge announcements. Sign up via the email subscription link in the sidebar or RSS.

Now, take a picture that captures this week’s theme and post a link to it in the comments below.

All images are from my flickr, unless otherwise noted.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Sunset

Posted on October 3, 2011

“Is there anything more beautiful than a beautiful, beautiful flamingo, flying across in front of a beautiful sunset? And he’s carrying a beautiful rose in his beak, and also he’s carrying a very beautiful painting with his feet. And also, you’re drunk.”

— Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey

The theme for week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is Sunset. I’ve witnessed many amazing sunsets. Here are three of my favorites captured on camera.

This is a view from the old Fortín overlooking the Bahía de Juan Griego on Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela.

One of the coolest things about living in Chilé was our immaculate ocean view. We spent many evenings watching the sun go down over the Pacific Ocean from our home in Antofagasta.

In 2009 we spent the vacation of a lifetime at the J. W. Marriott Resort in Phuket, Thailand. Sunsets like the one above were commonplace. If you have the means, I highly recommend making the effort to get there—you won’t be disappointed.

I wish I could take credit for that last photo, but I can’t. My beautiful and much more talented wife captured this one. But I was there, and it was amazing.

Want to participate in the challenge? Head on over to The Daily Post and follow the instructions below.

1. Each week, [they] provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced.

2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “Weekly Photo Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use a “postaday2011″ or “postaweek2011″ tag.

3. Subscribe to The Daily Post so that you don’t miss out on weekly challenge announcements. Sign up via the email subscription link in the sidebar or RSS.

Now, take a picture that captures this week’s theme and post a link to it in the comments below.

All images are from my flickr, unless otherwise noted.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Textured (slightlyinsightful.com)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Sunset (dailypost.wordpress.com)

Weekly Photo Challenge: Faces

Posted on September 16, 2011

13 years ago today we made the best and most important decision of our lives and today, I’d like to commemorate it with a photo.

Yup, that’s the face I fell in love with—although highly distorted courtesy of PhotoBooth—all those years ago.

I’m convinced that PhotoBooth is responsible for selling more Macs than Steve Jobs.

13 years, three kids, and three continents later and I feel like the adventure is still just beginning. Each day is better than the one before.

After 13 years we’re still laughing ~~with each other~~ at each other. Happy Anniversary, Sugie, I love you! You’re why the sauce is so awesome.

Want to participate in the challenge? Head on over to The Daily Post and follow the instructions below.

1. Each week, [they] provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced.

2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “Weekly Photo Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use a “postaday2011″ or “postaweek2011″ tag.

3. Subscribe to The Daily Post so that you don’t miss out on weekly challenge announcements. Sign up via the email subscription link in the sidebar or RSS.

Now, take a picture that captures this week’s theme and post a link to it in the comments below.

All images are from my flickr, unless otherwise noted.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Textured (slightlyinsightful.com)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Old Fashioned (slightlyinsightful.com)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Faces (dailypost.wordpress.com)

Dump Truck Days

Posted on September 3, 2011

This week I went to the New Mexico Coal mines to learn about their driver safety systems for work. Located in New Mexico within and around the Navajo Nation, the mines are a teaming with dump trucks.

One of the best toys I ever had as a boy was my Steel Tonka Dump Truck. It was big, heavy, and made the sandbox much more fun than normal.

While I wasn’t out at the mine to check out the trucks, seeing them in action brought back memories from when my favorite toy didn’t need to be recharged or require Internet access.