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East Coast Pt. 2: Philly

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:37:38 +0000

After a half day in NYC, we took a bus back to Jersey, then drove over to Philadelphia. We checked into our hotel and had a late tapas-style dinner with Joel’s family. The next morning, Joel and I went wandering around Philadelphia before Bret’s afternoon commencement at Temple. We had been planning on doing the usual historic site-seeing stops, but discovered that we should have already gotten tickets. The popular destinations were swarming with tour groups… so we decided to stop into a few of the smaller buildings, which were free to check out!

(by free I mean, sticking your camera through a fence)

Bret’s commencement speaker that evening was the Bill Cosby! It was cool to see him speak in person… even if it wasn’t comedic material

The next morning, before heading our separate ways, the five of us took a tour of Eastern State Penitentiary. We did the self-guided tour featuring audio narration by none other than… Steve Bushemi!

It was such a cool place… and it was also super-sunny! The ghostly presence of the building worked especially well with the dreamy Holga effect.

Cross Country Move Pt. 3: Yellowstone

admin — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:29:10 +0000

Sorry for the delay in updates my loyal subscribers. Â I have been busy with a new seasonal job photographing undergraduates! Â Where did I leave off…

Although we only drove through the northern most area of Yellowstone National Park, the views were breathtaking. Â We got to explore Mammoth Hot Springs:

Soon I will be caught up to reveal my final destination

Cross Country Move Pt. 2: Mount Rushmore / Entering Yellowstone

admin — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:15:44 +0000

After stopping at Badlands National Park, Joel and I continued on to see Mount Rushmore. Â It was really cool, especially the night presentation, but it was a challenge to photograph with my equipment.

On Tuesday we drove from Gillette, WY to Yellowstone National Park via Highway 212 (the North East entrance). Â We had no idea we would be driving directly over the mountains to get there – but it was one of the highlights of our journey!

Stay tuned for Part. 3: Â Yellowstone!

Cross Country Move Pt. 1: The Badlands

admin — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:28:42 +0000

On Monday I had the opportunity to see Badlands National Park in South Dakota. Â It was breathtaking!

The rainbow looking colors are naturally occurring from all of the different mineral deposits over time.

We saw prairie dogs and even had to stop for a few Rams to cross