I have no Christmas photos.

Because I left my camera charger in Missouri. Super awesome!

Magic Tree!

There is a tree at a residence in Columbia, Mo. that has over 75,000 Christmas lights on it. It is awesome. I went with my fellow photo nerd Ivy one night to take photos- what photo nerd fun!

Multiple Flash

Michelle Froese, public relations manager for MU Student Auxiliary Services, reads to a small gathering from The Tales of Beedle the Bard, at a midnight release party on December 3, 2008 at University Bookstore. The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a companion book to the bestselling Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, is a collection of wizarding world fairy tales. 

Thanksgiving Break, in Photos

1. Hi JakeMonster!

2. JakeMonster can fly!

3. I take photos of my shoes. It's a thing. 

4. A walk on the Lake Michigan beach on Thanksgiving. Brrrr. We love the lighthouse! Hi Big Red!

5. But, a beautiful sunset. 

6. My life in grad school: grading papers until my fingers bleed. 

Multimedia Selections from NY Times

I'm a big fan of the New York Times. It's almost my only source of news- I read it online every day. But I have always had some issues with their audio-slideshows. they started to use reporter narration (which is a shortened version of the print story) of photos as the only audio, and I frankly think that's lazy. And then they tend to assign the interesting, hard news subjects to video or flash graphics while the audio slideshow is relegated to soft, fluffy and fashion- orientated subjects. 

And thus, to wit: 

A Potato Party

Green White Way

Pop Flash

The blending flash (aka pop flash) technique in Shakespeare's Pizza is fun. I think it helps give the impression of the frenetic pace of the place. 

Fill Flash

Joe O'Brian polished off his second slice of pizza in Shakespeare's Pizza Slice Express at around 9:30 p.m Wednesday night, in downtown Columbia Mo. 

Color Correction, Fluorescent Light

Theresa Long, an MU student, molds clay on a pottery wheel at the Craft Studio in Memorial Union, October 27, 2008. She was trying to make her tallest pot yet, an advanced skill in pottery making.

Fun in Lab With Flash

Beware the Thursday Night Photo Brigade. 

Single Flash

Monique Quayle, a Spanish professor at MU, washes her paint brush during a painting class October 21 at the Craft Studio in Memorial Union. "I like teaching, but it can be frustrating," Quayle said. "You can't have one without the other."

Hanah Weis makes To Do lists at Robinson's Laundromat while waiting for her clothes to finish spinning. Weis graduated from MU in 2006 with a degree in Hotel and  Restaurant Management. She now works at Heavenly Ham in Columbia.