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Day 39 – Hillsdale Orchestra Concert
I went to the orchestra concert today put on by the college orchestra at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. This is a photo of Tim Cook, one of the violin soloists during the concert (though this is not a photo of him playing a solo). The orchestra played pieces by Strauss, Bach, Gabrieli, and Tchaikovsky. […]
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Day 38 – Clever Snowmen
A few people here at Hillsdale had extra time on their hands and made Calvin and Hobbes-esque snowmen outside of the student union. There were some clever designs. There were four protesters with signs that read: “Extend Snowman Life!! Impose Global Warming Tax!”, “Support Coal Stimulus” (held by a snowman with only one coal eye), […]
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Day 37 – Baw Beese Lake at Night
David Wagner and I went to Baw Beese Lake tonight to walk around and take photos. He has never seen me to long exposures or light graffiti before, so I demonstrated with a few different shots. In a few of the shots we were walking around on the frozen lake. Click the photos to […]
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Day 36 – Reading Hamlet
Tonight, five friends and I started reading Shakespeare’s Hamlet aloud. We have to finish it by Tuesday. Click on the photo to view it large.
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Day 35 – More Ice Sculpting
Here is another photo of the ice sculpting from the weekend. Click the photo to view it larger. The gallery from South Haven is now posted! Check it out! (It has four pages…make sure you look at all four!) I have spent the evening so far finishing Don Quixote, working on math, […]
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Day 34 – Frozen Wasteland
I slept pretty well last night and I had a nice day today. I had the chance today to go to a few of the off-campus facilities that the college runs to do some tech work. It was interesting. I especially liked the Hillsdale Academy, a model K-12 school Hillsdale College runs pioneering new […]
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Day 33 – Portraits & Candids
In South Haven over the weekend, I made a special point to work on my portrait and candid shots of people. This is an area where I had a great deal of difficulty in the past. I have a long way to go, but I think I am making […]
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Day 32 – Ice Sculpting
This is a continuation of the photos I took in South Haven on Saturday. This man was participating in the ice sculpting contest and he was actually using an iron (yes, an electric clothes iron), to make the ice smooth and shiny. Click on the photo to view it larger. The gallery of […]