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  • Spring Break Part 2 of 4 – Arcachon


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    After my short stay in Paris, I took a train a few hours south to Bordeaux, where my friend David lives. After a short nap at David’s apartment, we immediately went to the town of Arcachon, a small but beautiful place on the Atlantic (well, technically on Arcachon Bay, but we could see where the…

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  • Spring Break Part 1 of 4 – Paris


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    I am finally getting around to posting some of my spring break photos from France! I won’t write the story of my trip on here… I would much prefer to tell you in person, so call me and ask me to hang out! (Or if you are too far away to do that, call me…

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  • CCA III


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    A few photos from Hillsdale College’s CCA III: The New Deal, which went from Jan. 31- Feb. 3. Amity Shlaes: Bradley C.S. Watson: Dr. Burt Folsom, giving one of FDR’s famous gestures of dissatisfaction (ironically to FDR’s New Deal policies):

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  • Arts for Creative Minds


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    Above: Freshman Samantha Gilman volunteers for “Arts for Creative Minds, a volunteer program where college students work with area youth in arts-related activities.” Read the article. (From the February 11 edition of the Collegian.)

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  • Professor Fuerst, Composer


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    Professor Matt Fuerst, part of Hillsdale’s excellent music faculty, is a composer who has had his compositions performed on three continents. In the picture above, he explains his composition method to the Hillsdale Collegian. Read the full story.Archived Link

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  • Professor Knecht


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    Click on the photo to view it at a larger size. I took this photo for today’s Collegian. This is one of Hillsdale’s art professors, Sam Knecht, “painting a large-scale scene of the Founding Fathers signing the American Constitution. The painting is part of the September opening of the Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for…

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  • Day 342 – Charger Basketball


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    I took some photos of the men’s basketball team practicing today: A little over 3 inches of snow was dumped on Hillsdale in the last few hours! Hopefully I will have some time to take a few photos of it tomorrow.

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  • Day 331 – Pool Collisions


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    I took this shot on Thanksgiving day, when a bunch of us went in my aunt’s basement to play pool after dinner. This is my Dad with the break: Today was a very nice, family-oriented day. I went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Richard and my two cousins in the morning,…

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  • Day 327 – Fire Aftermath


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    The Chicago Water Grill caught on fire and burnt down last night. I did not know about it until long after the fire was under control, but The Collegian and Will Clayton were there! I went out right before sundown to get some aftermath photos for The Collegian. Check out the corresponding articleArchived Link. Don’t…

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  • Day 320 – Battle of the Bands Snapshot 2


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  • Day 319 – Battle of the Bands Snapshot 1

  • Day 317 – Night Shot at Baw Beese Lake


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    I went out tonight to do a dry run before the Leonids show up on Tuesday or Wednesday. Unfortunately, the special battery in my wireless remote died after one shot, and I was limited to 30 second exposures rather than 30 minute exposures. I decided to take a couple photos anyway, and here is one…

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  • Day 300 – More Autumn Photos


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    Here are more of the photos from yesterday:

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  • Day 299 – Wonderful Autumn Day


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    The weather was absolutely beautiful today. I took a little time this afternoon to go out and take photos. I will post a few more tomorrow! Click on the photos to enlarge them. My friend Kahryn: Dr. Hutchinson’s class:

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  • Day 298 – Two Little Known 40D Settings


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    Here are two settings on the Canon 40D that few owners know about. If you know someone with a 40D, send this along to them! 1: ISO Expansion In normal mode, the 40D only shoots in ISOs 100-1600. Once ISO expansion is turned on, ISO 3200 is made available, denoted as ISO H. This is…

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  • Day 297 – Ritchie at Coffee House


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  • Day 294 – Chicago Skyline at Night


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    Taken during a riverboat architecture tour:

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  • Day 293 – Chicago Photos, Round Two


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    Click on the photos to view them at a larger size. The Chicago skyline on a dreary day, taken from the Chicago St. bridge over 90/80. EDIT: 90/94. Downtown urban art: This robot character was made out of the same thing the reflective lines on the road are made of. Evidently, someone got his hands…

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  • Day 292 – Chicago Photos, Round One


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    Hancock Building & Others Inside Cloud Gate (The Bean) at Millennium Park

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