Monthly Archive for July, 2007

A Few Boston Photos

Published
by
Tyler
on July 11, 2007
in Photography
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I wanted to quickly post a few photos that were taken from the Boston part of my vacation. The first was taken from Boston Harbor near the aquarium, looking back on the city. I was able to steady the camera on a pier to get this 20″ exposure. It is one of my favorite pictures from the trip and one of the best night exposures that I’ve ever done. The harbor is a really beautiful place at night; there are boats all around, and the lights from the airport and surrounding buildings make beautiful reflections on the water.

Boston, from the Harbor

Photography was strictly forbidden inside the Blue Man Group show, but we were allowed to pose with the Blue Men in the lobby post-performance. The show lived up to its recommendations; it was eclectic, exciting, and engaging. The audience was called on to participate multiple times, with some people getting picked by the Blue Men to have extended roles in the show. My favorite parts of the show were the percussive elements; many innovative instruments were created out of PVC pipes and other tubes. The picture below is my best “Blue Man” face. I didn’t quite get the eerie smile right, and somehow my eyes came out huge in the process…

Blue Man Wannabe

The next shot was taken in the Boston Public Garden. There are a line of bronze ducks that commemorate the book “Make Way for Ducklings,” a story about a mother duck raising her ducklings in the lagoon in the Public Garden. I had to wait for all the little kids to get off the ducklings, but in the end I finally got my “big duck” shot.

Make Way for Ducklings

Thanks to my brother for taking the last two pictures that I was in. I have many more photos to share, so when I get home I’ll put them up for your enjoyment.

Off to Boston and Cape Cod

Published
by
Tyler
on July 6, 2007
in Life Events
. 1 Comment

It’s hard to believe how fast the summer has gone so far. It may be only early July, but I’ve already completed 8 weeks of a 12-week internship, and it seems like I’ll be heading back to school really soon. I’m on vacation next week, and then I’ll work two more weeks until I take another week off to spend at my friend’s camp in New Hampshire. Another two weeks of work after that and I’ll be done. I spend the next week at Acadia National Park in Maine, camping and training with my high school cross country team, and once I get back I head off to school. I’m already excited to return; I really enjoy school and college life.

Blue Man GroupI’ll take another 8 weeks of summer, though. This next week I’m off with my family to visit Boston and Cape Cod. Boston is a special place for me because I lived there for 6 weeks the summer before my senior year of high school when I attended the Research Science Institute at MIT. I really loved the city, and hoped at the time that I would go to college there, but things turned out differently. I haven’t really been back to visit since that summer, so I’m excited to spend a few days there. I’m expecting the highlight of the trip to be seeing the Blue Man Group on Sunday afternoon. I’ve heard really good things.

Then it’s off to Cape Cod, a place we have visited every year since my aunt purchased a condo in Bourne. Hopefully the weather will be better than last year, when it rained all week. We just got a new bike rack that can accommodate four bikes, so we’ll probably be hitting the great network of trails that crisscross that area. I’m looking forward to beaches, lobster, and creemees! Hopefully I’ll get some good photographs, maybe I’ll even put up a short post or two in the middle of the week if I get some time.