Friday, November 19, 2010

Purgatory

Walking through Purgatory Chasm you begin thinking of both the light and dark and how they can mesh together to make something beautiful and amazing. I wanted to look at things both alive and dead and how they can mesh to make a beautiful portrait of nature. The first is of a fallen tree surrounded by living pines.


The next is of moss and a white birches routes melding together to live in unison and coexist. Its interesting to think how to organisms can live off of one another in such harmony and make a beautiful sight. 








Next we we have a acorn in a rotting tree trunk rebirth and death all in a beautiful frame.


Lastly we have a roots growing up through one of the cracks in the purgatory chasm walls. Its such a sight seeing the mixture of life of roots and the cold and unlivingness of stone that makes one realize even the most different of things can live in symbioses. 


I hope you enjoy them all.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Multiple Suns


This was a long exposure looking towards Worcester most of the light is probably light pollution but its still a beautiful sight to see. During a random Wednesday night in which i was originally looking to take pictures of the moon this came to me on my way back and I decided that this was going to be one for the night. This is also the last photo I took before having a lovely conversation with the security of the Holden Reservoir, and the Holden Police. I though it was a very interesting sight to see the two lights looking light suns setting reminded me of Star Wars with Luke looking out over the twin setting suns but thats just the geek in me. I hope you all enjoy.

Monday, November 8, 2010

Some beautiful music.

One of my favorite bands is Incubus, and their guitarist Mike Einzinger,  is also a music student at Harvard University. He has composed his first full scale orchestra piece entitled, "End.>Vacuum"  It was fairly difficult to track down but it is beautiful to listen to, sadly there is no better repesentation of it anywhere because it was a one night live show in California. It has a total of nine parts that really tell a story with just the music itself.

I. Exit Lense - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeLkPboHnV0&feature=related
II. Moored from the Land - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4-F_i3M0Qs&feature=related
III. Labyrinthians - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HiQ4iS14lQ&feature=related
IV. Maladie - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2al2wVoOKk&feature=related
V. Married to the Sea - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyTcs2azQ00&feature=related
VI. AD Infinitum - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw9IwQnFk2U&feature=related
VII. Descention Bit - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGC68yNycR0&feature=related
VIII. Exit Lense Reprise - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XSKK8rsKfs&feature=related
IX. Trepidation for Typewriter and Woodwinds -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YxsCozx2KI&feature=related

I hope you enjoy it as much as i did.

Friday, October 29, 2010

Water falling


When I took this picture i thought that the waterfall I was at would be flowing a bit heavier, but it was very calm which proved to be advantageous. I got to get really close to some of the smaller water falls and little ponds than usual and allowed me to see the little details in the pond like this one. Enjoy.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Bottle


Sitting in the Academic commons every night you end up seeing many patterns of people, and other strange events. When I looked up from doing work one day I saw this image past a girl I was photographing throughout the night. The water bottle so strong in where it was, and being almost framed by the laptop and converse. It looked like it could almost be a ad for Poland Spring. I don't know why this interested me so much but every time I look at it I have a different emotion that I get from it. I hope you all enjoy it.

Friday, October 1, 2010

Kitten

Sitting in my room while getting ready for a night out and I see my kitten sleeping on top of my peddlers cap and it jumps out at me. She was so still and calm, which for her is something you don't see to often. She has so much energy most of the time, to see her so docile made me really happy. I wanted to capture the look of a playful cat who is recharging but always watchful.  I hope you enjoy her as much as I do.

Friday, September 24, 2010

Eaten


Although in a race enviroment you don't always think of the world of science fiction, this brought it to my mind in a heart beat. When I was sitting waiting for my friend to come down the mountain and finish his race I watched the mud pit obstacle for the people jumping into it with glee. I realized the people who were diving in first looked like they had been grabbed by something and dragged under. For some reason it jumped out at me, and I thought this guy looks like he was taken under not by his own will but by some creature. Although the flags do give it a sort of game enviroment, I think it also can alude to the idea of fould play.

Friday, September 17, 2010

A Light of Hope


Sitting in my Kitchen on a dreary looking evening, I looked out the window and saw the church across the street embodied in light in a evening that was slowly turning into darkness and night. Although its seems really strange, at the time the way it looked spoke to me. It reminded me of a scene in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, where Sam and Frodo are in the middle of a battle that seems without all hope. And Frodo says to Sam "I can't do this." and Sam replies "I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something. That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... and it's worth fighting for." At the time when I took the photo, I was in a mood where I needed a bit of hope from my despair. It made me feel as though there will always be hope, and light in a world full of darkenss and doubt. I hope you enjoy the scene and thought as much as I did.

Friday, September 10, 2010

Green Knight

Going to a Renaissance fair when your twenty feels like the first time you went when you were five. Seeing two men fight to the death for your own excitement and pleasure seems to always draw a huge crowd. Each man is trying gain the crowds approval. It is similar to the effect of having troops rally behind you, no matter your intentions, be they good or evil. The green knight of the day, although seemed crude and ruthless, raised our spirits and our hearts as he road past for glory and pride. I wanted to capture the feeling of a great commander rallying his troops for a battle. In that moment you wouldn't think that this man was a merciless killer ignoring rules and killing innocents, but a noble hero who wants nothing but to please his subjects and lead them into glory.