Aaron Brethorst (Page 89)

Jun 06, 2008
Photography

Great Demonstration of Off-Camera Flash

Bert Stephani has a fantastic blog post up on how different constraints in off-camera flash can change a photo. Pay close attention to the last shots of Mieke outside at 1/250s, 1/125s and 1/50s. Subscribed!

Jun 04, 2008
Politics

That's Not Change We Can Believe In

I’m eating lunch and watching TPMTV’s recap of the McCain trainwreck from last night, and I was struck by how much McCain blinked and stumbled over his words. A cursory glance at the current information on the psychology of lying suggests that lia...

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

At the end of April, I drove up to Mount Vernon in Skagit Valley, up in northern Washington, for the 2008 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. I’ve been a bit slow in posting pictures, but I finally got around to it tonight. Nine photos from Skagit Valle...

Jun 03, 2008
Politics

This was the moment...

This was the moment—this was the time—when we came together to remake this great nation so that it may always reflect our very best selves and our highest ideals.  That man is an absolutely electrifying speaker. My god.