Too Hip?

Driving through some of the cool happening nieghborhoods of Minneapolis the other day I couldn’t help but be dumbfounded by the hipster revolution.  No, it has showed no signs of waining as many have begun to suggest, at least in Minnesota.  Even as the...

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Too much of a good thing.

Too much of a good thing.

I usually don’t agree when people say there can be too much of a good thing but this weekends Laser sailing proved me wrong. With gusts topping out at 47mph this Saturday at the Chicago Yacht Club’s Jimmy Talbot Regatta, the 8 races proved to be a little too much of a...

The New Materialism

“Instagrams popularity is the result of the same impulses so masterfully harnessed by social psychologists in what many would call the worlds most addicting role-playing game: World of Warcraft.  Now that never-ending and always rewarding pursuit of a more...
Newer’s not always better

Newer’s not always better

For just about anything, taking it to the limit provides at least some kind of useful insight.  It exaggerates difference, highlighting imbalances or inequalities that aren’t readily apparent. This year in the Americas cup we have Team Oracle to thank for...

Beauty is in the eye of… the 600mm lens

All I’ve been thinking about lately is shooting sailboats, and its kind of depressing.  I don’t have a 600mm lens, nor can I afford one.  But when it comes down to it, it is almost a necessity… Sailboats are pretty aesthetic in their own right, but...
Onto the race (sailboat) course

Onto the race (sailboat) course

  I’ve spent a lot of time on the racecourse, but far to little as a photographer.  Usually coaching or racing, the number of missed opportunities has become depressingly long. Of course, having an idea of what would make the perfect shot and actually...