If you didn’t get it, obviously you’ve never eaten at Dennys.

Thanks to Neatorama for reminding me that tomorrow night, the full moon of June 18th, is a solstice moon. Because of the high solstice sun, we get a low, horizon-hugging Moon and a strong Moon Illusion.

The Solstice Moon Illusion is described here by NASA. It’s an effect known as the Ponzo Illusion, but there is still some debate on how that’s possible when it’s experienced by pilots without foreground objects.

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So it involves trees and photography… what more could my friend Carla over at digital-tree.com ask for? How about making sure that it’s *cool* to watch too?

This timelapse was created by Dave Allen, BBG’s Web Manager, from over 3,000 digital photos, one taken every 3 minutes from April 18 to April 26, 2008, of Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s famed Cherry Walk.

The original music is by Jon Solo, a Brooklyn-based musician and producer.

{YouTube: Cherry Blossoms}

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The similarities are amazing! Surely his Excellency is a reincarnated soul.

I can’t believe he interrupted the picture! You know those frat boys, always jumping in front of the camera.

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I actually look at the MSNBC weekly photos and try to vote for the top picture, so their 2007 Year in Pictures has many familiar images to me. When compared to the NY Times presentation though, I prefer the MSNBC interface. Their slideshow is accompanied by music and overlayed newscasts. This really gives it more of a feel for actual events.

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The first of several (different publishers) Year in Pictures is now available. Here is the one from the New York Times (Year in Pictures 2007).

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Compliments of Thomas Hawk’s Digital Connection:

2007 Pulitzer Prizes-FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY, Works Photographer Renee C. Byer won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for 2007 for a series of 20 photographs that she ran in the Sacramento Bee chronicling Cyndie and Derek Madsen. Cyndie is a single mother of five and the photographs tell the story of her loss of her 10 year old son Derek to cancer.

It’s a troubling, moving and emotional series of photographs that show in the most poignent way how powerful photography can be.

These photographs broke my heart.

…and they should.

Letting a journalist follow you around through during such a difficult time is an incredibly hard decision to make. I’m proud of Cyndie and Derek for allowing Renee into their lives. I’m sure that chronicling Derek’s life and death (because you do realize these pictures are about both, and not just death, right?) was not only already helpful to the family, but will be helpful in the future as the family grieves, remembers, and laughs and cries.

As she tooks those pictures, Renee must have been constantly struggling with her own emotions. Folks can say that as a journalist you have to try and stay neutral. But it’s the emotional attachment to things we take pictures of that help them be something *more* than just images.

Current Music: Heather Dale - Adrift

Current Mood:  grateful

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From JK’s Dail Photo - http://www.c71123.com/nothingnew/?p=356

This video moves quicker than the other one. And it covers 8 years. Its a faster watch, and you definately can see the changes over time. Watching the facial hair addition is really cool too.

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I ran across this a few weeks ago and never got around to posting about it. I must say, I was really intrigued. As a photographer, I am inspired by the dedication to his project. This project ran from Jan 11, 2000 to July 31, 2006. He’s only missed about 22 days, and none in the last 3 years.

Noah takes a Photo of himself everyday for 6 years

Here’s a great quote:

Are you still doing it? Yes! The video that I posted is Part 1 of this work in progress. It shows the dates Junuary 11th 2000 - July 31st, 2006. I have taken a photograph every day since I made the video and I will take a photo today, and tomorrow and until the day I die. I plan to release another video on the 10 year anniversary and then a new video every 10 years after that until we reach the final conclusion.

I think I’ll have to check back in on this from time to time.. every couple of years mind you… every day is kinda worthless…:)

Noah Kalina – ‘Everyday’ website and FAQ
Noah Kalina – Main website
CBS Evening News – News Clip
Good Morning America – News Clip

[Listening to: Hello, I Love You - The Doors - ]

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