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Another Flower
Our Office Building
April 8, 2004 - Thursday
This is a flower just outside our office building. Today
ended up being a very nice day to be outdoors. Once again, this
image was taken with my S400. In preparations for our vacation
in a couple of weeks I ordered a Muvo2 MP3 player today. This
MP3 player has an internal Hitachi 4gb micro drive. After doing
some searching around on the internet I realized that this micro
drive can be removed from the MP3 player and used in my Canon
camera. As of right now, I only have about 768mb total storage
and that will not be near enough for a week long vacation.
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Sunrise
Katy, Texas
April 7, 2004 - Wednesday
As I drove into work this morning I noticed the sunrise
in my rear view mirror. I decided to pull over onto the shoulder
right after my exit and take a couple of pictures of it with my
S400. I've been using my S400 a lot more here lately so that I
can get a little more accustomed to it. Lisa and I are going on
a vacation here in a couple of weeks and I am trying to get to
the point where I know exactly what to do with this camera in
different situations.
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Wild Flowers
My House
April 6, 2004 - Tuesday
I brought home a bouquet of flowers to my girlfriend Lisa
to help brighten her day a bit. The flowers were very vibrant
and impressive if I must say so myself. I decided to get out
both of my cameras and shoot a few pictures for my gallery. The
first two images are taken with my Canon G5 and I must admit
they were shot with some very crude impromptu lighting. I hope
one day to get a nice light box in order to help improve the
lighting on items such as these flowers.
This image was taken with my little Canon S400. I thought I
would try it out on these flowers as well to see how it does. I
have been really impressed with the quality that this small
camera is capable of.
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Wild And Free
Reliant Stadium
April 5, 2004 - Monday
This is actually an image I took yesterday while I was at
the car show. The reason I am using it for today's image is
solely because of the background of the sculpture pictured. It
is called Wild and Free and it was created by Edd Hayes. Hayes
is the same sculptor that created the life size statue of The
Struggle which portrayed the mythical hero Bellerophon wrangling
the Pegasus. That image and story was the subject I took a
picture of a couple of days back. O thought it was a weird
coincidence that he also made this one as well. This 150 foot
long life size sculpture was dedicated to the Houston Livestock
Show and rodeo in 1992 for their 60th anniversary. It was moved
from its original location which was in front of the now
demolished Astro Arena to its current resting spot which sits
between the Astrodome and the new Reliant Stadium.
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The Auto Show
Reliant Arena
April 4, 2004 - Sunday
Lisa and I went to the Auto Show today and looked at all
of the different models of new cars available. There were many
very cool designs and some new concept cars. I actually took an
average amount of pictures today but for some reason my camera
settings were off a bit most turned out to be worthless. The
image below is a wheel shot from the new 2005 Chevrolet Corvette
C6. The new C6 version has many European and Japanese sports car
influences incorporated into the overall exterior design. It is
too bad that the overall shots of the car were included in the
group of pictures that ended up being trashed.
Another image that survived my photographic mishap today was of
the Porsche Cayenne. When I first saw what was under the hood I
immediately thought that engine compartments are not suppose to
be this sleek and streamlined. I guess I am just used to seeing
sub $20,000 car engine bays. This Cayenne's 3.2 liter V6 puts
out a nice 247 horsepower that drive all four wheels wherever
you want to go. I am just not too sure that I would want to
drive a $45,000 luxury sport utility vehicle off road through
the woods and such. I'd probably freak out if I accidentally
bumped a street curb somewhere much less get it down and dirty
on some rough terrain.
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U.S.S.
Lexington
Corpus Christi, Texas
April 3, 2004 - Saturday
I made a trip to the U.S.S. Lexington Naval Aircraft
carrier today only to find out that they had already closed for
the day. This ship is flat out huge. I had never been this close
to a carrier before and I was very impressed by the sheer size.
These pictures do not give the ship its due justice. I was
pretty disappointed to find out that the tour closes at 5pm so I
will have to add this spot to my agenda on my next trip to
Corpus Christi.
After I went out and had dinner I decided to make a trip back by
the Lexington to take some night time shots of it. I had noticed
the other day on my way back to my hotel room that the ship was
very brightly lit so I made a mental note to try to stop by
before I head back to Houston. After a little research I found
that the ship had been originally commissioned in February of
1943 and served in World War II. The carrier, also know as The
Blue Ghost was decommissioned in 1991 and became a museum ship
here in Corpus Christi.
As the stories go, the Lexington herself is actually haunted by
the ghost of a young naval seaman. A couple of people have
mentioned to museum workers about how much they liked the young
man in the engine room who answered their questions in great
detail about how the ship's engines operated. As it turns out,
the young man was not an employee at all and has probably been
wandering the ship for many years. He is dressed in a sharp
summer white naval uniform and has mainly been seen in the
engine room where it is believed he was stationed.
The Corpus Christi Caller, the local city newspaper has a
website online devoted to the helpful ghost. The website even
has a Ghost Cam setup up in the engine room so that website
visitors can peek into the engine room and see if by chance they
can see the ghost themselves. Here is
The Caller Website and here is the direct link to
The Ghost Cam.
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Another Day On
The Coast
Corpus Christi, Texas
April 2, 2004 - Friday
Today was another clear day here on the coast. I drove
along the beach in search of a place to have dinner and I
noticed this church a couple of blocks off of Shoreline Blvd. I
decided to drive over to it and snap a few pictures. The only
thing was that I was pretty hungry so I took this picture while
still sitting in my car from the side of the street. I really
love how the setting sunlight reflects off of the old mason
steeple. I think church pictures are an ongoing, subliminal
theme that I have somehow set for my gallery. Churches seem to
have a very gothic architecture feel to them and I like how
they, old churches in particular, contrast with our modern day
structural design.
After dinner I drove around downtown and along the beach doing a
little exploring and came across Pier 99. Located just north of
downtown, Pier 99 is a very popular restaurant and bar located
right on the beach overlooking the U.S.S. Lexington. They have a
very nice outdoor patio area which allows you to soak in the sun
and have a few drinks while the fresh gulf breeze blows by. Next
time I'm in town I plan on making it a point that I stop and
have a few drinks here on the beach.
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An Evening At
The Beach
Corpus Christi, Texas
April 1, 2004 - Thursday
The office that I am working at is actually located in
Ingleside which is about a 15 minute drive from Corpus Christi.
Once I got off of work today I decided to take the short drive
over to Corpus Christi and enjoy the sights and sounds of the
beach. I found one spot along Shoreline Drive where there were a
bunch of people windsurfing and even kite surfing. It was very
interesting watching the kite surfers but they were often out of
range for pictures. It was very impressive watching these guys
fly up and down the coastline.
I drove to Indian Point Park just in time to catch the sunset. I
took a few shots here but then sought out for a spot on the
other side of the bridge in order to try to get some
unobstructed photos.
After driving through a bunch of construction zones I finally
found the access road which led me to the bay. There were a few
people there fishing and seemed to have been catching quite a
bit. Cloud cover started to accumulate along the horizon which
kind of killed my chances of getting some nice vibrant colors in
the sky as the sun began to set. This image was taken form a low
angle capturing a portion of an old existing piling that was
right on the shoreline.
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