One Fine Jay

Dayblind

A student sits with his head down, avoiding the bright light of that day. Wouldn’t it have been easier for him to sit in the shade, than to spend several minutes on this sunny bench twisting and turning his head to keep it out of the glare? Was this some ill-planned rendezvous with someone? We… Continue reading this entry

UMCP Chapel, Post-snowfall

The UMCP Memorial Chapel, after last week’s snowfall. Less than a week after the last snowfall of more than eight inches in College Park, MD, not much is left of the snow. A couple of warm days this week took most of it from the ground. I snapped this picture the day after, on a… Continue reading this entry

Two smokers

Two students smoke close to the doors of McKeldin Library, despite the act being proscribed within fifteen feet of any building entance on campus. If there is one single rationale for the rash of voyeuristic photos that I have recently posted, it’s that this is my first venture in actually photographing people and making them… Continue reading this entry

The phone call

A student sits, immersed in a phone call. There are many things I like about this photo of a student sitting in front of the Library. The perspective of his figure against the door may be a bit off (depends on your taste, really) but it holds its own strange charm to my eye.

Studying alone under the sun

A student studies under the sun on a crisp February morning outside McKeldin Library. I spent last Monday morning walking around campus. I got bored with taking pictures of the usual stuff (there are only so many angles of a building one can take without getting sick of it) that I decided to take candid… Continue reading this entry

The Ultimate “Diversity” Stock Photo

The ultimate diversity stock photo, seen so many times I’ve grown weary of it. I have seen this stock photo used in so many different ads that require a portrayal of a “diverse” group that I’ve grown weary of it. I suspect that many who work in cut-and-paste print production have this stored in a… Continue reading this entry

Two books in the mail

Two books from Regenery Publishing: Take Command and The Professors I got two new books from Regnery Publishing; well and good, since I finished Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix this morning and I was looking for new stuff to read. One is Take Command by Kelly Perdew, and the other is The… Continue reading this entry

Crash

I didn’t know GayPatriot liked Crash; I liked it too. It’s a good enough movie to not lend itself to any sort of review or critique, but I will say this: If you know what kind of bullets come in a red box, what would be one of the most tense moments in the film… Continue reading this entry