Another Awesome Year at DCI
I finally posted our photos from our trip to DCI World Championships in Madison Wisconsin, Aug 12th. First time I’ve ever been to Madison, and it’s a nice city.
Camp Randall Stadium at the University of Wisconsin had some amazing acoustics. I definitely enjoyed the sound, but the photography angle was further back and lower than in previous years. So I couldn’t get any decent shots of the formations, but got plenty of close-ups of the color guard. I didn’t spend much time color-correcting the photos, but I posted almost 400 shots on flickr.
If you’ve never seen DCI (Drum Corps International), you can get a taste of the show on ESPN2 on Sept 5 at 8 pm EST.
Desolation Row
Originally uploaded by CantikFotos.
Fascinating set of photos of an abandoned housing project in Taiwan. It’s too bad the’ve fallen into such decay. It reminds my of some of the modern designs of today, especially many of the flatpak or modular modern designs available.
These are haunting and beautiful at the same time; and it looks like their on the beach.
Calling All Readers
I love to read (mostly Sci Fi), and have been selling my books to Half Price Books after reading them. But I just found out about a new creation from ::wikipedia(“John Buckman”, “John Buckman”):: called Book Mooch. You can earn points by offering your own books for trade, and in return receive books form other users. I reminds me of the circle of friends my mom used to share sacks of books with… they’d initial the inside cover of the books they’d read and then swap.
I’ve yet to receive my first book, but I’m sure this’ll be the start of something fun and worthwhile! So check it out!
Illustration credit Andrice Arp
