Visible over Palm Springs last night, the launch of a reusable, 2 stage Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Placing 22 Starlink satellites in orbit for SpaceX. April 1 2024
Carrying 22 Starlink satellites, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The Falcon 9 is a reusable 2 stage rocket. Photographed here in Palm Springs California April 1 2024
I have decided to learn to play chess and drink wine at the same time. As long as my instructor is her at the sidewalk cafe in Paris. Or anywhere actually. All AI generated.
A studio fashion photoshoot. However created in AI. The tell-tale sign that I am not the photographer in the scene… I don’t have that much hair on my head.
Sunspot Region AR3615 in the last 24hrs has increased in size 50% and now made up of 63 individual Sunspots. It is 3,360 million square kilometers Almost 20 times the size of the Earth. It continues to generate flares and geo-magnetic storms. March 25 2024 Palm Springs California
Sunspot region AR3615 has more than doubled in size in less than 24 hours. It is actually 54 individual Sunpots covering an area almost 5 times larger than Earth. It has produced numerous flares and Coronal Mass Ejections and is expected to continue, causing radio blackouts and Auroras. March 24 2024 Palm Springs California
My brief time in Argentina allowed me to photograph classic Tango, Just wonderful. I would love it. But alas, actually not… my latest today in creating with AI. Created with words.
The large grouping of Sunspots is designated region AR3615. Much larger than the surface of the Earth, it is composed of 52 individual Sunspots. March 22 2024.
Almost a scene out of a movie. Finding a beautiful elegantly dressed woman at the hotel bar. Of course I would shoot a photograph. I love candid photographs. Another of my new attempts at AI.
The completed assembly and installation of the Aluminaire House for it’s grand opening in two days at the Palm Springs Art Museum. Originally designed and built in 1931 as a case study by architects A. Lawrence Kocher and Albert Frey. March 21 2024
Today in Beverly Hills. I asked of she would stop so I could shoot a photo. Not really, my 2nd attempt at an AI image. I do find it fascinating. But not as fascinating as actually being there and shooting photographs. March 19 2024
I just photographed this today. Well not actually photographed. This is my first attempt at AI. I did not realize that AI is so very realized in words, prose, poetry.
However I prefer in person, the vision through a viewfinder. The snap of the shutter or even the winding of film. AI cannot replace actually being there in a candid moment. Or especially in this case, being in the company of a beautiful woman. 03-18-2024
Opening reception for the Gaia Hypothesis art exhibit at the Elemental Gallery in Palm Springs California. I really enjoy candid photographs at gallery receptions. Here she just happened to turn, seeing my camera and just smiled. I know she thought it was fun being in the photo. Maybe it was in part because I was shooting with a vintage Leica IIIf film camera. It was indeed very dark in there. March 2, 2024.
From the Modernism Week 2024 car show. A Studebaker Avanti designed by Raymond Loewy. Appropriately photographed with a camera that also seems like a Modernism design, a Leica IIIf. The car show was called “Bikinis and Bucket Seats” however it was very short of bikinis. Palm Springs California 02-19-2024
Very fun! My photograph “No Butter” was given it’s own wall space at the newly opened “Through The Lens” photography show at the Artists Council Center at the Galen in Palm Desert California. The show is up through April 21 2024.
Just the popcorn. Everybody loves popcorn. No boxes, no special preparation. Just popcorn poured out on all black. An original photograph displayed by infusing dyes directly into specially coated aluminum. The result is a magical luminescence.
At the Intersect Art exhibit. Presented by Melissa Morgan Fine Art… the life like sculpture by Carole Feuerman. Ghosts in the background. Photography on film with a Leica IIIf camera. Palm Springs California 02-08-2024
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