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Beer 5MPH

This is not clear to me. If I drive at 5MPH do I get a beer? How long do I drive at 5MPH? If I drive at 10MPH do I get two beers? And do I get an IPA? Or just some watery lite beer? I need help with this one because I go past this place every now and then.

Posted by Ian L. Sitren | January 18, 2024 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: beer, excursion, li, limit, Palm Springs photographer, roadsign, sign, Slash X Ranch, speed, travel | Leave a comment

Sunspots 01-16-2024

Numerous Sunspots today. The larger areas are approximately 900 million square kilometers in size. By comparison the Earth measures 516 million square kilometers. Palm Springs California

Posted by Ian L. Sitren | January 16, 2024 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: astronomy, Astrophotography, Palm Springs photographer, Solar, sun, sunspot | Leave a comment

This is fun… My photograph submission has been selected for the juried Artists Council Exhibition (ACE Show) 2024 at the Artists Center at the Galen in Palm Desert California. Previously the Galen was the East Exhibition Facility for the Palm Springs Art Museum. The show will run from February 7 through March 3rd. The ticketed opening reception is Friday February 9th, 5-7PM. It is always a sold out event. I am not showing the photograph online for now. Tickets for the opening reception available here… http://tinyurl.com/2ma7r5n3 Thanks!

Posted by Ian L. Sitren | January 15, 2024 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: ACE, art, artist, exhibit, Galen, museum, Palm Springs photographer, photographer, photography, show | Leave a comment

Landing From The North

Aircraft landing from the North have always been among my favorite for photographs in Palm Springs. The World War II C-47 “What’s Up Doc?”.

Posted by Ian L. Sitren | January 13, 2024 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: airport, aviation, C-47, C47, DC-3, DC3, landing, Palm Springs photographer, photographer, photography, What's Up Doc?, wind turbines, windmill | Leave a comment

It’s Good To Have A Driver

From our photoshoot. Desert Center California.

Posted by Ian L. Sitren | January 12, 2024 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Aluminaire House Continued

The continued assembly of the Aluminaire House at the Palm Springs Art Museum. The Aluminaire House created in 1931 by architects A. Lawrence Kocher and Albert Frey. Designed as a case study, three stories high. 01-10-2024

Posted by Ian L. Sitren | January 12, 2024 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: aluminaire, architect, architecture, art, Frey, Kocher, museum, Palm Springs photographer | Leave a comment

Windy Time-lapse

Very windy this morning but mostly over by 10am. Time-lapse makes it look very busy. Watch for a few airliners streaking through the sky. 01-11-2024 Palm Springs California

Posted by Ian L. Sitren | January 12, 2024 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: GoPro, Palm Springs photographer, Palm Trees, time lapse, time-lapse, timelapse, weather, wind | Leave a comment