Moments in Time

Early morning at the mouth of the Mississippi.

This is the corners of The Church and the Convent of the Nunnery at Chichen Itza, and is one of the best architectural examples of the Puuc style found at this site.

See this on a map.

Saw this in New Orleans in front of a t-shirt shop while I was waiting for my wife and mother-in-law.

Not sure why it grabbed my attention.

We got our Photowalk t-shirts today. Not only are we going to look snazzy during Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photowalk this month, we’re helping to support Springs of Hope Orphanage in Kenya.

The photowalk is July 18th in New Orleans (and other cities around the world). We went last year and had a great time. This is one of the other photographers on the walk somewhere in the French Quarter (see it on a map).

Last year we concentrated mainly in the Garden District; this year we plan to stay mainly in the French Quarter. Both places have many, many photo opportunities.

If you’ve never been on an organized photowalk, you should try it sometime. It’s a blast.

It’s YATs (Young Actor’s Theatre) time, and that means we spend a lot of time at the theatre photographing plays for the kids. We shoot thousands of images, see of lot of really good shows, and see all our young friends (and a lot of our adult friends, too)!

This is from one of the Junior shows, Doo-Wop Wed Widing Hood. A really cute show, and well done.

The Chichén Itzá Observatory or "El Caracol" (The Snail) was dedicated to the study of astronomy and it consists of a tower erected on two rectangular platforms. The Observatory’s name is derived from the unusual stairway inside resembling a snail shell.

The structure, because of its unusual placement on the platform and round shape (the others are rectangular, in keeping with Maya practice), is theorized to be a proto-observatory with doors and windows aligned to astronomical events, specifically around the path of Venus as it traverses the heavens.

Of 29 possible astronomical events (eclipses, equinoxes, solstices, etc) believed to be of interest to the Mesoamerican residents of Chichén Itzá, sight lines for 20 could be found in the structure. Since a portion of the tower resting on El Caracol has been lost, it is possible that the other measurements will never be ascertained to have been observed.

See where this was taken on Google Maps.

Another image from the show. Tomorrow (July 3rd) is your last chance to see it! Make reservations here: Cutting Edge Productions

This image was processed using the Boabab presets in Adobe Lightroom.

This is a rehearsal shot from Baby With the Bathwater, on stage at Attractions in Slidell. This image makes it look like a bit of a drama, but it’s a funny, funny show (in a warped kind of way).