A Late San Francisco Photo...

I posted a photo of the exterior of the Cathedral of St. Mary's when I was in San Francisco, I tried to get inside that day to take a look at it but the cathedral was closed so I could not get in. I did go back on Sunday before I left San Francisco on my way back to Albuquerque to take some photos inside the cathedral and was very impressed with the interior as well, I am glad I went.

I was sick this day and by the time I got to the airport for my flight home was feeling absolutely horrible. I got back to Albuquerque late on Sunday and then got up early Monday to take my Structures exam for my ARE (licensing exam) and was very ill during the 4 1/2 hour exam but I pushed through and went to the urgent care immediately after to find out that I had a bad sinus infection that turned into bronchitis and basically knocked me out for the next two weeks. I have not taken my camera out or done little of anything during that time so I have nothing new to post yet but now that I am feeling better I will start to do some photography again and will have something to post soon.

And one more de Young...

The de Young museum as seen from the California Acadamy of Sciences.

de Young...fun

I was playing with some panorama type shots at the de Young and tryed to stitch this one tegether and got something that was not quite what I was expecting but it is kind of fun...

This is a little closer to what I was expecting but not quite exact but it is still cool...

Rust on the Flowers...at de Young

This was a flower in the sculpture garden at the de Young, it has been raining for two days now. This was the third time I have been to the de Young and toured the building, but this is the first time it was done and open for business. I have been on tours of it while it was under construction but this is the first time I have gone since it opened, it is amazing.

Structures is my B*@% (pardon the language)...

The Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption designed by Pietro Belluschi, Pier Luigi Nervi and McSweeney, Ryan & Lee, this is a panorama taken on Wednesday after spending an entire day doing structures in preparing for my structural exam on Monday. I took an all day structures class that started at 8:30 and went until 5:30 with only a 1/2 hour for lunch, so I needed a break when we finished so I hopped on a bus and headed to St. Mary's to take a look at it and it was well worth it, I think this is now another of my favorite buildings in San Francisco, along with the De Young and the Trans America Tower (still my most favorite building in the US). It seems that every time I come to San Francisco I find a new favorite I may have to move here at some time. What a great place this is, amazing buildings, amazing food, amazing transportation it has it all...

Well, as you can probably see I am not in New Mexico right now... I am in San Francisco and enjoying some free time before the start of the AIA National Convention in the morning so today I went and picked up my registration material and wandered around Yurba Buena before jumping onto a trolley and riding it to Fisherman's Wharf where I hung out watching people watching the sea Lyons (and I also ate some clam chowder in the sour dough bowl, yumm). I took this picture as the sun was getting ready to set and I think it came out pretty cool. Tomorrow I will be spending the entire day in a structures seminar to prepare for my next exam on Monday. I will post some more images and maybe some of my sketches when I get a chance. I will be back in Albuquerque on Sunday evening.

A Daytime Moon...

This is a photo taken of the Moon sometime before sunset on Saturday, March 28th just prior to the beginning of the Messier Marathon at GNTO. It was taken using a new adapter I had just received for my camera that allows me to mount the camera directly in front of the eyepiece. It seems to work fairly well but will take some practice to get it just right.

Sorry, it has been sometime since I posted anything to the blog, I have not been extremely busy just a little bit lazy I think. I have not been out photographing as much as I would like to and have not been sketching much either, I have spent a lot of time studying for my next ARE exam and am kind of stressing a little about it because I am not sure I am really getting the material, I will keep on working at it though and eventually I think it will be fine.