Saturday, March 27, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
What? I can't carry my ammo on board?
Michelle Spencer, Customer Support Manager of the local TSA office, came to speak to my Air Transportation class at Salt Lake Community College. These are a few of the items collected at the screening check points in one week at Salt Lake International. The black pistol is a working BB gun, the small silver/black and the grenade are lighters, and the orange .45 is a plastic practice weapon used in training classes, and those are live 30.06 cartridges. I guess it's possible to forget you have all these items in your carry-on... One take-away from Michelle's presentation is that if you show up at the screening point with a concealed weapon, even if you have a concealed carry permit, it's an automatic felony. This reportedly happens "a few times a week" at SLC International, and most of those people also claim they forgot they were packing heat. I don't think you can get a concealed carry permit if you have a felony conviction, so this would seem to be a self-limiting process.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Clouds over Wasatch and Oquirrh Mountains
These were all taken in the evening, March 07, about 17:30, with a Panasonic GF1 micro-four-thirds camera.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Morning Sky
Morning sky looking south towards Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons in the Wasatch Mountains. Taken from the east bench area of Salt Lake City. GF1, 20mm.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Stillwater Canyon, Green River
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Washington Square
Washington Square in Salt Lake City includes the recently renovated city-county building. As I was biking past I grabbed this quick shot. DMC-GF1, 20mm, 1/25 sec at f1.7, ISO 100. I will often shoot handheld at what are usually considered "too-slow" shutter speeds so that I can use noise-free ISO 100. With practice it's possible to get clean shots at 1/8 second with a 40mm (35 mm equivalent) or shorter lens, even without IS in the lens or camera.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Derelict House
This house is located near 200S and 700 East. It's actually a great old house, and it's sad to see these irreplaceable homes fall into disrepair and then get demolished to make way for yet another strip mall or commercial development. Check out the dentil molding and other details.
Panasonic m4/3 GF1 20mm f/1.7 1/15sec ISO1600 handheld. RAW image converted to grayscale. Shot after sundown (18:45 MST) by available light.
Monday, March 1, 2010
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