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| The Sky without light pollution. The only good thing about Hurricane Irene! |
Here goes blog entry #2. August was a very busy month, and I fell behind on all things astronomy. I've been hunting for particular nebulae but unfortunately my trees are in the way. Hurricane Irene came through and we were without power for days, so that didn't help. However the night sky was beautiful without all the light pollution. I could see nearly triple the stars with the naked eye. I was at least able to get out there to take a few basic star shots, minus my telescope, the night of the hurricane. Recently I was able to capture M27 The Dumbbell Nebula. I've been trying to get new photos of M101, The Pinwheel Galaxy, because there is a supernova visible in the galaxy. Unfortunately that is also behind my trees. If I'm lucky I will be able to get some shots from another location if the skies are clear again soon, it's not often you can capture a supernova.
I've added a few new photos to my portfolio. Stars and some classic cars. I plan to work on more of those during the month.
For those of you that are interested in photography, lighting, digital cinema, arts etc. I heard about a great conference that will be held in Italy this October. It is called the View Conference. There will be some great guests there, including Sharon Calahan. She is the director of Photography and Lighting for Pixar Studios and has been with them since 1994. She has worked on films such as Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Wall-E and other great Pixar movies. There are also contests for those of you that make animated short films. For more information check out their website http://www.viewconference.it/
I came across some really neat sculptures today at a local shop. The shop is kind of a combination of 3 places. There is wood working, antiques, stained glass and pottery. If you're in Rhode Island check out http://joedanella.com/NEW/
Happy Fall (almost) to everyone!
