The WH Correspondents’ Dinner
A HISTORIC EPISODE IN COLLECTIVE PSYCHOLOGY IN A SILENT WAY / MILES DAVIS ____ John Fraim (In progress)
Albert
“Storm in the Rocky Mountains” (1866, oil on canvas) – Albert Bierstadt The Backward Step __________________ Above, is one of my favorite paintings by one of my favorite artists: Albert Bierstadt. The setting is Mt. Rosalie, just west of Denver. What can one say about this painting. An image someone captured in oil paint over […]
Above Things
In a Silent Way / Miles Davis ____________________ Got my first DJI drone out today and took the below photos with it. Some of the best HDR photography at 48 pixels via AEB. One of the first drones of DJI. A classic camera on it. Three photos from it processes in Photomatix Pro 6. Above, […]
LettuceWork
Essence of the Sun It wasn’t looking like great weather for the Spring opening of LettuceWork, a nursery in New Albany, Ohio. I know much about LettuceWork. It was started by my brother and sister-in-laws Doug and Julie Sharpe to grow ad sell lettuce and provide work to autistic employees as well as help them […]
The Rescue
(Photo by John Fraim) A Romance of the Shallows Joseph Conrad (1918) Peace Piece / Bill Evans ____________________ In the full Author’s Note to The Rescue, Conrad mentions the novels written between 1898 and 1918. His greatest novels and short stories. Little wonder one couldt say The Rescue was put on the old creative backburner. […]
2 Hours of Springtime in 1950s Luxury Suburbs
World and Figures are all AI / 2 Hours of Relaxing Retro Sci-Fi Jazz / By Ai Fascinating My cousin David Berry was one of the original people to work with George Lucas in LA and then up at his office in San Rafael. David worked on many scenes in Star War and then won […]
The GoPro Max 360
A GoPro Max 360 Was the Camera / Patrick Cullis the Hiker and Videographer / Angel’s Landing in 2025) As an ower of two GoPros (the Black 12 and 13 I believe) I’ve never seen any GoPro shots that equal what’s on the above video by Boulder, Colorado meteriologist Patrick Cullis. His spectacular work has […]
FPV Drones
First Person View (FPV) Drone Ride with Nurk – 2018 I was amazed when I first saw this video and first learned of First Person View Drones. I posted a comment on Midnight Oil on this. In two years I bought my first drone, a Mavic Air 2 around 2020. Haven’t flown my drone for […]
Ela of Salisbury
3rd Countess of Salisbury Lacock Abbey / Founded in 1229 by Ela, Countess of Salisbury – A Nunnery of the Augustinian Order _______________ (Note: Scroll to bottom and tap play Medieval music before reading) At age 9, her uncle had her kidnapped and locked in a foreign fortress to steal her inheritance. A knight found […]