Nebraska Now show by Ben Darling

Today we attended the opening of Ben's show, Nebraska Now at the Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney, NE.  Ben gave an artist's talk and commentary about his work. The show has pieces from 1980's to recent work in all parts of Nebraska.  If you are in Kearney stop by between now and January 5, 2014.

My top 5 Assignment

For the final assignment of first quarter Multimedia I students chose their top five photos for a slide show.  This is an experiment on embedding a slideshow into a blog post

Marvelous Multimedia!

Hope my multimedia students know how talented I think they are.  We have been super busy, yesterday we were shooting in downtown Sidney. Snap a Senior and People in My Life are two other themes we have been working on.  So many great pics.  Here are a few of my favorites. I have also put a few shots in from our Memorial Gardens Photowalk because I love them!

abby j.

Amber A.

Chloe J.

Brianna w.

Abby J.

Natausha H.

Kaitlyn B.

Savanna M.

Natausha H.

Amber A.

Object Faces

by Multitude on flickr
You've seen them, looking back at you. Faces where you least expect them. Check out the flickr group The Faces on Everyday Objects
Then go out and capture your own, feel like you're being watched?
6 faces to an album please, you may enhance with Photoshop and bridge if you choose.

Project Pit 2013

This year at Hole in the wall ... Same wind same dust but only one day's worth.  The temps were delightful as was the company.  We mapped a total of 9 stone circles, found some cool points, tools and the usual general "shatter".  Oh and one 10' mountain mahogany!

Hole In The Wall Site Survey, Passports in Time

Ben and I took part in our second PIT project this summer June 23-29 in the Historic Hole in the Wall area of Wyoming. While the Hole in the Wall is best known as a haven for cattle rustlers and outlaws (Butch, Sundance, and the Wild Bunch), it has also been occupied by many different groups of Native Americans for many thousands of years.  Our survey project located and mapped evidence of these occupations.  We found tools, arrowheads, and stone circles.  In some of the images you will notice a distinct haze and reddish light which was created by the smoke from some local wildfires as well as fires burning in Colorado.  The conditions this year were on the extreme side, day time temps over 100 degrees and wind gusts in the 40-50mph range made it sometimes difficult to hang on to our clip boards and data sheets. There was a camp cook and outfitter who made the experience more like a vacation in that we had no camp chores to perform.

Our team consisted of 4 volunteers, 2 archaeologists from the BLM field office in Buffalo, WY. and 2 seasonal employees of the BLM. In all at least 4 sites were recorded and 4 stone circles mapped and photographed. Because of the remote nature of the area there was plenty of good hunting and many more promising sites to locate.

the Kitchen Must Die!

The formica on the countertops has no pattern, it was this cool 1960 boomerang triangle thing, here are some palettes that I like.

Source: design-seeds.com via Ann on Pinterest

Source: design-seeds.com via Ann on Pinterest