Uncle Joe and Nick

Six Hours/ The Windy City

From Above

Downtown Minneapolis, lake Calhoun, the intersection of 15th Ave S and E 51st St., and Illinois

Point of Contact stills

For my Digital Storytelling class, my group made a music video for the group Point of Contact. These are some of the stills.

Rushford-Peterson Basketball

I followed Rushford-Peterson's basketball team during the high school 1A tournament. They were the underdogs, but they won their first game against Springfield. See more here and here.

A visitor from Lebanon

My brother's girlfriend's father is in town visiting from Lebanon for the first time since Nick and Saydi have been dating. Our (almost) complete families met up for the first time yesterday. We all got a long famously.

Buddhist Monk at Yungang Grottoes

Yungang Grottoes, Datong, China

Shuttle Cock // Beijing

Shuttle Cock or Jianzi is a traditional game of hacky sack in China. It is most commonly played by the retired communities. I'll admit, that coming from a culture where hacky sack is only played by rebellious youth, it was very unusual to see older Beijingers playing the game.

Dance Party at the Temple of Heaven

There was a XinJiang dance party in the Temple of Heaven Gardens, Beijing. I hope I will always be as happy as the granny (wearing a clip-on mustache) is in the bottom photograph.

Speed Graphic

This is the Speed Graphic camera that my grandfather used during his career as a commercial photographer. My cousin Sophia is writing a school report about it, and asked me to take its portrait.
Also, I now have my own new camera, a D300s, and I am no longer in China.