Tim's Reflection Connection

Yesterday I was a VIP at PoBo—a volunteer in the park at the Point Bonita Lighthouse. I love volunteering there! It’s so beautiful. I leave with sore legs but a lighter spirit. We always have several hundred visitors. They are always so friendly and love the location. I am intrigued that every time I have [...]

This is a sad, sad day! I’m distraught! Do you have old clothes that become like good friends? They stick with you through thick and thin for years, and years? That’s how I feel about these shoes. They are ecco shoes I bought 10 years ago: back in January of 2002 along with several pairs [...]

I’m not completely pleased with this pano, but it’s still very interesting: the little planet fly in from the top of the tree, the fog in the bay engulfing San Francisco, the peaceful water… I shot this for HDR, and it’s been impossible to shoot the weeping willow with completely still branches/clusters of leaves. At [...]

Panoramas are such fun to shoot and create. But this is some really deep territory. Not only am I learning about various ways to physically shoot panos (Currently I’m enamored with arial and kite panos. Check out this stunning arial pano of the Eiffel Tower!), various optical characteristics of the different pano projections, stitching tricks [...]

Story One I indicated on Twitter yesterday that I’m in Pensacola, Florida, for a few days. I’m visiting my mother. Today I noticed the flag at my hotel is at half mast. I asked the front desk why. He told me about the President’s national honoring of Neil Armstrong, a truly great American. I replied, [...]

So, I’m very curious about your honest feedback. I need to know what to focus on next with this process. I’m not sure why panos made with this software take so long to load; so, if you’re faced with a black screen, be patient. It is loading (in the dark). This pano was shot down [...]

Again, HDR, larger file, won’t work on iOS (I don’t think), and trying some weird stuff—um, really weird. Yes, this is my office, and it’s still a wreck. It’s the only room in the house that isn’t fully unpacked yet. This file, while not that large, will take some time to download. Not sure why [...]

I shot an HDR pano of the bridge yesterday. This was my first attempt at shooting an HDR pano and my first attempt to use a larger file size. Again, this will not work on an iOS device—yet.

Well, not really for nothing… I went to downtown Sausalito this morning to shoot panos of my gorgeous town in the morning sunshine. I didn’t get down there in time for sunrise, but I did actually get a good pano of the main area I intended to shoot. But then, I shot two additional panos [...]

Under Pres. Obama, our country has been far too slow and recovering from all the devastating republican policies that left our economy in a shambles. Therefore, you need to elect Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan for president and vice president so they can reinstate the same policies that turn the growing budget surplus into $1 [...]

Romney’s just a rich, spoiled aristocrat that pays a lower tax rate than teachers, firefighters, and police officers. And what’s even better, he doesn’t really even work for it! He swears that he has paid taxes; though, several important, in-the-know sources say Romney didn’t pay taxes at all for several years while making tens of [...]

I absolutely love the views from the top of Mount Tamalpais! The fog below adds a very unique ambience. As far as you can see in any direction: no development, just mountains and gorgeous rolling hills. This pano was short further north along Ridgecrest Blvd.

Steve took a picture of me today (right) while I was setting up to shoot a panorama. He published it to Facebook. A friend of his said I looked like Ansel Adams. (I’ll take that compliment though completely undeserved.) Another friend of his thought I was setting up to shoot (kill) some poor living creature [...]

I came across this quotation and jotted it down for later but didn’t document the source. My apologies. But it’s too good not to share. It’s good because it helps define a serious issue. Why, in order to love God, must we now hate people?” Only in extremism… And then we have this little poignant [...]

Grace Cathedral is a San Francisco landmark. We visited it during my sister’s recent visit. I had never before been inside of the cathedral, and it really is a beautiful space. I wasn’t really equipped to shoot pictures inside the cathedral as I didn’t have a tripod, and the lighting in the space is very [...]

I really don’t mind people who disagree with me. I don’t mind the fact that they have different, even oppositional, ideas or beliefs from mine. I honestly do not. People are entitled to their own thinking, beliefs, ideas, thoughts. But I am completely disgusted with hypocrisy. It just sends me over the very edge! Disagree [...]

If this is true, and I suspect that it is, then it makes me very, very angry! Vacant Houses Outnumber Homeless People in U.S. Posted on Dec 31, 2011 There are more than five times as many vacant homes in the U.S. as there are homeless people, according to Amnesty International USA. Since 2007, banks [...]