Photo of the Week (07/29/07)

Greetings from the University Club at the University of California in Irvine, California, USA!
Photo was taken on Saturday, July 28, 2007.

A good friend works at this college campus and met her husband here as well. Appropriately they had their wedding here too. This is also the school where I got my bachelor's degree.

Despite the popularity of digital cameras, I never bought one until this year. I'm still learning all its features - reading the instruction manual would ruin the fun of discovery. My camera has a dial with various settings - close up of a face, landscape, bright sunlight, night shot, snow, ocean, etc.

While leaving, I walked to the gazebo where the ceremony was held. I set my camera to night shot with flash and this is what I got. The lighting is all flash, nothing else. Cool, huh?

Angelo

Photo of the Week (07/22/07)

Greetings from Costa Mesa, California, USA (AGAIN)!
Taken on Saturday, July 21, 2007.

I took a second trip to the fair 8 days after the first. This year the theme was "Cowabunga! The Year of Herefords, Surfers & Sand", a playful combination of a traditional fair attraction - Herefords are a type of cow - and the county's beach culture.

For the non-Americans getting this email, I live in Newport Beach in Orange County - the same city as the one in the television series "The O.C." and MTV's "Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County". If you have watched either show, beach scenes are common.

Cowabunga, dudes!!!

Angelo

Photo of the Week (07/15/07)

Greetings from Costa Mesa, California, USA!
Taken on Friday, July 13, 2007.

This was the last day at most recent job - coincidentally Friday the 13th. I was scheduled to take the afternoon off and go to the Orange County Fair. Although the company cut me loose, I still went to the fair.

Photo was taken on a ride that gives you a bird's eye view of the fairgrounds. On the left you can see the chair contraption - what little there was of it - that was the only thing between me and the ground several, several meters/feet below (see how small the people are down there?). Carnival area with ferris wheel, carousel and other rides are in the middle background of picture.
Angelo