Friday, April 11, 2008

The War, The Economy and Dick Cheney's Sunglasses

I saw this on Foxnews' website and it brought a couple of thoughts to mind. The first was the advice of Phil Greer, former Director of Photography at the Chicago Tribune and one of my photojournalism instructors at SIU. He said when you take a picture of the "news story" to turn around and see if an even better picture presents itself behind you. I think this idea applies to the situation.

The second thing to pop into my mind was this; if in fact the image in Cheney's sunglasses is of a nude woman as some have speculated (and I seriously doubt), was anyone else taking pictures of the vice-president?

Friday, April 4, 2008

Campus Construction Webcam

The speed of the dorm construction is mind-boggling. I want to give everyone a chance to look in on the progress here. This is a camera positioned at the top of Miller Tower and it looks out over the construction site. As I post this it is dark outside, but during the daytime the view is amazing!