1.3 Seconds

While in Charleston on Saturday, I went to the Marion Square market with my brother. There we saw some guys break dancing, which I thought was pretty cool since that style is associated with the 80s, and it didn’t occur to me that anyone did it anymore. But these guys aren’t just dancers, they’re more like street acrobats, considering the stunts they pulled.

Just as this guy was about the jump over seven people, I pulled out my cell phone and hit the record button, and then hit it again because I wasn’t sure if it started. Turns out, it did start, and stop, at the absolute perfect time (which by no means did I plan – that was pure luck). Had I actually planned to film this from start to finish, it would’ve been much longer. Unfortunately, 1.3 seconds isn’t much, even if it’s the right 1.3 seconds, so I edited it a bit. Check it out:

 

Super Moon, 2013

super-moon Taking photos like these teaches me more about how to use a camera than the subject itself. What I really learned was that I need a tripod, a better camera, and a better lens, and far more practice. But this is the best I could get using a Canon T3, shooting at f/16 and s/s 1/200, with a EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom Lens. Here’s the site I used for advice.

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Abandoned 94th Aero Squadron Restaurant – College Park

I was a bit shocked to learn that the 94th Aero Squadron Restaurant in College Park, Md. was closed down. I’ve only eaten there once but I always thought it was an awesome place, considering you can walk around Lake Artemesia to get there. The worst part was that the airplanes were gone.

For some reason, abandoned buildings fascinate me as nature takes over and destroys the place (of course, this building was originally designed to look old to begin with). Here are a few photos I got without trespassing inside.94th-Aero-Squadron-Restaurant08 94th-Aero-Squadron-Restaurant09 94th-Aero-Squadron-Restaurant10 94th-Aero-Squadron-Restaurant0594th-Aero-Squadron-Restaurant0694th-Aero-Squadron-Restaurant0794th-Aero-Squadron-Restaurant11 94th-Aero-Squadron-Restaurant12 94th-Aero-Squadron-Restaurant13
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And here are a few photos from 2007:

Update: 5/28/19:

It’s totally gone now: