Hyde Park Photography's iBook for the iPad

The Italian photography magazine, Hyde Park Photography, has released an Apple iBook version of the magazine's first issue for the Apple iPad. A photograph I took in 2008 of Michelle Obama is included in the magazine. Above you can see a screen capture of my photograph from the iPad/iBook edition. You can download Hyde Park Photography's iBook from iTunes here. It's free.

A Trumpeter Swan Grows Up

In the summer of 2008 I photographed a cygnet (baby swan) as it was growing up. Here are some of the photographs I took.

About a week old...

About a month old...

Two-and-a-half months old...

Tegan and Sara at Twist and Shout, Denver

Tegan Quin

Sara Quin

Tegan and Sara played a very cool set at Denver's Twist and Shout record store on Sept. 13, 2010. I managed to take a few photographs while peeking through all the people, record racks, amps and microphone stands. They played later that night with Paramore at Red Rocks. Camera: Nikon D80; Lens: Nikon 85mm f1.4.

Also see: Tegan and Sara in Aspen

Lavec Plastic Camera from Time Magazine circa 1981

In the early 1980s I received a plastic 35mm camera as a promotional gift for subscribing to Time magazine. The camera was made by a company called Lavec in Taiwan. It came with a strap, lens cap and case. Unlike the Holga and Diana cameras, the Lavec doesn't seem to have much of a following. But I enjoyed playing around with it. Here are three pictures I took with the Lavec camera around the time I got it. For the Broadway photograph, I set the camera on the sidewalk and pushed the shutter.


Winter Trees, Ketring Park, Littleton, Colorado


Three Charred Guitars, Orchard Road, Littleton, Colorado


Broadway at Night, Littleton, Colorado

Swan Dance in Australia - Lumix Life

My "Swan Dance" gallery was shown in a photography gallery in Sydney, Australia as part of Panasonic's Lumix Life exhibition. Here are some screen shots from a webcam set up in the gallery, along with the original photos.







You can see more of my swan photos at: Trumpeter Swans by Joe Beine

Twins in Light: Wooden Tops

These wooden tops were made by Alan Gray, a mechanical engineer, who enjoys making toys that balance. The package they came in arrived on a sunny spring day. When I opened the box the sunlight from outside my front door and window made a nice glow on the red tissue paper and the colored top. So I took a picture.

The top maker's website is at: Wood Tops