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Photo Fun: A Spring Escape to Hawaii

whitperson — Mon, 10 May 2010 21:50:36 +0000

I thought I’d post some photos from our fabulous vacation in Maui and Kauai…

We experienced an amazing, natural setting.

We ate and drank.

We saw some interesting plants, animals and critters.

We hiked, surfed, swam, snorkeled, paddle-boarded, road on boats, played in tide pools and rivers, and generally had one of the most active vacations ever.

The full photo set is over on flickr.

We feel extremely fortunate to have been able to do make this trip. Big hugs and kisses to Genevieve and Johnny for inviting us to join them in Kauai for week two. Thanks guys, we had a blast!

Fun with GIMP: Concert Photo Collage

whitperson — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:38:17 +0000

I’ve been toying around with a few image-editing programs. I just downloaded/installed GIMP (aka GNU Image Manipulation Program), which seems to be the closest open-source program you can get to Photoshop. It’s very cool and quite robust. I’m a total novice with this stuff, but I think I managed to put together a decent photo collage of some favorite (mainly) concert photos:

It’s just a draft so it’s a bit rough around the edges. But I think I kinda like it that way. In fact, I decided that this should be my new twitter background.

Food Photo Porn: End of the Summer Food Pics

whitperson — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:58:50 +0000

I still had a few fun food photos left on the camera from the end of the summer, so I thought I’d do one last summer photo round-up for the site. Yum:

Perfect Pastrami from Katz’s Deli

A Crab Boil in NYC?

Heirloom tomatoes w/basil (from Vermont):

Homemade pizza:

Southwestern Veggie Chili:

Food Fun: Mas Salsa Por Favor

whitperson — Sun, 03 May 2009 21:42:01 +0000

I couldn’t get enough of the fresh salsa we made a few weeks back, so I went for round two. It’s such a simple recipe, but is worlds beyond anything you can buy in a store:

Ingredients:
Ripe tomatoes (I like plum tomatoes the best; they’re usually pretty cheap and don’t have tons of seeds/pulp)
Onion (I prefer vidalia; sweet and not too over-powering)
Fresh Cilantro (absolutely key; dried doesn’t even come close)
Jalanpeños (2 or 3 sliced/diced/de-seeded)
Fresh Lime juice (limes are cheap and c’mon, it’s not that hard to squeeze your own)
Salt to taste
Optional ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, cumin, and granulated garlic
(I like to add a few pinches of each of these)

I don’t think I’ve ever measured out anything for this recipe. I’d say you want about 2-1 ratio of tomatoes to onions. The cilantro and other ingredients really depend on your tastes. Do you want it hotter? Add more Jalanpeños or kick it up a notch with habañeros instead (you can also use cayenne pepper if you don’t have fresh peppers). Add salt and lime to taste, but keep in mind that it needs to sit a nice 15-20 minutes to let the flavors combine. Serve with your favorite tortilla chips.

This is great for Spring/Summer pot luck parties, and it goes perfectly with a light beer w/ a lime wedge. The time this takes to make is far outweighed by the impression it can make on your friends. Enjoy.

Photo Fun: Food Photo Porn

whitperson — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:18:26 +0000

I am a bit of a foodie, so it’s natural that I’ve recently started taking a lot more photos of good grub. After uploading a few recent food photos from my digital camera, I realized I had a pretty decent archive of food pics already up on my flickr page. So, I compiled all my food photos into one flickr set and grabbed a few samples to post here. It feels a tad odd, as it’s kind of a way of fetishizing what one eats, but it’s also just kinda fun to capture good grub on camera. Check it out:

Okay, now I am officially hungry!

Photo Fun: Remembering My Alaskan Sea Kayaking Trek

whitperson — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:01:44 +0000

An old friend recently posted some photos on Facebook from our Camp Echo days that reminded me of all the photos I had but never took the time to scan in as digital prints. Although I “wasted” away a solid Saturday afternoon with the scanner and my flickr page, it was really fun to re-live some of those great summer moments. I especially liked digging back through the photos from my Sea Kayaking Trip in Alaska. It may not have cost as much as a KNOLs or Outward Bound trip, but it sure was just as a amazing.

Here are a few of my favs:

At one campsite, we found this enormous rock jutting out of the ground. My friend Andy and I took turns just settin’ on this thing and embracing the Alaskan summer. I think I may have even tried to write an essay about being on that rock because it was such a powerful natural setting…

Here’s the entire photo set.