Independence National Historic Park Library

I was in Philadelphia most of this week. I've learned how to code in Objective C and wrote my very first iOS app. For a few years, I've been in the habit of keeping my DSLR camera with me. I walked around within a few blocks of Chestnut and 4th Street looking for something interesting to capture. I wish I had brought the tripod out of the car. A tripod is a must when doing HDR photography, but I was determined to get something. Most of what I shot didn't work. There was just too much movement of the camera between exposures. This one was all that was decent, and I used a railing to brace the camera. This image is a three exposure HDR, combined in Nik Software's HDR Efex Pro with some colour adjustment in Adobe Lightroom 4.

Happy Mother’s Day

This year I wanted to do something special for my wife for Mother’s Day. In the recent past, mother’s day has been focused on doing for her mother and she ends up “working” on mother’s day planning something with her sisters.

Not this year. This year we took a brunch cruise on the Spirit of Philadelphia. Bhavana got to relax and be served.