by Megan Durham | Oct 11, 2011
Sometimes rambling about on the internet can suddenly turn into a trapdoor-like sliding descent into troubling oubliettes, usually involving some sort of conspiracy perpetrated upon the common man by an all-powerful secret cabal. Who the cabal is, precisely, changes...
by Megan Durham | Oct 7, 2011
A lot of time has passed since the birth of photography. After the advent of Kodak’s Brownie camera photography became part of the everyday realm, something that anyone could learn and afford to do. And as technology advanced so too did image...
by Megan Durham | Oct 6, 2011
Beginning Day Four Given our early ending to our hike the day before we got a start even earlier than we had on the other three days. Although maybe that was just because all of us knew the drill by now and could pack up the tents half asleep- or at least I...
by Megan Durham | Oct 5, 2011
To any modern viewer it seems obvious that the majority of these pictures are probably fake. But how do you fake a picture without the help of Photoshop?Well it turns out the equivalent of a tutorial was included in Sir David Brewster’s 1856 book The...
by Megan Durham | Oct 5, 2011
Waking up at Phantom Ranch didn’t bring any surprises of the reptile variety, although we did find that the ring tails were significantly more agile than we gave them credit for. The third day dawned beautiful, as always. Despite the fact that dad’s pack...
by Megan Durham | Oct 1, 2011
Waking up after my first night on a backpacking mattress was a little interesting. I’m not talking about the stiffness in the legs or back, although there was a little of that. Neither am I talking about the beautiful scenery. Although there was a...
