Princess for a day

This may have been the best birthday party ever. Seriously.

It is tough to climb trees while wearing a crown.

soup norm

This is another from the math images collection. If you are not familiar the supremum norm is often referred to as the "sup norm", like a cute little math nickname. There is really nothing cute about a norm but there is supreme irony.

We had tons of fun making the triangle inequality in alphabet soup, close up is below.

A beautiful family in blue

Family portraits don't get any better than this!

Golden Spiral

The golden spiral may be approximated mathematically by the Fibonacci spiral and also by the rectangles shown below, but the math is actually the golden spiral in polar coordinates. Larger version is available for purchase with the other math art.

Frisbee Action Shots

Ultimate frisbee at its best. This team almost won the IM championship!

Sean the Senior

A wonderful set of wet senior photos! That is the nature of Seattle but we had a great time anyway.

Inside the UW Wind Tunnel

The fluids lab at UW has a wind tunnel that is used to study droplets (think clouds). I recently took some photos of the system and the graduate students who run it. They have lasers! More information about the lab is on the UW website.

UW Botany Greenhouse

I took a trip to the University of Washington Botany Greenhouse in search of Fibonacci. The final spirals are in the entry gallery here. More cactus and plants here.

Olympic Penninsula

I spent a few hours on the Olympic Penninsula. Mostly a quick trip up Hurricane Ridge and around Port Townsend.

Tidal Energy

This is a longer blog post than normal because these photos require a bit more explanation. I was invited out on the RV Robertson to photograph the placement of a tidal energy data system. The system is called a spider and it is loaded with equipment to measure velocity and record other data that will help the researchers place the tidal turbines in the correct location.





Once the spider is ready to deploy the team of researchers carefully positions the system and lowers it to the bottom of Admiralty Inlet where it will collect data over time.


The University of Washington research team will analyse this data and many other sources to help determine the best way to implement tidal energy in Puget Sound.



If you would like more information about this UW effort, please see the UW Marine Energy website. If you would like to look at the photos from the cruise they are in this gallery.

Seattle sunset

Soccer

Soccer action shots from team ME.

Live Music

I took photos at a benefit concert for Haiti that featured the Kate White Band, the GTM Band, and the Misty Mamas. Excellent music! (more photos)

Bread is Beautiful

I was privileged to taste a few of these. There is almost nothing better than fresh bread.

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

More photos from the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.

University of Washington in the Spring

As usual, the University of Washington campus looked amazing this spring decorated with cherry blossoms. Gallery link.

Hawaii

A few views (turtles, dolphins, surfers) that should not be missed in the Hawaii gallery, recently updated.

The blog has new bling

New look for the blog! I added some shiny color and it makes me think I should add a sparkle to the main website as well. What do you all think?

Miss Emily

Just a portrait shoot with a lovely young lady, about 3 months old.

Lions and Tigers and Leopards

Rare snow leopard viewing at the zoo. More photos.