Spring On Comm. Ave.

It took me a while, but I finally got around to taking some shots of the campus. The trees finally started to bloom here last week so it was a good time for it. BU's campus is long and narrow, running alongside Commonwealth Avenue. It's not much to look at, but the center of it has a nice quad area and courtyard adjacent to Marsh Chapel. The quad here is called "the BU beach," so named because, if you lie on the grass and close your eyes, the traffic on the road sounds like the ocean. Yeah, it's lame. The shadowy dungeon on the bottom left is the Economics building. Dismal Science, indeed.



Only a week of class left before a month of exams. Crazy.

Shotgun* Wedding

Today a classmate of mine from Taiwan got married. It was not planned. His girlfriend, also from Taiwan, has been in town for a few weeks and they decided to get hitched before she flies back tomorrow. So a group of us rented a car and drove to Hartford, CT where there is no waiting period for a marriage license. So, I played impromptu wedding photographer.



After getting their license and fashioning their makeshift rings, the ceremony was held in an adjacent room and presided over by an elderly woman who could not for the life of her pronounce Chinese names (or stop talking about her grandkids).



It was an interesting day. Also, it may come as no surprise to those who know me, but I would be a terrible professional wedding photographer. I am not very good at corralling people into looking sentimental and sincere. So, if you're in the market for a demanding, impatient photographer for your engagement shoot, you know who to call.

* - I was just informed that the actual meaning of a shotgun wedding is a wedding forced due to an unplanned pregnancy, which makes the title of this post a misnomer. No one was pregnant in this instance - just an impulse wedding.

Spring At Last

At long last, it's starting to warm up in Boston. I wasn't able to make it back down to DC for the cherry blossoms this year, but in the spirit of spring I thought I'd a share a few shots from previous years. Everyone else is doing it.



Hard to believe it's April already. Just a few weeks of classes, finals, and a comprehensive exam (blerg) left and it'll be summer. Whether or not I actually have something to do over the summer remains to be seen, but it will be a welcome break. Less than a year back in school and I'm already pining for vacation!

On another note, in the past month, under various circumstances, I've helped shoot several conferences at Harvard. While not the most artistically compelling work, there were some interesting images. I may share some soon.