The Perfect Snow Day In NY

With over 15" of snow in Brooklyn, Wendy and I got to spend some time cooped up in the house togther with Luna. My best friend Alex was in town and staying over, so he helped us dig our car out of a mound of snow that almost burried it up to the roof in some places, and then went to into the city to pick up his girl Margeaux. Wendy and I took Luna to the backyard where she was confronted with a Brooklyn Husky's fantasy - almost 2 feet of snow to play in! She cracked us up, hopping through the snow like a rabbit.

Amid the fun and running around, I saw Wendy sitting there, with just a dusting of snow in her hair, bundled up, with her warm natural beauty shining through. I had to capture the moment. I love this image of her.

Later that night we went to Peter Luger's together with Alex, Margeaux, his sister Stephanie and her husband....and we had some kick ass steak! Only in a blizzard are 6 people able to get reservations on the same night at Luger's. Even Luna got to eat a Luger's bone. The perfect ending to the perfect snow day.

One World, One Universe

I had a conversation with someone today about how humans need to become part of the global eco-system as opposed to continually trying to work around it.

We are slowly destroying the world around us. It is the same "progression" that may very well lead to our demise. On a macro perspective, society as we know it may be a failure, and we may already be well along the way in the cycle of that failure. The planet is a resilient place, but have we pushed it past it's limit of sustaining our societies and way of being? Quite possibly. It would still take generations for these effects to truely demonstarte the ramifications of our actions, and by then it may be too late to reverse the effects and outcome.

"The world is such a beautiful place - we had to go screw it up."
- Me

First Annual Wetpixel.com & DivePhotoGuide.com Competition Deadline Passes

Photographers competed in six categories to win more than $25,000 in prizes, including premium dive travel, underwater photography equipment, and more! Dive packages in the prize list include trips to some of the top photo destinations in the world: the Solomon Islands, Lembeh Strait, Raja Ampat, Komodo, the Galapagos Islands, Papua New Guinea, Palau, and the Bahamas! Other prizes include HID lighting systems, camera housings, and other valuable items (see complete prize list below). 15% of entry proceeds will be donated to marine conservation efforts.

Winners will be announced on stage at the 2006 Our World-Underwater festival in Chicago, Illinois (February 24-26, 2006).