Ryan's Blog

I remember seeing this double rainbow over I-80 when my dad and I were driving back to college before my senior year. While I was organizing some old digital photos I found this shot and I was surprised by how vibrant the color was. (112 words)

It struck me as a funny juxtaposition between Small Town America and Big City, U.S.A. (81 words)

One of my favorite parts of walking through Chilean cities was the eclectic street art and graffiti. Some of the specimins I found were so entirely whimsical or strange that it was hard not to be charmed by them. (227 words)

It's the rainy season, but the frequent drizzles and fog seem to wrap the city in a mythical myst. It fits: we're in the heart of the Incan Empire. (96 words)

Once you put something on the Internet, you really can't predict who will see it or what will happen to it. (643 words)

At many postcard stands in Chile you can find cards from Alex Huber. The first time I saw one I was all but certain that it had been Photoshopped. I thought the moon in this photo had been added. (553 words)

For some time I wanted a mini-tripod for my camera. Then I found it, the object of my camera-stabalization desire. (254 words)

There are six images that rotate through the display. They are all posted here so you don't have to reload the page several times to see each one. (97 words)

This Christmas tree stands in downtown Santiago's Plaza de Armas just in front of the city cathedral. Merry Christmas! (19 words)

El Quisco is a small town southwest of Santiago that sits on the Chilean coast. (89 words)

We don't have a lawn mower, and it turns out that nobody around here seems to have one either. It's typical to use hedge shears to cut the grass. Laugh all you want. In the end, I got the grass cut. (354 words)

These are the kind of things you don't see just anywhere. I think someone should warn the poor sap about the dangers of that kind of activity. (150 words)

We made it to the top and saw that Memo was proudly guarding the summit. (172 words)

We hung out at a typically overpriced mall CD store. The expense aside, the store had some intriguing categories for its music. (143 words)

I'm offering this photo as my online celebration of March 17 this year. _Sláinte!_ (113 words)

Some views you can't capture very well with a single shot, which is why it's nice that digital cameras make it so easy to take panoramic pictures. The scene is sunset over the harbor at Puerto Montt, where we visited a few days ago. (79 words)

I just posted a batch of photos from Habitat on Flickr to browse. In some of the pictures we even try to look like we know what we're doing on a construction site. (90 words)

As the sun set on my birthday, the sky lit up with a spectacular array of color and light. (35 words)

Show me a city with 1,000,000 people where cows graze in the streets and I'll show you a city that's not in the U.S. (65 words)

We faced a torrential downpour Saturday here in Cochabamba. Many streets became rivers. The normally tranquill canal that runs down my street raged. (95 words)

Cliche lovers say you should stop and smell the roses. I'm on board with that. (80 words)

My mom booked my ticket back to Notre Dame and specifically requested the window seat on the left side of the plane for my connection through Cincinnati. From this seat, you can look out your window as you approach Notre Dame and see the campus. I took a couple of exciting aerial pictures during the airport approach. (157 words)