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    Photo Essay!

    Friday, May 14th, 2010

    It dawned on me that I was actually in Chile when I saw the Andes Mountains at the Rio Maipo.


    I surfed the ocean for the first time in the colorful beach town of Pichilemu.


    At the Rio Claro, I learned a lot about photography, got lost in the woods, and ran a lot of water falls like the Siete Tazas.

    The Achibueno! We spent most of our time relaxing by the cozy fire, reading books, and playing games.


    We finished off the quarter in Pucon, where we stay at Dave's place. Pucon is a lively tourist city with lots of paddling options.


    When I went back to Chile for third quarter I found myself missing Melina


    . . . and Haakon.


    Every day I saw a new beautiful Chilean landscape.


    Soon it was time to go home. The Santiago Airport was outside due to damage from the earthquake


    The last quarter, it's coming to an end, and the week at NOC was my favorite. There was a competition, which was my first, and a busy vibe. Melina, the old English came to visit. The week was great.


    Now, there is only one day left. I'm going to enjoy every last moment and hope to be back next semester.

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    Ottawa River Valley

    Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

    I chose to do my assignment on long exposure photos, but that just wasn’t really working out for me. Instead, I captured the essence of the Ottawa River Valley.

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    Field Trip to Ottawa City!

    Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

    The New River Academy field trip to the Science and Technology Center in Ottawa City was a great idea. All of the students and Andy wandered around the museum learning many things. We learned about trains and steam engines, electricity, liquid nitrogen, outer-space, and a lot of other things. Honestly, people speaking French was the most interesting thing to me. I loved hearing the lady that was giving the presentation on electricity speaking French. It made me wish I could speak a second language so badly I couldn’t stand it. I’m definitely going to study my Spanish, and hopefully take on a third language. On a science note, the most interesting thing to me was the electricity presentation, because the crowd got to interact with electricity and it helped me understand. Static electricity was the coolest part of the electricity presentation. Jessica was chosen to go up on stage; she got to put her hand on this metal ball that had static electricity, and when Jessica put her hand on it, the electricity transferred to her body. This made her hair stand straight up; Jessica’s hair was a mess. I laughed and was amazed at the same time. I got my camera out because I had to document it. After that, the lady chose a young boy to come up. She put a few small aluminum pie pans, all stacked on top of each other, on his head. He put his hand on the big ball. She turned it on, and one-by-one, the the pie pans floated off of his head and fell to the floor. I don’t know which was cooler, the pie pans floating off of the little boy’s head, or Jessica’s hair. After all of the fun at the museum, I went to Tim Horton’s for the first time ever, and got an iced cap, which was the best I have ever had. All in all, the day was super fun, and way better than the ‘ole classroom grind.

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    NOC Shout-Out Photos

    Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

    These photos are some of my best from the freestyle rodeo at NOC. The entire week we spent there was a blast with sunny weather the whole way through.

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    Abstractness or Abstractitude

    Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

    Our most recent assignment was to take different types of abstract photos using things like nature, man-made things, light, texture, and color. I have many photos from this assignment; these are some of my personal favorites.

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    Doing What I Do Best… Working the Camera

    Monday, March 1st, 2010

    Matti Hill thinks he takes the best landscape pictures. I think he has some serious competition.

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    My Fantastic Photography Skills

    Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
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    Rio Blanco

    Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

    Drive east from Horno Piren. Turn left before river; there are several locked gates, but if you ask around town you can find someone that has the keys. Continue driving down a dirt/gravel road until you reach a cow field and a wide place in the road where there is a house and room to park. Walk straight through the field and you can find a trail. The hike to get to the river is long and sketchy, but the river is worth it. The nature of the river is pool drop, friendly, and has many different line options. Coming down the last rapid you will see a bridge; eddy out because this is the take out.

    Drive to Rio Blanco


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    Rain To Sun, Then Back To Rain

    Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

    My dad came to Chile to visit me. It had been rainy and dark until he came; I suppose he brought good weather. Now, here I sit, the day after his leaving, looking out at the rain and clouds again. This bad weather really makes me appreciate the sunny days. Yesterday was a bummer because my dad went back home, but it was also one of the best days I’ve had on the river. As soon as we put in I was, for some reason, afraid to get out of the eddy. I sat, trying to talk myself into going out and playing, but I couldn’t. Tracy came over and made me roll a few times in the eddy; everyone of them was successful. Then, Gorski and Tracy convinced me to roll in the current. The next thing I know Jess is telling me to try to loop. By the end of the session I was getting the first half of my loop. I’m so grateful for having Jessica, Gorski, and Tracy’s patience, and me being in their group.

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    Middle Lower Fuy

    Friday, February 12th, 2010

    The Middle Lower Fuy is a fun class 3-4 run with some good play and some good boofage.

    Middle Lower Fuy


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