Frank Photography

(I'd call it "The Photos of Frank" but that sounds too much like it's some extended photo shoot of me. I mean pictures that I (generally) have taken.)

While I occasionally beg, borrow, or steal digital cameras for convenience, as of 2009, I have not yet gone digital and still primarily use film and my Olympus OM-1 shown in the picture above.

In Winter of 2002, I joined the Cayuga Camera Club, a group of local photographers spanning all levels, skills, ages, and interests. It was a way to keep up my interst in photography. The Cayuga Camera Club disbanded in 2004 due to low turnout (sadly, I had missed meetings for a few months).

Note: Flying pictures (planes, airports, en route, etc.) are generally in the Flying section.

Places

Ireland
October 2011
I went to Ireland at the end of October 2011. I was in Dublin for a conference, but then took a few days off to explore the city as well as go to Galway on the east side of the island. I took a bunch of pictures of lots of stuff. Start here at Part I to begin with the arrival and goes from there (and there is a table of contents that provides links to the other 7 parts). (there's a table of contents at the top, to skip around after that). Around 500 photos total, spread across 8 parts (parts range from 30 - 100 pictures).
Alaska
June 2011
I went to Alaska my friend Stephanie in June 2011. We had adventures in Fairbanks, Anchorage, and variety of other places. I took quite a few pictures. There are 15 sub-pages here. Might as well start at Part I (there's a table of contents at the top, to skip around after that). Around 580 photos total, spread across 15 parts (parts range from 20 - 70 pictures).
Pacific Northwest
August 2010
I went to a conference in Portland, OR in August 2010, and then spent some vacation time in Portland, Seattle, and vicinity. 6 sections, including Seattle and Vicinity (35 pictures), Downtown Porland (15 pictures), Japanese and Rose Gardens (40 pictures), the Oregon Coast (20 pictures), Mt. Hood (85 pictures), The Evergreen Aviation Musuem (Spruce Goose) (30 pictures), and Ann Arbor, MI (30 pictures).
Worlds End State Park
September 2009
I went hiking with my friend Deepak in September 2009, at Worlds End State Park in Pennsylvania. We hiked a few trails, saw some waterfalls and scenic vistas. Almost 20 pictures.
Martha's Vineyard
July 2009
In July 2009, I visited my parents on Martha's Vineyard. I took a few pictures of The Lagoon Pond that's just beyond our back yard. About 20 pictures.
Northern California
May 2009
I went to a conference in Berkeley in May 2009. I took some time off and drove across the Golden Gate Bridge (65 pictures), and explored Marin and Sonoma counties (80 pictures), Point Reyes National Seashore (50 pictures), and, of course, San Francisco (100 pictures).
Key West, Florida
March 2009
In March 2009, I went to Sarasota and Key West, Florida, and took various pictures while down there of parks, bridges, birds, flowers, water, food, and other things.
Winter 2008/2009
I took my usual winter holiday trip to visit various friends, from December 27, 2008 through January 4, 2009. I stopped in Rochester, Cleveland, and Columbus, and saw various friends, hiked around, ate food, cooked food, played games and generally had fun.
Colorado
August 2008
I went to Colorado, August 15-19, 2008. I spent some time in Boulder, then went to my friend Stacey's wedding, and then went to Rocky Mountain National Park (about 50, 50, and 40 pictures, respectively).
Washington, DC
July 2008
I had to go to Washington, DC in July 2008 for a meeting. So, I went a few days early, and visited my friend Deepak in Maryland. We spent a couple days hiking in the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia, spent a few hours at the Patapsco Valley State Park, a local park in Maryland, and I spent a day doing touristy things near The National Mall in Washington DC (about 70, 50, and 20 pictures, respectively). As a bonus, Deepak loaned me a Nikon D40 digital camera to try out.
Ithaca Fall 2007
Moof and Jen stopped by to visit me in Ithaca. We went to a few locations to hike around and take some Fall Photos. Our travels included Ithaca Falls, Treman Park, and Stewart Park (about 20 pictures).
Ricketts Glen, PA
September 2007
I went camping in Ricketts Glen State Park in Pennsylvania the last weekend in late September, 2007, with my friend Deepak. We hiked and took pictures of waterfalls and anything else we saw along the trails (about 90 pictures).
Boston, MA
August 2007
I was in Boston in August, 2007 for the Usenix Security conference. I traveled with Golden, Darly, and G4 (their son). We spent some time sightseeing, as well as catching up with a few friends, including Tania and Tom (about 50 pictures).
Madison, WI
July 2007
I was in Wisconsin in July, 2007. I spent a couple of days in Madison, visiting friends (about 50 pictures).
Note: Pictures from Osh Kosh are in the Flying section.
Flagstaff, AZ
November 2007
I took a vacation to Arizona in November 2006, including Flagstaff, some national monuments, and camping in the Havasupai Indian Reservation close to the Grand Canyon. I took lots of pictures. Part I includes monuments and stuff (~50 pictures), Part II includes the hike into the Havasupai reservation (~40 pictures), and Part III includes various waterfalls (~90 pictures).
Ithaca
October 2006
I took some pictures on a fall weekend in October 2006. The first is of the Treman Marina and the Ithaca and Binghampton airport areas from the air. The second is of Buttermilk Falls State Park (30 on the first, 45 on the second).
Maine/Nova Scotia
July 2006
I took a week long vacation with two friends (Moof and Jenny) in July of 2006. We went to New Hampshire, Maine, and Nova Scotia. I have 5 web pages on it (30-50 photos per page): Part I (New Hampshire), Part II (Lighthouse and Park), Part III (Peggy's Cove and Tides), Part IV (Digby and Acadia National Park), and Part V (Acadia National Park).
Phoenix, AZ
May 2006
I took a trip to Phoenix in May 2006. Another business trip with time off for sightseeing, including a trip to Sedona. Lots of pictures (around 90).
San Francisco
February 2006
And a few weeks after my trip to San Diego, I went back to California, this time to northern California: the Bay Area and San Francisco, in February 2006. Most of the time I was at a conference but I did spend a day in San Francisco and a little time in San Jose and shot one roll of film, 25 pictures.
San Diego, CA
January 2006
I spent a week in San Diego in January 2006. Part for business, part for vacation. Unfortunately, I was sick for part of the time, so I didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked. About 24 pictures are included.
England
May 2005
I went BACK to England in May 2005. While it was a business trip, I did managed to do a good bit of sightseeing in London and Oxford, including doing some flying. Lots of thumbnail shots (about 85).
Watkins Glen, NY
October 2004
Fall in Upstate New York, October 2004, including pictures of Watkins Glen gorge, The Plantations at Cornell, and woods beyond Fall Creek. About 25 pictures.
Seattle, WA
September 2004
I took a trip to Washington State for a week around Labor Day of 2004. I saw Seattle, Tacoma, Mt. Rainier, and more. About 45 pictures.
Adirondacks
September 2003
Deepak Ramani and I went hiking in the Adirondack Mountains over Labor Day weekend, camping there for 2 nights, Sep 2003. It's a very pretty area, wasn't too crowded, and no bear encounters, despite our pathetic rigging of the bear bag. About 23 pictures.
Ithaca Winter Day
December 2002
It was a snowy, foggy day in Ithaca, NY (my home), Dec 2002. I grabbed my camera and the digital camera from work and spent a few hours wandering around in a haze. Currently about 40 pictures.
Peru
August 2002
My trip to Peru in Aug of 2002. Lots of thumbnail shots (about 100).
Sarasota, FL
January 2002
A couple pictures from Sarasota, Florida in Jan 2002.
Phoenix, AZ
April 2001
Some pictures from a trip I took to Phoenix, Arizona in April 2001.
England
October 2000
Just a few pictures Lisa took when she, Faith, and I were in London, England in October 2000.
Hawaii
October 1998
A cool shot of the Kilauea lighthouse on Kauai in Hawaii taken in October 1998.

People

Moof and Frank, 1983
Moof just sent me this picture that was taken when we were at band camp in 1983. He got it through that strange "book of faces" thing I keep hearing about, from someone that went to high school with us, a year behind us (Hi, Rhoda!). I'm wearing our yellow class t-shirt (listed all the names of our graduates) and have a lot more hair. Moof is in shorts and is thin. Though as he had said, I do look rather "schlumpy." Yes, my fashion sense is about the same as it was almost 30 years ago.
Marlene
My sister came to Ithaca to visit me in April 2006! Over 10 years in the making! About 45 pictures of her, her friend Tom, and me at Sunset Park, the Cornell Plantations and the Johnson Art Museum.
Umich Friends in Ann Arbor
In June 2005, a bunch of us that attended the University of Michigan for undergrad got together at Keith and Kendy's place in Columbus, OH. This is similar to the group that attended Karen's Wedding but this time no photoshop tricks. Here's a picture of the group, and here's a map in case you want to know who's who.
DFRWS'04 Rodeo
At the 2004 Digital Forensic Research Workshop (DFRWS04) in Baltimore, MD, I participated in the "forensic rodeo." Here's a picture of our team (going from right to left, Golden Richard, me, Pete Ware, and his son Bill (you know, like father, like son)). Golden, Pete, and I attended grad school together at Ohio State.

I suppose I should mention that we came in second (out of two) to the other team, that had Eoghan Casey, Brian Carrier, and Kulesh Shanmugasundaram on it. While they're all cool guys, last year (2003) we lost to them because of a hocky question. A hockey question! This year, the evidence disks were improperly imaged when they were given to the teams, so most of the questions could not be answered and they were declared the winner because well...because. We pretty much discovered the same information, but they presented a bit more. And I think we clearly had the advantage of having a cute kid on our team. I suppose there's always next year.

Oh, and by the way, I'm not bitter!
Frank and George
I didn't take this one, but it's a cute shot. I was visiting Jim and Michelle Kaplan in Cleveland in June 2004, and was holding their son George who was a little over a year old. He was pretty big (>30 lbs). Oddly, there's nothing particularly twisted about this picture. Karen (Mirisola) Wiarda can be seen doing the dishes in the background.
Dison New Year's
I've attended a number of New Year's Eve parties at Catherine and Cabot's place. Anna, a former student of Cath's, often has some festivities at her place. Here's a picture of the group at Anna's place in January 2004 plus a who's who. And a shot from December of 2005 of me and Carina "on the steps, talking about life," at Cath and Cabot's house.
Neel
Neel Jain came to Cornell to recruit for the Evil Empire. His departure from Ithaca heralded my arrival. His wife took two shots from his hotel room in The Statler (photo1 and photo2). The pictures are somewhat big (600K).
UMich Friends
Here's a shot of a group of us in Ann Arbor for Karen Mirisola's wedding in June, 2002. Actually, it was Northville, MI, the reception was in Ann Arbor. The majority of people in the picture attended the University of Michigan together, "back in the day." Actually, there were four pictures taken, all of which had some problem with them. But through the magic of photoshop, I could extract one good one.

From left to right, back to front, the players are: Michelle and Jim Kaplan, Frank (me); Kevin and Gwen Berg-Hartnett (Kevin's holding Matthew), Kendy and Keith Markman, Stacey Farb, Mary Arnold, Holly ???, and Susan Potoroka. Photo taken by Paul Arnold.

Sadly (perhaps?) I was obscurred in all shots, so not even Photoshop could salvage that. Just a moment...just a moment...perhaps I spoke too soon. (Actually, to me the addition isn't as frightening as the fact that it's so easy to eliminate someone from a photo. My apologies to Matthew.)
Matt
I was in Detroit in March, 2002, and had dinner with my former college roommate Matt the Dufus. His wife took a picture of us professing our love of the world (in a punk rock sort of way).
Casa Blanca
I went to a showing of Casa Blanca put on by the history department, Fall 2001. Period attire was encouraged. My friend, Leigh Anne, who was the classes TA, her advisor, the professor of the course, his wife, and I were the only ones to dress up. Still, it was fun. I'd just like to point out that in the picture, my cigarette is merely rolled up paper. I didn't want them to get money for such a prop. And it's hard to put a costume together with almost no preparation (this was due to laziness, not short notice).
Tom
An old picture, but a fun one. A friend and co-worker from OSU, Tom Fine, circa 1993, did his best impression of himself in the future (yes, I'm a cruel bastard, but only because he's a friend...). Speaking of that, I have to dig up a picture of his Halloween costume... This was taken in my office in Bolz Hall at Ohio State (before we moved to the new building).

[Update] In August of 2004, I visited Tom, his wife Sara, and their 3 year old son Zachary. Here are a few pictures. One of me, Zachary, and Tom on the subway in Boston (they have a subway in Boston?). Another of me and Zachary in a park along the (Charles?) River by Harvard (the caption was too good for me to delete). One of me and Sara at the Hanscom Airport in front of the plane I flew in on. Note that Sara is wearing a "Flying Karamazov Brothers" t-shirt. We all saw the show (and I have a similar shirt, just like the one I had 25 years earlier(!!)). The Flying Karamazov Brothers are a group of jugglers. Very talented and funny (though they are neither Russian nor brothers). Tom and I used to juggle "back in the day" at OSU. Two shots of us seeing if we could remember the old ways. Note the koosh-balls in mid-air in these "action shots."

Things

Tania vs. Gasdoor
December 2000
Around December of 2000, I loaned Tania my car. She had never heard of a gas door release latch before. She has the strength of 20. Hilarity and structural damage ensued.
N.O. Food Fest
June 2005
I was in New Oreleans in June of 2005, and had a food fest with my friend Golden and some others. It didn't suck.
Mushroom Soup
February 2008
Here's a quick shot of some porcini mushroom soup I made (February 2008). It was pretty good.

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