Self portrait, in the garden

Vigna Rondetto, Chiusa Pesio, Italy (Aug 20, 2006)

I am back. I spent last week in Seattle at the American Astronomical Society meeting. It was useful, as it is always an occasion for networking with colleagues, to establish new collaboration, further old ones or just to see friends that work in some other part of the country. Ah, yeah, some of the talks were also interesting...

Seattle seem to be a beautiful city to live (and the people are very nice and friendly). It was cold (much colder than Boston, which is unusual), and the last night it actually snowed. The next day was sunny and serene, and the view of the snow-capped mountains from the airport (and from the airplane) was quite amazing. I tried to take some pictures from the airplane, but unfortunately Mt. Ranier in all its glory was on the other side of the plane. Anyway I did take some image of the landscape on my side and if there is anything useful I will post it here someday.

Now I am back, busy as usual, with new deadlines looming at the horizon.

The photo is from this summer in Italy (to contrast with the cold night we are having in Boston - winter finally caught up with us). I was in the garden of my parents house taking pictures of my nieces and I inadvertently photographed myself reflected in the eyes of the little one, Letizia. I didn’t notice the reflection until I started to work on the digital negative... My wife says that when I do that (seeing myself in the eyes of the portraits I shoot) it is a little creepy. Is it?