Oberazzi

Migration

2008-11-26T14:15:00.001-05:00

Oberazzi is being merged into my renewed website at tim o'brien photos.

Blind Photography Listmania

2008-11-17T00:09:00.003-05:00

I have begun compiling a list of books (and DVDs if there are any) by and/or about blind photographers. Blind Photographers, named for the flickr group for visually-impaired photographers, currently only has four titles, including Seeing Beyond Sight and Shooting Blind. Please check it out.

PS Let me know if you have any additions.

Disc Golf Spread in the Chapel Hill News

2008-11-12T15:09:00.003-05:00

The Chapel Hill News published a nice spread of my photos from a shoot this past Saturday for an article on the rise of the sport of disc golf in the area. The full spread is here. I documented a round of disc golf for the shoot with UNC's Carolina Disc Golf Club. More images from the shoot are in on Flickr here.

The shoot was a ton of fun. I had never heard of disc golf before, so all was new to me. One of the club leaders guided me along with his party through the course, a mix of wooded bike trials and former golf fairways. The beautiful fall foliage made for wonderful backdrops, though it make the discs (aka frisbees) occasionally tricky to find.

Apparently, there are several disc golf courses around the Triangle with more underway. Maybe, I'll take the wife and dogs out for round?

Puppets on Pararde

2008-10-20T17:52:00.001-04:00

Puppets on Pararde, originally uploaded by Oberazzi.

Front page of the Chapel Hill News on Sunday, October 19, 2008.

Tim on Twitter

2008-10-13T19:58:00.000-04:00

Find out more at tim o'brien photos or follow me on Twitter.

Hillsborough Handmade Parade: Blue Heron

2008-10-13T19:48:00.001-04:00

Hillsborough Handmade Parade: Blue Heron, originally uploaded by Oberazzi.

Hillsborough Handmade Parade: Blue Heron was chosen as WUNC's State of Things' Photo of the Week for the week of October 13, 2008. A very nice birthday present!

Another local blind photographer

2008-08-19T14:25:00.003-04:00

The Carrboro Commons reports on a "Blind photographer" who lives and works in the next town over. What a small world. Georg Gordon freelances for the Carrboro Citizen while I occasionally free lance for the local Chapel Hill News.

Dimensions d'Istanbul

2008-07-18T16:30:00.001-04:00

One of my photos has just been published as the cover art for an album: Dimensions d'Istanbul: "Dimensions d'Istanbul"

Gettysburg: Waiting Artillery

2008-07-10T21:42:00.001-04:00

Gettysburg: Waiting Artillery, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Gettysburg: Lone Horseman

2008-07-10T21:39:00.001-04:00

Gettysburg: Lone Horseman, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

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Gettysburg: Formation

2008-07-10T21:32:00.001-04:00

Gettysburg: Formation, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Gettysburg: On the March

2008-07-10T21:27:00.001-04:00

Gettysburg: On the March, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Gettysburg: Lone Cannon

2008-07-09T16:35:00.001-04:00

Gettysburg: Lone Cannon, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Taken at the 145th href="http://www.gettysburgreenactment.com/">Gettsburg Reenacment
during the afternoon battle on July 5th, 2008.

Gettysburg: Line of Defense

2008-07-09T16:28:00.001-04:00

Gettysburg: Line of Defense, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Taken at the 145th href="http://www.gettysburgreenactment.com/">Gettsburg Reenacment
during the afternoon battle on July 5th, 2008.

Gettysburg: Melee

2008-07-09T16:22:00.001-04:00

Gettysburg: Melee, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Gettysburg: Rebel Line

2008-07-09T11:12:00.001-04:00

Gettysburg: Rebel Line, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Taken at the 145th href="http://www.gettysburgreenactment.com/">Gettsburg Reenacment
during the afternoon battle on July 5th, 2008.

Gettysburg: Tent City

2008-07-09T11:04:00.001-04:00

Gettysburg: Tent City, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Taken at the 145th href="http://www.gettysburgreenactment.com/">Gettsburg Reenacment
during the afternoon battle on July 5th, 2008. There were over ten
thousand reenactors camped out there for four days.

Gettysburg

2008-07-08T19:22:00.001-04:00

Gettysburg, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Taken at the 145th href="http://www.gettysburgreenactment.com/">Gettsburg Reenacment
during the afternoon battle on July 5th, 2008.

New Puppy

2008-06-03T05:02:00.003-04:00

New Puppy, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

We adopted two four-month old puppies last week from the local
shelter. She, Hero, is a shepherd-chow mix and he, Shadow, is a
shepherd-lab mix. They are cute, curious and chaotic!

New Puppy

2008-06-03T05:02:00.001-04:00

New Puppy, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

We adopted two four-month old puppies last week from the local
shelter. She, Hero, is a shepherd-chow mix and he, Shadow, is a
shepherd-lab mix. They are cute, curious and chaotic!

CHN Real Estate Auction Shoot II

2008-05-17T20:14:00.003-04:00

CHN Real Estate Auction Shoot II, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

CHN Real Estate Auction Shoot II

2008-05-17T20:14:00.001-04:00

CHN Real Estate Auction Shoot II, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

CHN: Real Esate Auciton Story Photo

2008-05-12T15:34:00.001-04:00

CHN: Real Esate Auciton Story Photo, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Published in the Chapel Hill Nees on Sunday, May 11, 2008 with the
story, chapelhillnews.com
| What am I bid?.

CHN: Auction Story

2008-05-12T15:25:00.001-04:00

CHN: Auction Story, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Published in the Chapel Hill Nees on Sunday, May 11, 2008 with the
story, chapelhillnews.com
| What am I bid?.

Misty Gulls

2008-05-05T20:52:00.001-04:00

Misty Gulls, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Duck, NC

Sox Heroes II

2008-05-01T12:57:00.001-04:00

Sox Heroes II, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Along Fenway Park
tahs: boston red soz baseball banners red bllue yaz ystrzemski ted
williams carlton fisk jimmie fox

Sox Heroes I

2008-05-01T12:56:00.001-04:00

Sox Heroes I, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Along Fenway Park
tahs: boston red soz baseball banners red bllue yaz ystrzemski ted
williams carlton fisk jimmie fox

Gate I

2008-05-01T12:45:00.001-04:00

Gate I, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Fenway Park's Gate E

BPG b&W

2008-05-01T12:39:00.001-04:00

BPG b&W, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

In Boston's Public Garen.

Boston Boat

2008-04-28T20:56:00.001-04:00

Boston Boat, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Boston's Public Garden

Common Theatre

2008-04-28T20:49:00.001-04:00

Common Theatre, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Boston Common

VisionWalk 2008: Will you walk the Walk?

2008-04-28T19:14:00.000-04:00

Our local VisionWalk, which raises money for the Foundation Fighting Blindness, is coming up in June. So I am getting serious about organizing my walking team and finding support. I would like to ask that you consider helping out your local walk in some way; with your feet, with your checkbook or even with your camera.

I am organizing Team Eureka for this year's VisionWalk in Raleigh, NC. If you will be in the Triangle area, please consider walking with us. You can join the team, help us raise money or assist us in whatever way you would like.

Thanks!

ileana lartigue's Images

2008-04-25T12:07:00.000-04:00

Check out ileana lartigue's website, full of her cool images. The images, based on photographs of marine life, are very funky.

Yawkey I

2008-04-16T21:32:00.001-04:00

Yawkey I, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Fenway Park, Yawkey Way, Boston, MA

Many Colores

2008-03-07T22:08:00.001-05:00

Many Colores, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Mural, Carrboro, NC
una nacion de muchos colores

Sight Unseen I

2008-03-06T16:24:00.001-05:00

Sight Unseen I, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Sight Unseen @ Open Eye Cafe

2008-03-04T10:22:00.001-05:00

Sight Unseen @ Open Eye Cafe, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Horace Williams House

2008-02-24T21:24:00.001-05:00

Horace Williams House, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Chapel Hill's Horace Williams House on Franklin Street.

Sight Unseen @ Open Eye Cafe

2008-02-17T12:57:00.004-05:00

Sight Unseen @ Ipen Eye Cafe, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Sight Unseen ---- (March 2008)
2nd Friday Artwalk - (March 14, 2008 6-9 PM)
* Open Eye Cafe (101 S. Greensboro St., Carrboro, NC)
* 10% of proceeds go to Foundation Fighting Blindness

Town Planner Calendar Cover

2008-02-12T23:46:00.001-05:00

Town Planner Calendar Cover, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

I took this picture
at the Patterson Mill Country Store in Chapel Hill, NC. It was chosen
for the cover (and for November) of the local href="http://www.townplanner.com/cgi-bin/communities/home/1170">Town
Planner calendar.

Mossbark Lane

2008-02-01T19:28:00.001-05:00

Mossbark Lane, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Franklin St. Jazz

2008-01-22T22:20:00.001-05:00

Franklin St. Jazz, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Post

2008-01-22T22:15:00.001-05:00

Post, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

More Hagia Sofia

2007-12-13T18:45:00.001-05:00

More Hagia Sofia, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Istanbul Birds in Flight (Color)

2007-12-12T21:34:00.001-05:00

Istanbul Birds in Flight (Color), originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Istanbul Rooftop Seagull

2007-12-12T21:19:00.001-05:00

Istanbul Rooftop Seagull, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Drought I

2007-12-12T20:42:00.001-05:00

Drought I, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Architectural Patterns

2007-12-12T20:37:00.001-05:00

Architectural Patterns, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Tobacco Free Zone

2007-12-12T20:32:00.001-05:00

Tobacco Free Zone, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Seen on a local sign

Netting II B&W

2007-12-10T17:30:00.001-05:00

Netting II B&W, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Spinning Figure

2007-12-09T23:47:00.001-05:00

Spinning Figure, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Eastern Sectionals 2008 in Wake Forest, NC.

Cones in Color

2007-12-09T22:43:00.001-05:00

Cones in Color, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Fall Trees

2007-12-09T13:19:00.001-05:00

Fall Trees, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

A Stop in the Woods

2007-12-09T00:39:00.001-05:00

A Stop in the Woods, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Taken along the Booker Creek Greenway in Chapel Hill, NC.

Skulpture B&W

2007-12-08T23:42:00.001-05:00

Skulpture B&W, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

A head of the game

2007-12-07T20:13:00.001-05:00

A head of the game, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

A shoe-in

2007-12-07T17:37:00.001-05:00

A shoe-in, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Cones (B&W) II

2007-12-02T00:29:00.001-05:00

Cones (B&W) II, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

tags booker creek greenway b&w cones grass chapel hill nc

Taken along the Booker Creek Greenway, Chapel hIll, NC.

Cones (B&W)

2007-12-01T13:43:00.001-05:00

Cones (B&W), originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

along the Booker Creek Greenway.

Game Over

2007-11-14T10:53:00.001-05:00

Game Over, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Published in the "Your Best Sports Shot" series in the local Chapel Hill News.

BioBlitz Turtle Portrait

2007-10-16T01:20:00.001-04:00

BioBlitz Turtle Portrait, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

BioBlitz Turtle B&W

2007-10-16T01:13:00.001-04:00

BioBlitz Turtle B&W, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

NC Botanical Gardens

2007-10-15T16:54:00.001-04:00

NC Botanical Gardens, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

more from the bioblitz at the NC Botanical Gardens.

Enchanted B&W

2007-10-15T16:21:00.001-04:00

Enchanted B&W, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

taken at the Enchanted Springs Ranch in San Antonio, TX.

Shapping Turtle

2007-09-29T15:52:00.001-04:00

Shapping Turtle, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Taken at the Mason Farm Biological PReserve at today's Bioblitz.

homestrerch II

2007-09-18T19:30:00.001-04:00

homestrerch II, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

street flower wall yellow red green

homestretch

2007-09-18T18:25:00.001-04:00

homestretch, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Wallflower

2007-09-18T12:32:00.001-04:00

Wallflower, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Hydrant

2007-09-15T23:33:00.001-04:00

Hydrant, originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien).

Norwood Soccer Redux

2007-09-15T23:30:00.001-04:00

Norwood Soccer Redux
Originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien)

New D40X

2007-09-15T17:31:00.002-04:00

I just cracked open the box and put together a new camera, the Nikon D40X. I love it, though I can not wait to a second lens. As good as the kit lens may be, I want to try to the new VR telephoto.

I read way too many reviews, deciding between the D40X, the D80 and the XTi. I went to the stores to try them out. I checked prices. I thought. I debated. I went back and forth. I decided.

The D40X does not have the features of the D80, but they use the same lenses, the same MPS and the feature set is not hugely different. As some reviewer pointed out, camera bodies are improving so quickly that the D40X's descendants only a couple of years down the road will outdo most of the current line of SLR bodies. So money might be better spent in lenses, which has a slower obsolescence cycle.

The XTi seems almost identical to the D40X in performance and features, so the decision was very hard. But I like the more intuitive and easier to read menus in the Nikon, so the Nikon it was.

I have already started posting pictures from the new camera and more soon.

500 lb. Giant Cookie

2007-09-15T17:31:00.001-04:00

500 lb. Giant Cookie
Originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien)

Yum!

Roof Patterns II

2007-09-12T10:13:00.001-04:00

Roof Patterns II
Originally uploaded by oberazzi (Tim O'Brien)

A suggested recrop of the prvious image.

RE:UP Article

2007-09-11T18:47:00.000-04:00

Cool. My photos have been profiled in an article in RE:UP Magazine.

A few months ago, I was contacted my the photo editor of a 'pop culture' magazine about a possible profile of 'blind photographers'. I did not think anyting would come of it, but I was wrong. Here is my piece from the article, though I recommend you buy the issue. Pretty cool, eh? The magazine itself is beautifully done, so is worth buying when it comes out.

Hydrant

2007-09-11T10:45:00.001-04:00

Hydrant
Originally uploaded by oberazzi

193 B&W

2007-09-09T23:12:00.001-04:00

193 B&W
Originally uploaded by oberazzi

From a Back Bay Alley.

Glass Bottles II

2007-09-06T23:38:00.001-04:00

Glass Bottles II
Originally uploaded by oberazzi

B&W Profile Redux

2007-08-17T11:21:00.001-04:00

B&W Profile Redux
Originally uploaded by oberazzi

Hacienda Alverca B&W (Redux)

2007-08-17T00:49:00.001-04:00

Hacienda Alverca B&W (Redux)
Originally uploaded by oberazzi

This was taken at a hotel, called Hacienda Puerta Campeche, in Campeche, Mexico. The color version is here.

Pedestrian

2007-08-05T11:03:00.001-04:00

Pedestrian
Originally uploaded by oberazzi

Ouch

2007-06-17T15:24:00.001-04:00

Ouch
Originally uploaded by oberazzi

2007-05-09T18:15:00.000-04:00

Visionwalk is an unofficial Flickr group about the fund raiser sponsored by the Foundation Fighting Blindness. The walk will be done in several cities across the states. Check www.visionwalk.org to see what cities are participating in your state.

The goal of this group is to bring awareness to the general public about the eye diseases that affect so many; macular degeneration, Retinitis Pigmetosa, Usher, Stargardt's among many others. We hope to encourage people to get involved by either sending someone to a Visionwalk (as a walker, a photographer or both), volunteering time or sponsoring someone in doing a walk.

stanbul Birds in Flicht II

2007-04-16T00:00:00.001-04:00

stanbul Birds in Flicht II
Originally uploaded by oberazzi.

Istanbul's Blue Mosque (
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Ahmed_Mosque">Sultan Ahmed

Mosque) with some morning seagulls. The is from the roof of the

Seven Hills hotel at dawn.

Together

2007-04-13T08:21:00.001-04:00

Together
Originally uploaded by oberazzi.

A Big Fave Flickr group blog: Istanbul Birds in Flight

2007-04-07T00:30:00.000-04:00

One of my photos has been blogged to: A Big Fave Flickr group blog: Istanbul Birds in Flight.

Istanbul Birds in Flight

2007-04-02T07:38:00.001-04:00

Istanbul Birds in Flight
Originally uploaded by oberazzi.

2007-04-02T07:30:00.001-04:00

Professor

2006-12-12T00:20:00.000-05:00

Professor, originally uploaded by oberazzi.

Reflections on Reading

2006-12-12T00:13:00.000-05:00

Reflections on Reading, originally uploaded by oberazzi.

Sunday Afternoon Sportsbar II

2006-12-10T18:26:00.000-05:00

Sunday Afternoon Sportsbar II, originally uploaded by oberazzi.

Only One Eye Blind II

2006-12-10T01:20:00.000-05:00

Only One Eye Blind II, originally uploaded by oberazzi.

Burdens II

2006-12-08T16:41:00.000-05:00

Burdens II, originally uploaded by oberazzi.

Skullpture II

2006-12-07T20:00:00.000-05:00

Skullpture II, originally uploaded by oberazzi.

Skullpture B&W

2006-12-07T18:10:00.000-05:00

Skullpture B&W, originally uploaded by oberazzi.

Hacienda Alberca

2006-11-22T15:21:00.000-05:00

Hacienda Alberca, originally uploaded by oberazzi.

this is my most faved photo on Flickr by far.

More Medes

2006-11-08T17:40:00.000-05:00

More Medes, originally uploaded by oberazzi.

Another Medes Portrait

2006-11-06T16:48:00.000-05:00

Another Medes Portrait, originally uploaded by oberazzi.

Autum Roof

2006-11-05T17:27:00.000-05:00

Autum Roof, originally uploaded by oberazzi.

Pink Hydrant Bender II

2006-11-02T15:56:00.000-05:00

Pink Hydrant Bender II, originally uploaded by oberazzi.

tags bender joebender pink

Mirazo

2006-11-02T01:14:00.000-05:00

Mirazo, originally uploaded by oberazzi.