Independence Day. As Planned. 🎆
In 1776, the paperwork started. Two hundred and fifty years later, the celebration was still loud enough to be photographed.
3,0s f/13 ISO 100/21° 50-250mm f/4,5-6,3 VR f=175mm/262mm
1,3s 4s, 4s, 5s f/13 ISO 100/21° 50-250mm f/4,5-6,3 VR f=175mm/262mm
5s 3s 4s 1,6s f/13 ISO 100/21° 50-250mm f/4,5-6,3 VR f=175mm/262m
I have watched over twenty of them. Was only supposed to be here for one.
Actually, it all started with Internet Explorer. That was the reason for the trip. One year, a browser, and then back.
Internet Explorer 4. Internal build. Not available in stores.1
The reason the one-year plan did not end on schedule.
And remember America Online? 100 free hours. At 28.8k, that was about 1.2 GB of theoretical ambition.
Eventually, there were ship parties.2
Major releases. Major parties.
The world kept changing around me. So did the work. The browser became Windows, the one you are probably running right now.
Windows Millennium Edition, Beta 2. The version before the version. Space Needle included.
Still waiting for first boot.
With the credits booklet. One highlight.
The foundation came first. The thank you came later.
And then AI arrived, and suddenly even the tools had tools. Maybe you asked one something today. That answer has a longer history than it looks.
The sky eventually reclaimed the agenda.
3,0s f/13 ISO 100/21° 50-250mm f/4,5-6,3 VR f=175mm/262mm
Photographing fireworks is practice in letting go of the plan. The light does what it wants. The camera catches what it can.3
The horizon always narrows, keeping your outlook undimmed. Rarely a moment ends entirely still.
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Vault inventory was not loaded for this post. Selective deaccessioning is not out of the question. ↩
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Release parties were the traditional proof that the build had escaped. Bill Gates is standing almost directly in front of me, making an announcement. I talked with him later. Another frame has Steve Ballmer on stage, doing exactly what you would expect. The 1990s were not subtle. ↩
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Practical notes are here: Photographing Fireworks at a Distance 🎆. At 175 mm, even a tripod notices footsteps. ↩