The photos below were taken at various stages of the Livestrong Sporting Parking Park stadium construction.  The last set of photos on 6-8-11 were taken the day before the grand opening and first set of photos on 3-4-10 were taken at the beginning of construction, when the foundation was being dug.  It may take the photos a few moments to load, depending on your internet connection speed.

The fall scenes below were taken in 2009, when I was capturing time-lapse images, while driving the scenic Kansas Highway 5 in Leavenworth and Wyandotte Counties.  The final time-lapse video was too choppy to capture the scenic nature of the highway, but some of the individual still photographs were able to capture the rolling hills and changing fall colors.

I took the photos of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts below, when it first opened in September 2011.  The Kauffman Center was designed by architect Moshe Safdie, and is located in downtown Kansas City, MO, next to the Bartle Hall.

For photography enthusiasts, the Kauffman Center offers a variety of photographic possibilities, and the exterior is supposed to reflect different colors depending on the time of day. The photos below were taken during the mid-morning hours.

When I first started shooting time-lapse image sequences with my Nikon D40 DSLR Camera, I had no idea that digital camera shutters had a life expectancy, in that after a certain number of shutter releases, the shutter could wear out and cease to function.

Upon learning this, I had two questions:  What is the Nikon D40 shutter life expectancy, and how many shutter actuations does my Nikon D40 have?

The camera shutter count (actuations) is stored in EXIF data, which is stored with each digital photo.  There are a number of downloadable programs  that can read and edit EXIF informaiton, and I chose to download and install PhotoMe for Windows.

To obtain my camera's shutter actuations, I opened the most recent photo stored on my pc taken with my Nikon D40, and scrolled down to shutter count.  In my case,  the  shutter count on my Nikon D40 was a little over 8000.  Aside from the shutter count, the EXIF data contains  camera and photo related information  such as camera manufacturer and model, lens type, image resolution, exposure time, ISO speed rating and much more.

To obtain the Nikon D40's shutter life expectancy,  I visited http://www.olegkikin.com/shutterlife, (A Camera Shutter Life Expectancy Database), which lists the shutter life expectancy for many popular cameras.  In the case of the Nikon D40, the current average shutter life expectancy actuation count is  84,288.5.

This is good information to be aware of if you use your camera to shoot a high number of image sequences!