Author: Justin Hill

  • A music without beginning and without end

    A music without beginning and without end

    Nadia Boulanger was a composer and music teacher in France – one of the best teachers ever. Among her students were Aaron Copland (Fanfare for the Common Man), Quincy Jones (producer of Michael Jackson’s best albums), Astor Piazzolla (bandoneon [accordion-type instrument] composer – I heard his music from a street band in Italy), Philip Glass…

  • Vultures

    Vultures

    Vultures brought me a lot of enjoyment during the safari. They gathered in sinister-looking trees just like you’d expect and their heads bobbed up and down exactly like the Beatles-type vultures in Disney’s The Jungle Book. We first saw them trying to get in on the remains of a Cape buffalo taken down by lions.…

  • Safari

    Safari

    I’m waist deep in footage from the South African photo safari we went on last week at MalaMala Game Reserve next to Kruger National Park. Here are a few videos and some of my favorite photos so far – Elephant and rhinoceros mud bath (safe for all stomachs) – Lions vs. vultures (warning: a little…

  • Aspen Grove 2017

    We spent an awesome week at Aspen Grove Family camp in August. It was difficult to narrow things down to just a few minutes of video, but here’s what you get – And a few photos –

  • Eclipse!

    Eclipse!

    We witnessed the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, from Rexburg, Idaho. It was worth the miserable drive home! Quick summary, with some drone footage, GoPro time-lapse, and photos. Just the time-lapse of the front yard getting dark and light again –