Name Christopher LewisTwitter @lewsidBio Philosopher at heart, coder by trade.Tumblr (3.0; @lewsid)http://lewsid.com/<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzc9xobVOK1qcxmjlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Half Price Food</strong> (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p> <p>Taken while waiting at Lakeside Pharmacy for some antibiotics.</p> <p>This is one of those places that feels stuck in time. They carry candy you’ve never heard of, the kind of stuff that appears like it could’ve been something your grandparent’s enjoyed as a kid. Black and white checkered linoleum floors sport the scars from years of traffic. Every surface but the floor is painted a turquoise, something that you just don’t see anymore, like a name once popular in a previous generation that has since gone out of style.</p> <p>Margaret, Eleanor, or Emmett…</p> <p>An old-fashioned sort of place. They might even remember your name.</p>http://lewsid.com/post/17554031527http://lewsid.com/post/17554031527Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:03:00 -0500burlingtoninstagramphotographyvermont<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzatu06hRC1qcxmjlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Ma’s House 2</strong> (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://lewsid.com/post/17509697653http://lewsid.com/post/17509697653Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:18:00 -0500instagramphotography<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzatbiqrEV1qcxmjlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Ma’s House 1</strong> (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p> <p>Mom is moving out, but the light is moving in.</p>http://lewsid.com/post/17508983560http://lewsid.com/post/17508983560Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:06:00 -0500photographyinstagram<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz6sq7NyOq1qcxmjlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>French bulldog relaxing at the café</strong> (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p> <p>I spend most Fridays at the Maglaniero Café in Burlington. This little guy is becoming a fixture of the place, much to the delight of my fellow regulars.</p>http://lewsid.com/post/17376204569http://lewsid.com/post/17376204569Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:03:00 -0500instagramphotographymaglanieroburlingtonvermont<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyzsixECHT1qcxmjlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Open Hanger</strong> (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p> <p>Sadly, not the plane I get to fly.</p>http://lewsid.com/post/17172297559http://lewsid.com/post/17172297559Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:16:00 -0500aircraftphotographybtvburlingtonvermont<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyu6asTQ3J1qcxmjlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>We Passed It</strong> (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p> <p>Looking out the dirty back window toward the green mountains.</p>http://lewsid.com/post/16990828092http://lewsid.com/post/16990828092Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:28:00 -0500aerial-photoinstagramphotographybtvburlingtonvermont<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyu5z4WGmJ1qcxmjlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Bird’s Eye of Burlington</strong> (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://lewsid.com/post/16990450369http://lewsid.com/post/16990450369Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:21:00 -0500aerial-photoinstagramphotographyburlingtonvermont<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/eP0QJ_Ba1Bs?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I want to live in Wes Anderson’s version of the world.</p>http://lewsid.com/post/16125531713http://lewsid.com/post/16125531713Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:24:32 -0500filmfucking bill murraywes andersonreality<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwou8oSsNf1qcxmjlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Gaper Day at Whiteface</strong> (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p> <p>From left: Carolina, Julie, Keith and Lauren. Taken in between runs on a gondola at Whiteface.</p>http://lewsid.com/post/14702968297http://lewsid.com/post/14702968297Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:12:00 -0500photoinstagramretro<p><img border="1" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwhiclMIVd1qc6oq9.jpg"/></p> <p><strong>Part I: “Why do you do it?”</strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: 20px">A</span> fair question, and one that all of us are bound to hear sooner or later, regardless of context. Lately, this question has been put to me with increasing regularity, usually in reaction to my decision to pursue getting a pilot’s license. The subtext is hard to miss: flying is dangerous and scary. True, it goes without saying that fear and flying are not an altogether uncommon pairing. So what gives?</p> <p>Not to sidestep the question, but I’m compelled to answer with a story, a story that is as much about flight as it is about fear.</p> <p>In terms of normal flight, what transpired was far from what most consider appealing. If you’re familiar with the term ‘stall,’ congratulations, you understand one of fundamental states of flight that make it the imperfectable human endeavor that it is. If you count yourself among this crowd, then you might also appreciate the severity of the typically unwelcome maneuver called a ‘spin.’</p> <p>If, by good chance, you don’t know anything about flight beyond big planes, terminals, and overly friendly security guards, then I humbly encourage you to exercise your imagination for a moment. Think of a small plane mid-flight. The sky is blue and the air crisp. Both the pilot and copilot are smiling, one because the experience is new and exciting, the other because it is his to share. Now point your imaginary plane towards the ground and rotate it violently. If alarms are going off in your imaginary plane then you’ve successfully pictured a spin.</p> <p>Let’s stop for a second. I would now recommend you throw that image in your brain’s recycle bin - it definitely won’t do you much good next time you fly Jet Blue to visit family.</p> <p>Gone? Good, now back to my story.</p> <p>Things not going according to plan on that first flight had an impact on me, and it had an impact on my instructor. The result of which is that he now makes all of his students do stall and spin recovery training with a qualified stunt pilot prior to obtaining their license.</p> <p>This, finally, brings me to the primary substance of my story, and the operative thread which I hope will ultimately answer why I’ve chosen to put myself, with surprising regularity, inside a metal object five thousand feet above the safe but unforgivably distant ground below.</p> <p><strong>To be continued in Part II, “Most of the time we fly in circles.”</strong></p>http://lewsid.com/post/14494209148http://lewsid.com/post/14494209148Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:05:00 -0500non-fictionaviation<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwhlo7LduW1qcxmjlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Chins</strong> (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://lewsid.com/post/14497235795http://lewsid.com/post/14497235795Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:24:00 -0500catphotographyinstagram<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwgmmomZS81qcxmjlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>33@BTV</strong> (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p> <p>Plane-spotting while we wait for the fuel truck on another cold morning.</p>http://lewsid.com/post/14460539556http://lewsid.com/post/14460539556Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:47:00 -0500aviationphotographyvermontinstagram<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwgmf1aBlK1qcxmjlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Disco Orbit</strong> (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p> <p>From the second level you could reach out and touch the disco ball. Another shot from the Rockette Bar.</p>http://lewsid.com/post/14460378525http://lewsid.com/post/14460378525Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:42:00 -0500photographyinstagramspace<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwdu1j6RpO1qcxmjlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Dance Floor, Montreal</strong> (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p> <p>80s night at the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7461757796" target="_blank">Rockette Bar</a>.</p>http://lewsid.com/post/14388564751http://lewsid.com/post/14388564751Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:34:00 -0500instagramphotography<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw3hfcVcWN1qcxmjlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Pilot in Training</strong> (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p> <p>Corbin is all business at 5000ft. Me, not so much.</p>http://lewsid.com/post/14116976998http://lewsid.com/post/14116976998Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:25:00 -0500aviationphotographyself-portraitinstagram<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw3h6rGttX1qcxmjlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Out the Back</strong> (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p> <p>A quick look out the rear window of the Cessna 150 overlooking Grand Isle, Vermont.</p>http://lewsid.com/post/14116857033http://lewsid.com/post/14116857033Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:20:00 -0500aviationphotographyinstagram<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw3gzed4xf1qcxmjlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Cold Morning Island</strong> (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p> <p>One of the northern islands on Lake Champlain, as seen from about 5000ft with the rising sun directly behind us.</p>http://lewsid.com/post/14116755546http://lewsid.com/post/14116755546Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:16:00 -0500aviationaerial-photoinstagramphotography<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvx5vwwoxt1qcxmjlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A snapshot of my first long-distance flight plan.</p> <p>(Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://lewsid.com/post/13955679247http://lewsid.com/post/13955679247Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:31:00 -0500aviationphotographyinstagram<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvrogoi7HI1qcxmjlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Flying High is our favorite show.</p> <p>(Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://lewsid.com/post/13815975850http://lewsid.com/post/13815975850Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:26:00 -0500catinstagramphotography<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvqgfzyqJN1qcxmjlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Good morning Burlington!</p> <p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a></p>http://lewsid.com/post/13778077278http://lewsid.com/post/13778077278Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:35:00 -0500burlingtonaerial-photophotographyinstagram