Depth of Field: Kites
25 Apr 2013 by Mike Ekern '02 / No Comments
Lance Ramm flies a kite on the John P. Monahan Plaza as part of an event celebrating St. Thomas’ wind power initiatives and Earth Week April 25.
Depth of Field: In Defense of Winter
02 Apr 2013 by Mike Ekern '02 / 1 Comment
By now winter is the season we despise with the fiery passion of a thousand suns. We shouldn’t let that stop us from taking a look back at what winter was before it became the March and April bully.
Depth of Field Icons: Harry Truman
26 Feb 2013 by Mike Ekern '02 / No Comments
St. Thomas President Father Vincent Flynn (left) greets U.S. President Harry Truman (center) and Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey on Summit Avenue as Truman and Humphrey travel from Minneapolis to St. Paul’s Hotel Lowry on Nov. 3, 1949.
Depth of Field: Cardinal Ratzinger on Campus
11 Feb 2013 by Mike Ekern '02 / No Comments
Before he became Pope Benedict XVI, he was known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger — and he visited St. Thomas in 1984 to celebrate the 15th anniversary of St. John Vianney Seminary.
Depth of Field: Black and White World
17 Jan 2013 by Mike Ekern '02 / 2 Comments
The first “real” photos I took, with even a bit of photo knowledge in my head, were on T-Max 400 black and white film for The Aquin and The Aquinas yearbook. For the next three years black and white was all I shot as I learned how not to make a complete fool of myself with a camera.
Depth of Field: Photo Services’ Best Photos of 2012
19 Dec 2012 by Mike Ekern '02 / No Comments
Simple blades of prairie grass silhouetted in the moments before night. The exultation of an improbable victory. A firm touch as a final goodbye. We’ve picked these moments, and the others you see here, from the more than 5,000 we collected in 2012 as our best of the year.
Depth of Field: O Christmas Tree
10 Dec 2012 by Mike Ekern '02 / 4 Comments
I’m going to make this simple, folks. When someone tells you they’re constructing a 34-foot Christmas tree over three to five days, you shoot a time lapse of it. Read on to find out how we did it.
Depth of Field: A Gainey Gasp of Summer
25 Oct 2012 by Mike Ekern '02 / No Comments
As the weather turns cold and the skies darken, it’s worth giving summer one last look. Fortunately Depth of Field has just the thing – photos from the Daniel C. Gainey Conference Center in Owatonna.
Depth of Field: Eye in the Sky
09 Oct 2012 by Mike Ekern '02 / 14 Comments
There’s something about being a photographer at St. Thomas that feels just a bit like cheating. You work at an institution that is comprised entirely of beautiful architecture surrounding what is essentially an arboretum.
And every few years the place rents you a helicopter.
Depth of Field: Behind the Scenes at a Football Photo Shoot
06 Sep 2012 by Mike Ekern '02: Video by Mark Brown / No Comments
Watch a five hour football photo shoot in a minute and a half and see what went into the making of this year’s schedule poster and media guide cover.
Depth of Field: Glowing Chemicals, Patient Student
23 Aug 2012 by Mike Ekern '02 / No Comments
Nick Serratore points a small flashlight at the counter in an Owens Science Hall chemistry lab and thumbs the “on” button with his right hand. Nothing happens.
Depth of Field: Scoreboard Construction Begins
10 Aug 2012 by Mike Ekern '02 / No Comments
A worker welds the frame of the new scoreboard at the north end of O’Shaughnessy Stadium, Aug. 10, 2012. The 28-foot by 48-foot scoreboard will include a video screen that will measure 18 feet four inches tall and 32 feet nine inches wide, making it the largest stadium video board in NCAA Division III. (Photo by Mike Ekern ’02)
Up Front: A Life of Service
07 Jun 2012 by Fr. Dennis Dease / No Comments
My decision to retire next year didn’t exactly come as a surprise to many colleagues and friends who know where we are in pursuing significant milestones.
Home and Away
07 Jun 2012 by Mike Ekern '02 / No Comments
Sisters Felista and Olivia Mpanga have found comfort and friendship in Minnesota
UST Photographers Showcase Their Top Picks of 2011
17 Jan 2012 by Mike Ekern '02 / No Comments
From building construction to athletic achievement to the small details that make up everyday existence, check out Photo Services’ top photos from the past year.
Father Dease’s Move-In Crew Greets 1,100 First-year Students
06 Sep 2011 by Mike Ekern '02 / No Comments
A time-lapse video illustrates Saturday’s move-in day activities.
UST Photographers Showcase Their Top Picks of 2010
10 Jan 2011 by Mike Ekern '02 / No Comments
From building construction to athletic achievement to the small details that make up everyday existence, check out Photo Services’ top photos from the past year.
Ten Years of UST in Rome
06 Jan 2011 by Mike Ekern '02 / No Comments
Celebrate 10 years of the Bernardi Campus with this look at the Eternal City.
Fifty Years in the Stacks
03 Jan 2009 by Mike Ekern '02 / No Comments
O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library celebrates a half century of service, instruction and intellectual development
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