Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital

To celebrate the first mild Sunday in months, I took my camera back to Princeton University for more photographic opportunities. I decided to focus on the ugly student center, which is now known across the world as the “Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital,” the fictional work location of Dr. Gregory House from the television show that bears his name.

In aerial establishing shots in the series, the Princeton University student center doubles as the hospital.

XTi, EF-S 17-85mm at 17mm, f/10, ISO 100 — view flickr page

In person, the building is not curved, I’m pretty sure. The wider-angle lens seems to have distorted euclidean geometry.

If you look closely — and this can be aided by clicking on the photograph for a larger image or visiting Flickr for the original — you will see Princeton’s shield logo through the windows of the building. This is one detail I have yet to see on House.

While I’m not particularly impressed with the photographs I managed to take on Sunday, I was able to capture two students playing Frisbee outside of the student center. View the set on Flickr for some samples from the day. I spent time with the 17-85mm exemplified above, the 50mm, and the 70-300mm. The latter was helpful for getting closer shots of the Frisbee players without getting in their way.