Photography
Advice for beginning photographers
Over the years I’ve come to the realization that no singular type of informational source is fully acceptable. As people we have five physical senses and being such, we relate better with multiple formats of learning.
For learning photography there isn’t one “perfect” site to stick with. Each decent site has its strengths, but each [...]
Cave Photography
Cave photography is tricky for several reasons. This is especially true if you’re trying to use the “natural” lighting that cave tours provide.
I tend to like the orange red glow of incandescent lighting, and taking pictures without a flash emphasizes my personal memory of the experience. While using a flash yields better sharpness, it [...]
New Textures – Two Introductory Sets
When I was young I just wanted to make stuff for the pleasure of it. When I got older I was told that wasn’t a way to make a living.
I disagree. God made things for a living so I guess those people’s attempts to civilize me into a common worker bee never quite stuck [...]
Will Blog For Food
I love it when people blog and use the photography I post up on flickr. This has got to be one of the best uses of flickr around, and as long as people aren’t posting my silly mug up on posterboards or commercials without my consent I have practically no concern on the matter. [...]
Eww and choices.
Ok. So I suck at photoshop. The latest few flickr photos show my shame. But this is interesting – it gives me an opportunity. I could either say “eww, this is too embarrassing” and give up on making fantasy photoshop shots or I could say “eww, this isn’t what I wanted” and keep trying until [...]
The Disciple
Another creative venue is photography. There are some amazingly brilliant works on Flickr and I’ve long enjoyed it, but the 200 picture limit on free accounts caused me to pull back almost entirely. I shelled out the $25 and am going in deep.
I thought about going into portrait photography, but my skills there are [...]
Dismal
Sometimes I need a kick in the head … or at least in the pants. With middle age comes a more present awareness of our mortality.
Washington Irving was 36 years old when he published “The Sketch-Book”, including tales of old age (Rip Van Winkle) and death (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow). Although these [...]
Rock Ledge Ranch – 100th Anniversary Celebration
Rock Ledge Ranch celebrated their 100th anniversary last Saturday. My wife was charmed by the community’s involvement – particularly the appearance of the Ladies of the Evergreen Cemetery. This is a group of women who dress in period costume to represent some of the people buried in the prestigious Evergreen Cemetery. Their costumes were [...]
Antelope Canyon
Last week my family went on a circle tour of some great desert locations including a stop at Page Arizona. Page is nestled against the Navajo Nation reservation where the Antelope canyon and other slot canyons rest within wind carved sand dunes. We hired a Navajo guide to take us onto their land and [...]
flickr loves me
Just noticed this morning that flickr changed the tag-line above their logo from “gama” (which is a stage in development before release) to “loves you”. That means instead of being bombarded with flickr gama rays, we are now adorned with flickr love. *snickr*
