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the class was so much fun,,,,lots of new folks,, and 8 hours of photography,, the sky was cloudy,, and gray,, so no full moon out. but still lots of night shots,,, ice, snow,,, buildings I't will take hours to edit the shots. I'll try to post a couple.

Weekend!!,,, and I have 8 hours of photography slated for tomorrow!,, course,, lot of the time I will be teaching or offering advice,, but,, I'll slide in my own shots here and there,, will one get portfolio shots, so,, Sunday should be fun,, looking for any gotchas. good to plan these...

Prepping for my class this weekend,, teaching a long one,, almost 8 hours,, but lots of hands on,, time,,, I like about 45 minutes pre lecture,, then we have dinner,, where some quiestions can be asked, followed up with more shooting, and maybe 20 minute wrapup/packup,, going from...

Darn,,, the sun is setting, and I am still not able to get out to the ice before the snow storm,, I heard there was thick black ice with lots of wonderfull deep cracks Been seeing lots of other people's post,, and it is a kick to the rear... but not going to get there,,, That is the product...

always good to have that camera ready,, handy,, but,, actually,, its more of having the mind always ready.. its being aware of the potential that makes the shots,, camera can be ready all the time,, but its the human that has to be self aware and frame the moment. I think that is what makes a...

the light was blah blah blaaahhh so,, I tried a subtle simple picture for hopefully the mood. not I like it,, but,, I posted on the popularity site,, and it was like crickets,, the shot does not strike you on the side of the head, so,, can't really say if the shot succeeds. course, should...

oh,, some days you have to experiment,, don't think the shot really works, but here goes; blur blur blur,, but I do like limbs,,, I'll keep expermenting. hope you do too

I was harvesting some photos last night,, always fun to do,, and yeah you still find interesting shots that you passed over, like take this one for instance,,, I passed it over,, because I missed including the tail of the boat, but,, I cropped a hair tighter,, and I think it still tells a nice...

grins, when do you know you have a slow night,, ..... when you use Fractals on a picture,,,, oh,, the horror,, the horror,, but hey,, sometimes its fun! I did layer in,, and used about 40% opacity to keep most of the original image.. not for most,, but fun sometimes to play.

Yesterday, I was mentioning the local robins on my tree,, and hinted of taking some pictures of these common birds, I am fascinated with motion moving shots,, with even some blur,, or not even perfect focus. so,,, used my 80-400 lens,, and tried some shots on my 800 so,, a couple...

amazing already the 207th day into year 2 of blogging on photo subjects,, looking at some robins cleaning out the crab apple tree, glad some food is there for them, but it is a gray drab day,,, so,, not relly worht the photo,, and well,, robins,, are they just too common of a bird anyway...

I am resisting still the rent model of software editing tools,, I'll stay on CS6 for as long as I can,, no desire for upgrade, and my yearly cost is about 40 dollars a yer amortized over time (when one could get the upgrade offer, so, the rental is more than 2X my historical cost, and just...

ah Monday, weekend blew right by didn't do a whole lot of photography,,, but then did do the nature shots,, so not a bust.. I typically use my d7000 for my hiking camera,, and lately using the 18-200 lens again,, just so flexible. I do like the one camera/lens does all mode sometimes. and...

I like when you find something familar or different when out about nature,, here is a shot I took today,, I started by takng a shot of some rocks, but as I looked up,, i spotted this face in an old fallen tree... which,, i totally could not resist. with a bit of editing one gets an...

Nice,, change is in the air,, its like all at once,, winter let a bit go,, and a hint of spring enters the picture,,, and optimism starts to return,, laughs,,, time to think of the coming green fields! and pictures of bud blooming,,, and such,,,, ok,, maybe a bit early,, but this year,, I am...

Sweet,,, got the list of confirmed students for the full moon photo session/class,, oversold by 8, with still 3 on the waiting list. Really have to think of some creative things to do,, I am thinking maybe camping lanterns weaving among trees,,, and play of light/objects and of course the...

I looked at some recent Landscape work of others,,, and it was more in the micro landscape,, lots of shallow dof,, water reflections and other objects where the primary subject was in focus,, but so much was out of focus. and it got me thinking of landscape, and well landscape, The old time...

oops, day went so fast,,, poof,, went skiing wore my self out,, and now,,,, thinking of sleep almost brought a camera,, but instead just focused on having fun..... course picture taking is fun tooo,,, but sometimes you need to break things up a bit.

a while ago,, I posted a question of what was most effective orientation of the camera during the cleaning operation. I always kept it in the shooting position,, letting all the dust essentially settle down to the bottom I suppose,, but I was wondering if it should be face down, for the dust...

books books books,, every start to notice how many books you have on photography,, mine are scattered around the house,, I need to pull them all together on one shelf (laughs or 2).. they tend to be photo technique Adobe blah blah how to and portfolio books of other photographers (these I...