Because I’m The One Taking The Photos
An irony for most photographers is that they have few photographs of themselves. It’s true. You hear the common refrain, “I’m the one taking the photos.” I’m no different.
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Therefore I Blog – A Lot
I got an email from a relatively new subscriber who said that she noticed that my byline was on every article. She wondered if I’d actually written everything or if I was just taking the credit. The story?
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School Permissions
Since I’ve been getting back into the photo thing, I’ve had a hankering to return to my primary area of photographic expertise: sports. I’m not planning on going pro again (my body wouldn’t take it), but I thought it would be a fun activity. Since I have a high school close-by, I inquired as to what the hoops were that I’d need to jump through.
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Photo Tests
I had to wait overnight before I was able to do some real-world tests with my new camera body. I took about 20 minutes to wander around my backyard and shot about 40 pictures. All-in-all, I think it was a pretty good introductory session. Here are some of the photos so you can see for yourself.
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I Really Did Used To Be a Sports Photographer
I received a few emails wanting to see the sports photos I used to take — or worse, thought I was full of it. While I can’t speak to the latter, I hope that I might be able to satisfy the former.
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Decided On The D80
Well, today I went out to several camera stores and gave all the various camera bodies I was thinking about a test drive. Based on price and feel, there really was no choice at all. Everything pointed to the Nikon D80.
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Is the Nikon D80 My DSLR Pick?
Since I wrote “Thinking About Getting a DSLR Camera”, I’ve been doing a lot of research. A LOT. I’m still not 100% committed to my pick, but right now I’m primarily focusing on one DSLR that I’m going to add to my stable. It’s not just the camera, but the lenses and accessories as well.
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Another Loan Paid
In a period where both our financial institutions and the people who borrow from them are reeling from not being realistic about monetary matters, I think we can use as many fiscally conservative people (yes, like me) as we can find. Today I mailed off the final payment for my car.
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Thinking About Getting a DSLR Camera
In the pre-digital days, I was a photographer. I stopped while film was still king. Now that I again want to take the quality of pictures I was trained to take, I must decide if it’s time to buy the sort of equipment I was trained to use.
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A Curious Time of Faith
This holiday season I had some very interesting encounters. As I offered a Merappiful Chrismukkwansoltivusuleday to people that I’d meet, I found …
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I’ll Have a DLT, Please
I think that in all of my years, my DLTs are the most unexpected and happiest surprises in my life. I’ve not had children of my own, but I can’t imagine that I would have loved them any more than this trio of ladies.
Read more...My 2009 New Year’s Things I’m Aiming For
This is the time of year that many people post their New Year’s resolutions. I think making something a “resolution” puts way too much pressure on what are mostly just wishes, hopes, and yes, sometimes goals. So, this is my “aiming for” list. I might not hit the target, but at least I’ll be pointing (more or less) in the right direction.
Read more...Christmas Food-fest
I didn’t intend to spend Christmas getting reacquainted with the porcelain appliance, but we don’t always get to choose how life’s events unfold.
Read more...A Calm Christmas
I’m having to get used to a new Christmas routine this year. As much as we cling to tradition, so too much we embrace change when it happens. This year, I’m apparently embracing change…whether I want to or not.
Read more...I Like Social Networking
Whether it’s something new like MySpace or Facebook, or ancient like ROS or Fidonet, social networking has been a part of my life for a long time. I think it might be the best application for
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A New Life
I spent the evening attending the birth of the newest member of the family. It was time very well spent.
Read more...The 2008 Not-Gonna-Get Christmas Wish List
We’ve all been there. In fact many of us are there, now. We have things that we’d like to be gifted this holiday season, but we know we’re never going to get them because of circumstances. Still, that doesn’t stop the dream.
Read more...Praying For Troeesha
Scarlet* texted me this afternoon. She said that because of a blood flow issue, the doctors were going to induce Scarlet on Tuesday instead of letting her soldier on to full-term at the end of the month. If prayer is something that you do, please pray for the best possible outcome.
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