It seems almost everyone has a digital camera these days and most of those cameras can make amazingly good photos in the right hands. Yet there is clearly a difference between what a practiced photographer produces and the snapshots the general public takes. I enjoy watching people, especially those making photos, and have mentally compiled [...] Learn more »
This looks like about my “speed” — wide white-walled tires, single speed, lights, comfortable saddle, padded handlebars and a front mounted bag for a camera or lunch. Easy riders…a pair ready to cruise the boardwalk! Learn more »
I was shooting handheld with a long lens and a very shallow DOF so I just missed focus on this lizards head. Still it was an interestingly enough scene/attempt to present here of this lizard eating a small green caterpillar while a large wooly caterpillar crawls by without a second glance. I only had one [...] Learn more »
We had to put Foster down this morning. Words are inadequate to express how much a dog can add to one’s life, how they so deeply become members of your family, how much unselfish love they give and how deeply it hurts when you lose them. There’s never enough time even in the best of [...] Learn more »
“When injustice becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.” “We should not be putting civil rights issues to a popular vote, to be subject to the sentiments, to the passion of the day. No minority should have their rights subject to the passions and the sentiments of the majority.” ~ Cory Booker If there’s one thing we [...] Learn more »
According to the recommendations of the US National Fire Protection Agency a blue color hydrant would signify water flow of 1500gpm (gallons per minute) or more — important information for Firefighters. Simply an interesting play in color and white balance for me. Learn more »
I began this week with a photo of a toy truck so I’ll end it with a toy bicycle. The bicycle was photographed on the corner of my desk and the background is from last years trip to Munich, Germany. The two joined forces via Photoshop. With any photo of a bicycle I feel Andreas [...] Learn more »
This photo is definitely a created scene, not a found one. It started with a toy metal truck I picked out to decorate remodeled shelves — you can see it on the left side of the shelves in the “after” photo here. I staged and photographed it on the corner of my desk and then [...] Learn more »