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Early Morning Garden Photo Walk
It is so hot outside right now that we can’t really work in the garden past about 9:30am or so. Today I grabbed my camera on my way to pull weeds at our roadside Iris beds. I wanted to take some photos of the only remaining blooms that can survive in this kind of relentless…
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Cold Sunday Photo Walkabout
Baseball season has begun, signaling warmer weather in the South. Despite the cloudy conditions, the author enjoyed a brief photowalk, capturing images of nature, including bee hives and a rusty dump truck. The author appreciates site visitors and encourages feedback while promoting ad-free content subscriptions.
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Chewacla State Park Winter Waterfall
Here is a photographic look at the Chewacla State Park Waterfall. On this day it was super overcast which gives the ground and rocks a great red rusty color with some greens to the photos.
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Rebuilt Watoola Methodist Church
This post reflects on capturing images of a charming country church that was destroyed by the devastating EF4 Beauregard Tornado in March 2019. After considerable damage, the church has been beautifully rebuilt. Recently, the author took photographs of its stunning interior for a personal portfolio collection.
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Self Portraits
This project is something that I’ve been working on for years, and in some ways I found inspiration for this through the portrait work of Dan Winters, Sean Tucker, Fiona Lark, and Vivian Maier. Self portraits are so unlike the smartphone “selfies,” we are all accustomed to today. These self-portraits delve deeper into the traditional photographic genre of intentionality and…
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Photography Rules That Stifle Creativity
This question came across my screen recently asking, “Are we allowed to be creative for the sake of being creative?” I loved the answer. In America, no. Somehow, our artwork and creative pursuits is only seen as virtuous if we are able to earn money from it, “make a living from it”, or preferably make…
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Vintage NASCAR at the Atlanta Motor Speedway
In this Throwback Thursday post, the author reflects on their 20+ years of photography experience, showcasing images taken with their first Nikon DSLR during a NASCAR qualifying event in 2003. These early memories highlight their journey into digital photography and the excitement of capturing significant moments.
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A Milestone in Blogging My 1000th Blog Post
Artificial as this milestone may be, this is actually my 1,000th blog post on this blog in March 2012! I set a goal a few years ago on My Bucket List that I wanted to post 1,000 blog posts, and after about 10 years of blogging, I have hit that with this post. When I…
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Aviation Photography Spotting at Las Vegas McCarran Airport
Early this morning I was looking through some previous photo shoots from about 10 years ago, which today is my next edition of Throwback Thursday. In one respect, I can’t believe this was 10 years ago, it sounds so long ago when you say it like that, but when I look at the images, I…
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The View from Estes Park Colorado in September
Our view from the cabin in Estes Park looks out over Longs Peak, which just got a dusting of snow over the last night or two. The temps are above freezing at around 8,000 feet where we are, barely, but it’s cold enough. I don’t get a chance to do self-portraits very often but I…
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