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Bright Spring Colors Are Here
Spring has arrived in full force now. Down here that means in about a week, summer should be here and be baking us alive. At this point already have the air conditioning running, but it’s nice to say goodbye to the cold. This is a busy season in our area. Baseball is in mid-season form…
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First Iris Blooms of Spring Are Here
The first official Iris blooms of Spring have arrived in our garden! Winter here always feels too cold and too long for how far south we live. But every year about this time we remember how quickly things start to bloom and warm up. If you were to look at the hardiness zones for gardens…
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Our Spring Flowers Blooming Out
The arrival of spring brings vibrant blooms cultivated over many years, from daffodils to late October’s Confederate roses. The author has expanded their garden with diverse iris varieties and plans to launch a website focused on iris bulbs and other flowers, while maintaining separate sites for cycling and travel photography.
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Why Rushing Hurts Your Photography Skills
As a photographer, rushing rarely leads to creating meaningful images. If there’s one life principle I vehemently oppose, it’s hurry. Hurry and photography are seldom compatible. Perhaps, had I titled this post more positively, I would have chosen something like “Always Take Time to Smell the Roses.” I could delve into the theological aspects of…
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Photo Walk Down Auburn’s College Street
This post describes a brief photo walk on College Street in Auburn, focused on capturing the vibrant azaleas. Despite limited time, they recorded a video showcasing their experiences and reflections. The most successful capture was a unique motion blur shot of an Auburn shuttle bus.
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That On Again Romance with Photography
The post reflects on the author’s long and evolving relationship with photography, highlighting the universal urge to capture the ever-changing world. Inspired by Susan Sontag’s insights, the writer expresses a renewed commitment to photography, emphasizing a desire to document beauty with purpose while acknowledging the challenges faced in this creative journey.
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The Art of Post-Processing in Photography
I finally had a chance to get out and “smell the roses” as they say. I’ve found it to be harder and harder over the years to just slow down and spend an hour or two walking through the property, there always seems to be something pressing that needs attention, and that is not my…
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That On Again Romance with Photography
One of the first pictures created was said to have been taken in 1838 by Louis Daguerre, which shows Boulevard du Temple, in Paris. Susan Sontag in her classic 1977 criticism On Photography said “to collect photographs is to collect the world,” and as a photographer I often ask myself, hasn’t the entire world been…
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Flowers of Spring Have Finally Arrived
I took a break from my blog for a while, which always seems to be the case during the cold dark months of the year. Now that Spring is in full bloom here in Auburn things look so full of life and so colorful it just brings new inspiration to everything. Even though I took…
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Auburn Tigers Football A-Day Game Photos For 2012
Today was the annual crazy-day game where we play ourselves, called the Auburn A-Day Game. Of course just about every school has a spring game where the offense plays the defense, it just seems to get bigger and bigger as the years go by. Today we had over 43,427 people at this game where we…
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