DAILY PROMPT: ME TIME — What’s your ideal Saturday morning? Are you doing those things this morning? Why not? I woke up this morning. I did my physical checklist. Did anything hurt more than usual? Less? Breathing okay? Everything was working as well… Read More ›
Month: February 2015
SATURATED: A PHOTO A WEEK CHALLENGE
A Photo a Week Challenge: Saturation Autumn in New England is a total saturation experience. I often turn down saturation. Natural color is almost surreal. The original photograph is true color direct from the camera. The adjustments were cropping, exposure, and a single click (1%) saturation…. Read More ›
NON-WHITE AMERICA IN NORMAN ROCKWELL’S PAINTINGS – HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT, JANE ALLEN PETRICK
Jane Allen Petrick has written a wonderful book about Norman Rockwell, the artist and his work. It focuses on the “invisible people” in his painting, the non-white children and adults who are his legacy. For many readers, this book will be an eye-opener… Read More ›
ME AND MY CAMERAS
Some photographers have a favorite camera they use all the time. Others use various cameras, depending on what they are doing. I’m one of the latter. Cameras come and go and no doubt always will. I have slots to fill. I don’t have much money,… Read More ›
SUNSHINE – THE BRIGHT REWARD
WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: REWARD What does reward mean to you? After a week of gray skies, today the sun came out. It snowed yesterday and overnight. It may snow tomorrow. But right now, this morning, the sky is deep blue and the… Read More ›
SO LONG, IT’S BEEN GOOD TO KNOW YOU – PETE SEEGER
Daily Post: Last Words – You have the chance to write one last post on your blog before you stop blogging forever. Write it. Have a great life, y’all!
WHEELS – CEE’S BLACK & WHITE PHOTO CHALLENGE
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Wheels Not just for vehicles, there are wheels and wheels within wheels. Medicine wheels and dream catchers. The earth, the moon, and the path we travel … wheels.
NET NEUTRALITY BECOMES THE LAW OF THE LAND| ZDNET
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted today to accept FCC chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposal that the Commission “use its Title II authority to implement and enforce open Internet protections.” Or, to put it in plain English, your ISP must provide equal broadband… Read More ›
ANYTHING BUT SPIDERS
I’m afraid of spiders. Not because they are dangerous, though some are. Not because they are poisonous. I’m afraid of spiders because they make my skin crawl. They scare me half to death and it doesn’t have to be a… Read More ›
WHICH WAY TO GO IN A WORLD OF SNOW
Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge: 2015 Week #8 I was out in the car with Garry yesterday for the first time in more than a week. I was forcibly reminded how strange the world looks when piles of snow obscure… Read More ›
IN PRAISE OF YOGA PANTS
With all the serious issues in the world today, why am I writing about pants? Maybe it’s frivolous, but my lifelong search for comfortable, well-fitting pants has finally come to an end. Throughout my life, I have sought two things: shoes that look… Read More ›
3 PERFECT SHOTS ON THE PENTAX Q7
Three Perfect Shots Take a subject you’re familiar with and imagine it as three photos in a sequence. Tackle the subject by describing those three shots. The pictures are my living room, picture window, and snowy front yard between yesterday… Read More ›
