Archive for July, 2006

Releasing the image spirit

Saturday, July 29th, 2006

As much as I like getting the image 100% perfect in the field - there are times when reviewing them later on that they just don’t seem to have the spirit present as when I originally captured them.   I’ll download them to my computer, and they will sometimes sit there for awhile until I decide […]

added a quote collection

Friday, July 28th, 2006

I have been meaning to add a page of favorite photography quotes somewhere on my site for awhile, and finally decided to add them right here.  In the sidebar to the right, there is a link called “Quote Collection.”   This is where I will collect them.   Now I just need to find my Lenswork issue […]

Changing landscape

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

Perhaps old news to some - but I just learned about how a large section of Miner’s Castle on Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore has fallen away. This is one of the most popular, and probably one of the most photographed overlooks in Michigan’s Upper Penninsula.
Here is the story from the National Park service […]

Listen to your mom

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

This past week I received a tip from my mother, pointing out she had seen some ‘big white birds’ while driving home. Likely they were Great Egrets, which I haven’t had too much success in photographing in the past, so I decided to check it out. Since I wasn’t very […]

No photography day?

Monday, July 17th, 2006

Today is supposedly declared no-photography day by one individual that seems to have received a bit of press about the idea on the net.   Here is the link to the news article that gave her a lot of attention.   The commentaries about this are quite funny at times, everyone from wanting to protest the day […]