Mixing it Up

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I am showing you a mixed bag of my own images, with some superb pictures from several excellent photographers.  Despite the fact that today’s images that are mine, are rather ordinary, I continue you to bring you top-notch pictures from great photographers.  … Continue reading

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Two Great Veterans, Ethics In The Field, & A Few Of My Own

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In my most recent article on the subject of education, I lauded the value of the grammar school that I attended.  Of course that meant that I would immediately make an error in grammar in that very same article.  In … Continue reading

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The Learning Tree

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Famous American photographer Gordon Parks, is the person who is most associated with the term “the learning tree”.  In 1969 (I believe) he directed a movie by the same name.  More on the learning tree further down the page. First … Continue reading

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Everything’s Coming Up 3s

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Today we have three different photographers from three different continents. They specialize in the three different forms of nature photography and I am showing you three images from each photographer.  Nope…it wasn’t planned that way…really. Our first photographer comes from … Continue reading

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Little Treasures

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The images below show the Seventeen Year Periodical Cicada, and from where it came. The Cicada you see has just “escaped” from its outer shell after spending 17 years residing beneath the ground living off the roots of a tree.  … Continue reading

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Animal Fare……..or………Animal Fair

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In my last article, the link placed at the very end of the post was not operational. That has been fixed.  Sorry about that. The Palominos of the bird world?  I have not affected the color on these two Mourning … Continue reading

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Landscaping

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Today’s post is not about how to grow grass or plant flowers in your yard.  It is about honoring the art of landscape photography. The term landscape photography means different things to different people.  To me they are medium to large … Continue reading

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Staying Home + The Painter

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Staying Home:  I think everybody desires to go to great exotic places where an abundance of photographic subjects reside. The sort of things that we see in magazines, books and on the internet, that  “other” photographers make pictures of. Everybody … Continue reading

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Yesterday & Today

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There is one outdoor/nature photographer who stands above all of the rest when it comes to teaching. I really don’t mention John Shaw as much as I should. He is the writer of (several) books which may well be the … Continue reading

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No Rhyme or Reason

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I have no real rhyme or reason to today’s post.  I just felt like celebrating image making. Anytime during my life in photography, that I realized an opportunity to create an image that deviated even slightly from the norm, I … Continue reading

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