There is an understandable but unnecessary emphasis on lens sharpness, that is sometimes associated with acquiring the latest and...

No photograph presents reality. It is an object to itself. At the very best it conveys an idea. Cropping, angle of view, and the...

I went for a walk. Another walk. But a walk. With the rain coming, this will probably be the last of the color until next year. The...

I have a lot of creative energy, just not a lot of time. So I devote time to some things while neglecting others. So it is with this...

These are just lichens on a stump. Rather, they were just lichens on a stump. Where’d the color come from? When we see the dull, natural,...

One of my favorite driving songs is Born to be Wild by Dennis Edmonton (a.k.a. Mars Bonfire) as performed by Steppenwolf, which became an...

Art is a strange land, filled with odd characters and personalities, gregarious party animals, solitary monks, the generous and stingy,...

Leading up to Amicalola Falls. It was a cold and dreary day. Light rain fell. Sounds like the start to some cheap mystery thriller, but...

When the pandemic hit and after the first shutdown in March last year, I had to get out of the house. The community center where I...

I’m stuck on mooshie. I just like the sound of it. I worked in I.T. for ages for a large airline, before I went to a huge retail chain,...

Mmm. Mooshie is a strange, funny word. I used it incorrectly for a long time, substituting the word mooshie for mushy, kind of as a play...

How to start. Stream of consciousness. Leads to a stream I have hiked many times. Sweetwater Creek State Park in Lithia Springs,...

The weight of my photo equipment is inversely proportional to my age. Victims of Common Core New Math may not grasp that concept...

I won’t bore you with my political monologue. Instead I’ll bore you with technical stuff. Aren’t you relieved you can read this without...

Lately I’ve posted about the return of photographic film, or “analog” as the various Gen kids call it. My old Nikon FM2N had 5 minutes...

A high-brow is someone who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso. A. P. Herbert … Is in the Details In my opinion the original...

I’ve posted about shooting film and scanning the negatives and positives (slides) using simple setup of a DSLR, macro lens, and light...

I intend for this to be short. Photography can be darn expensive. I suppose it is the tariffs that are driving up prices lately. Maybe...

Oh, you can’t get out backwards. You’ve got to go forwards to go back, better press on. Willy Wonka I’ve been posting some of my recent...

Keep moving. Something may be gaining on you. My dad lived to his mid-eighties. He was one of the “Greatest Generation” as they are...