My anniversary gift – giant cookies!

My anniversary gift – giant cookies!
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A couple of observations about shooting at the beach over the Christmas weekend: 1. Off-season is a great time to photograph a beach. It is much easier to get landscape and seabird shots when they are only a handful of people within sight of you along the beach. 2. On the other hand, the lack…
Anytime I travel, I take my camera and make exploring and photographing the area a part of the plans. Usually that results in getting some good photos, and capturing better memories of the places we see, or the things we do once there. On the other hand, when traveling, taking photos isn’t always the first…
I saw this post over at Digital Photography School on using your Zoom lens to compose the photo, and it occurred to me that I do this all the time, without ever really thinking about it. When I’m traveling and shooting photos, especially in popular tourist places, there are times I want random tourists in…
As I adjust to life in Louisiana, I have seen and heard almost constant reminders of the flooding that ravaged the Baton Rouge area last summer. Believe it or not, there are still homes with damage, and in the process of being renovated. I’ve heard a few stories from my new coworkers about the flood,…
We’ve read about people selling their organs to get their hands on an iPhone, but I’ve never before heard of a couple willing to face-off with a live alligator for one. That’s the somewhat bizarre situation a Florida couple found themselves in recently, however, when 24-year-old Anthony Larrimore dropped his iPhone while snapping pictures of an alligator…
After a trip to the Franklin Park Conservatory this afternoon, followed by a nice lunch, we came home and my wife proceeded to head up to the office to work on uploading some of her photos. Not 10 minutes later, I hear her calling for me to come help her. Somehow, the CF card she…