Race for the cure

Race for the cure
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OK, so not really a new hobby, just some new toys for a current hobby, photography. My lovely wife has been in touch with her aunt, who has recently purchased a new camera, and she has agreed to sell Angela her old one, which Angela is buying as my birthday present! So, in a few…
The Labor Day weekend here in the US gave us another opportunity for a quick trip, allowing us, and Angela’s parents to spend some time in Chicago. We took the Amtrak from Toledo on Saturday morning, coming back to Toledo late Sunday night. It was a good time, both days were warm and sunny, without…
While in London this week, I had a very stark reminder of some very old, but wise, advice about shooting with SLR cameras, digital or otherwise. The advice I’ve heard from way back in the days of shooting with a film SLR was to always keep one hand on the camera. As sturdy as they…
We spent the weekend with Angela’s family, including a little trip across the border to Windsor, Ontario. It’s only about a two hour drive from where her parents live and none of them had ever been to Canada, so it was fun, even if the Border Patrol was suspicious of a car full of folks…
Still trying to get back into the swing of things, and caught up with all kinds of general “stuff” after being out of town for a family wedding, and then the ILTA09 conference. Expect that life will be back to normal, maybe, around the three day weekend. Then again, life wasn’t exactly normal before all…
Yes, this is me catching up with all the photos I took since the beginning of the year, finally! We spent a weekend down in Savannah back in January. I have never been before, but had always wanted to get the chance to shoot some of the old historic neighborhood. I knew the squares would…