Aaaand we’re back.  It was a whirlwind visit to say the least.  The colors were beautiful and we had a great time.  Two very brief thoughts for tonight.
1000 photos to sort through now.  Ugh.
The MacBook is pretty slick.

Just got back from a great extended weekend visiting my son at school in New Haven, CT.
Never having been to New Haven, I was anxious to have a look around.

Armed with the knowledge that some very famous people have come from here (like Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton-gin and Eli Yale, inventor of very [...]

Inspiration Sunday is Back! Here’s a nice photo to get you in the mood for winter.

Quite often, when taking photographs of objects breadbox sized or smaller, being able to set them up on a raised surface and lighting them from underneath will give you a cool look.
This is a technique I used just recently for the Year of Color 2 challenge.

For quite a while I’ve been trying to find a [...]

We just arrived in New Hampshire yesterday. It sure is beautiful and the weather is perfect. The two flights went remarkably well considering we had two small kids with us. I even managed to convince myself to haul the Nikon and assorted gear all the way across the country. I’m glad I did as the [...]

“Don’t ever send me a photograph of yourself,” said Dr. Farid, head of the Image Science Laboratory at Dartmouth. “I’ll do the most terrible things to it.”…

In one of Canon’s radio commercials, the man speaking claims Canon gave him the ability to manipulate ideas electronically.  Wow, is this some new futuristic technology bestowed upon us by aliens?  What, now, am I to do with my piles of papyrus?

Ever since our beloved IBM Thinkpad died earlier in the year, I’ve been both suffering the single-computer home and looking for a suitable replacement.  Through the help of my brother and his nice discount, I bought an Apple Macbook.  Naturally, now that I am about to take ownership of the creative computer of choice, I [...]