It was a dark and stormy night… For those of you who remember the Peanuts cartoon strips, that was the beginning of every story Snoopy wrote on his typewriter, atop his doghouse. In this case, it was a foggy, perfect photo morning. I had been watching for a good…
The Fuji X100s continues to maze me in terms of dynamic color output in JPEGs. Most folks shy away from using anything but RAW images and there is some safety in that approach. However, for simple shots and images that stay equal to or under the 13″x19″ size, JPEGs from…
We spent several nice days in the middle of China Town in San Francisco during the summer of 2012. It was a great test for our family as we travelled around San Francisco and back and forth to Yosemite without renting a car. Public transportation in California is superb. I…
Where we live, getting snow in March that actually causes school to be cancelled is a rare occurrence. More interesting is the high temperature five days later will be 70 degrees farenheit. Weather! Here is an image of a location I have been watching during my daily commute that past…
Last night we had a rare lunar conjunction with both Venus and Jupiter. As astronomy goes, light from the object you are viewing is the most important next to clear skies. Venus happens to be the brightest object in the sky next to the sun and then the moon. Jupiter…
In the southeast we have mild winters compared to the north and cold winters compared to the deep south. The advantage is we get a little bit of both weather patterns. Yesterday we had high humidity at night with temperatures right at the freezing mark. The result was a fantastic…
Cades Cove is located in the northwest corner of the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. Cades Cove is also my favorite spot to watch and photograph deer. I have spent many an evening there watching herds of deer go by. By herds I mean groups of deer numbering in the…
On monday a large storm front moved through the Charlott, NC region. The wind was blowing hard and the clounds kept coming in waves. They would string out in a long line and you could see where the change in temperature was in the atmosphere. The hot and cold spots…
Today we took the kids and went up to Brevard, NC near where I grew up. We spent some time hiking in Pisgah at one of my favorite trail stops – Moore’s Cove. This used to be a little known and hidden trail. It’s at the second bride after Looking…
The following is a list of some of my recent photography outings. After I develop and scan pictures from these outings I will post one of the pictures and analyze it for aesthetics as well as exposure. A Cat’s Best Friend Old Building in Fresh Snow Lunar Conjunction with Venus…