I was never a boy scout, but their motto “Be prepared” is good advice when you want to get good spur of the moment photos. This shot is a good example, from the time I first realized the moon was coming up behind the clouds to when I got this photo was only about 5 [...]
Photowalking: the act of walking with a camera for the main purpose of taking pictures of things you may find interesting.
Photowalking.org: a community site where fans and organizers of photowalking can commune, interact, and announce their photowalking adventures
Photowalking is all about getting out and shooting things in your immediate environment. Whether you’re with someone sharing [...]
A couple of weekends ago I had the urge to go out shooting some long exposures, but didn’t want to drive around in the country looking for dark areas to shoot star trails. So I headed downtown and spent a couple of hours wandering around White River State Park and the downtown canal shooting things. [...]
I spent last night with a good group of folks walking around downtown Indianapolis photowalking. It’s an informal group formed on Flickr. Although it’s sorta kinda organized around a Flickr group, I tend to think of it more along the lines of just a photowalking group.
The weather was perfect, we started out with an early [...]
…light pollution that is.
It seems like it’s taken no time at all to go from daytime temperatures in the mid-90’s, where the nighttime temperature cools down to the mid-80’s, to full blown fall weather, with the nighttime temperatures dipping into the 40’s. This is actually about my favorite time of year. So with a new [...]
It’s been about 9 months since I started this blog, and I’m still at it. Holy shit. I’m still posting on a somewhat regular basis, and it’s slowly evolving into a blog mainly about my developing passion for photography, including shooting infrared, with occasional excursions off that beaten path.
In parallel with the development of this [...]
We went to the Rib Fest here in Indianapolis earlier tonight, and watched Buddy Guy tear out an outstanding set. He may sing “Done got old” on his latest album, but he’s still got it. How good was he? He might have converted Misty into a blues fan.
Half way through his set, he got down [...]
It’s nice to know that I’m in good company.
“Most of your pictures suck” but then again most of my pictures suck as well. Let it go and get on with shooting.
Good advice from those more experienced than I in the world of photography.
