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A Birthday Present for Mom or for Mother’s Day
My Mom is turning 90 this year. There’s only ONE THING she wants and that’s tickets to the US Open Tennis matches in New York in August. Well, that ain’t gonna happen from me! My Mom has lived and breathed … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Personal
Tagged birthday, gifts, Mother's Day, mug, mugs, personal, photographs, Photoshop, Royal Caribbean, VistaPrint
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Spring Fever and Photo Workflow Madness
Spring is around the corner and here are a few shots to jump start your fever. The process used to edit these photos lies below the gallery. In the first four photos, a juvenile Robin has a seriously hard time … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Photo, Software
Tagged Adobe, American Robin, Baltimore Oriole, berries, bird feeder, Camera raw, Carbon Copy Cloner, Color Efex Pro 4, ColorChecker Passport, Fetch, Icterus galbula, Lightroom, Mulberry, North American Robin, OnOne Photo Suite, photography workflow, Photoshop, Turdus migratorius
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Suck Your iPhone
Do you remember the hands free phone joke shot that invaded your mailbox circa 2000 or earlier? You carefully slipped a simple rubber band around your head to secure your phone to your ear–pain notwithstanding. Ya, right. … Continue reading
Local View of Groundhog Day with Photos
Every year on February 2nd, some poor groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil, Seer of Seers, Sage of Sages, Prognosticator of Prognosticators and Weather Prophet Extraordinary, is subjected to a number of misguided human beings extracting him from his home and using … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Photo
Tagged Adobe, Adobe Photoshop, groundhog, groundhog day, marmot, Photoshop, Puxsutawney, woodchuck
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Apple in China and Where We Get Our News Companion Article
It is disturbing to read the reports of worker problems in Chinese plants that manufacture Apple products. Yet, the problems are not new, they are not limited to Apple contracted facilities, nor are they ignored by Apple. I published an … Continue reading
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Great Blue Heron Photo Cards
I just sold a number of my photo cards to a local coffee shop. They have them on display in a basket on a large wooden bookcase. I’ve sold cards at small fairs previously, but not ventured into the local … Continue reading →