Just me enjoying a light beer!
I love puns and one liners. I love blurting them out...regardless of those in hearing range around me want to hear them or not. I think having an appreciation for one liners and puns is a sign of an intelligent mind...don't you agree?
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Brookie having tea in her secret garden.
Read MoreNickolas, the family pupster here!
I asked Dad if he would let me post again. Last time, I hijacked his blog and posted on the sly. This time he said okay.
I wanted to leave him and Mom a note. They may need what I write here one day.
I believe I mentioned in my last entry that Diane and I retired last month after selling our business. We are turning a new page in our lives...
Read MoreMe and Mom at the Workhorse Chassis Owner's Club Rally Myrtle Beach 2009
I think we should go back to having some fun. Derrick's rules for owning a motor coach, especially number four, are just that.
Read MoreWell Mikey, my dear friend, I made it to retirement. I don't think I could have done it without you even though you have been gone for six years.
Read MoreI promised some RV stories. Well I found a few. I doubt they are true, but they may bring a smile.
Read MoreTurner Field (named after my former boss) Atlanta, Ga.
We are well into this year's baseball season. The Nationals are on fire, as are the Mets. Baltimore is not.
Where is someone like Cal when you need him?
Read MoreI have a restless nature. I can't sit still for long periods of time doing nothing.
Read MoreHole 1 Deer Creek Motorcoach Resort (used to be hole 9)
A famous person once described it as a good walk spoiled. Someone else said it is a lot of walking, broken up by disappointment and bad arithmetic. I am talking about the game of golf
Read MoreThe kids have grown up. They are doing other things now...working, raising kids, taking pictures, playing music.....
Read MoreJoel Parker (jumping the hurdle) and the William and Mary Track Team in the steeplechase.
Today I am thinking about one of the things in my life that I am passionate about, something that goes well with travel and many other things in life.
That something is Photography.
Tom and Jeri
I really enjoy photography. It is the art of capturing a moment in time. Like any art form it is subjective and therefore what constitutes a good picture is really a matter of opinion. I learned that really fast from the people judging the very first contest I entered. What I thought were my best pictures received no mention and one that I entered as a lark in the still life category, almost took best in show.
Read MoreRiver Street, Savannah, Georgia taken with Sony 18-70mm F3.5-5.6 kit zoom at 20mm. 35 mm equivalent 30mm. Shutter speed 1/100 sec F9.0 ISO 100
To quote Sony.com “Every Lens tells a story!”
That is not true. Not completely anyway. A lens does no good unless it is attached to a camera, and the camera is only as good as the eye looking through it.
My grandson Gavin's cute face at intersection number 2 (you will find out what that means below)
Using the Rule of Thirds, changing an ordinary image into something special.
Read Moreimage of Derrick Parker captured by Clay Parker 1955
I think photography is in my DNA. One of the things that fostered my interest in becoming a shooter is the fact that my Dad was one for many years.
Read MorePart of Diane's paperweight collection, she thinks this image is creepy.
One of the volumes in my Time Life library of photography is called The Great Themes. These photography themes include The Human Condition (life as the camera sees it) War, Nature, Portraits, The Nude, and finally Still Life.
Read MoreThe phrase or term "Old School" has a number of definitions including this one:
Anything that is from an earlier era and looked upon with high regard or respect. Can be used to refer to music, clothing, language, or anything really.
That "anything really" can certainly be photography
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You read my lessons, you have a camera and a number of lenses. You have been taking shots, lots of them. So what do you do now?
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My attempt at being a wedding photographer, while using a new to me digital camera, and being the Father of the Bride at the same time.
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