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Musings about photography and a bit about life! Enjoy!!

What Plans?

May 29, 2021 • 7 Comments

Quite some time back, I put in a vacation time request for this past Friday, the beginning to Memorial Day weekend. Then I was booked to work in Magee, MS for a few days this week, assisting a hospital with their software use. In all honesty, I had forgotten this was the holiday weekend, so had planned on leaving Magee Thursday and traipsing around...

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Memories - Orange Street Pier

May 21, 2021 • 14 Comments

If you’ve followed my postings on Facebook and/or perused my website offerings, you’ve likely surmised that the Orange Street Pier is one of my favorite photo subjects here in Fairhope. I’m often asked, “why so many shots of that pier?”. The flippant response would be, “I like it”. And, I do! The reality, for me though, is that the O.S.P. is reflec...

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Photography as Art

May 21, 2021 • Leave a Comment

On occasion, upon viewing one of my shots, someone will ask, “Do you use filters?”. The short answer to that question is, “Yes, always!”. Both the question and my answer deserve explanations and I’ll get to those shortly. But first, why was the question asked in the first place? Of course, no one really knows what goes on in someone else’s mind and...

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It’s a Process – Sorry Nick!

May 21, 2021 • 13 Comments

Okay, that was a cheap way to grab attention with a title, at least in Bama football country. But, photography, much like playing football for Saban or undertaking any endeavor worth having is a journey that includes a learning process in order to improve. The learning process for me includes reading material produced by professionals, studying the...

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Best Laid Plans

May 21, 2021 • 2 Comments

When I am out and about, I almost always have a camera at the ready for that unexpected shot. Nothing is more frustrating than to happen upon a scene that just cries out to be captured, only to realize that the camera is sitting on the shelf at home. Of course, most everyone carries a smartphone these days and the cameras they offer get better and...

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