Cross your eyes and make a wish…

I’m still trying to tweak this idea of a “stereo view card” recreation.  And I’ve got too many freakin’ variables to work with. Do I print the card images as color, or as sepia tones, or as straight black and white? Do I make the pair of images round or square or corner-rounded or domed?…

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Results from the 2014 San Francisco International Photography Competition

So of the twelve photos I entered in the 2014 San Francisco International Photography Competition, one of them made the cut. Which one? Was it one of your favorites? Read the blog and find out.

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What does Iowa have in store for me?

Well, apparently Iowa has a State Fair.  And within that State Fair is a very highly competitive photo competition. My blog reader Bob Burger recommended that I consider entering this competition. And I did.  But with a caveat. At one point in my life – five years ago, to be precise – I was content…

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Jesus saves… with lightning and neon…

I must have passed that neon sign a hundred thousand times.  Heck, I even used it as part of my photo Night Train to Heaven a couple of years ago. Okay, that was great, but that was a long time ago. I’ve been shooting a lot of neon photography of late, and I’ve tried to…

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An unassuming shot of Washington Park

I visited Washington Park on a chilly March night in 2008.  It was one of my first attempts to photograph at night.  At the time, my gear was top-of-the-line, at least by 2008 standards – my camera was a Nikon D70, my lens was an 85mm f/1.8 lens that I normally used for sports photography…

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Have fun with “Shadow Selfies”

Every so often, someone will go on some self-important gripe about selfies.  How other people’s selfies are showing up on that person’s Facebook feed, and it annoys them to no end. Don’t get me wrong.  I’ve written about selfies that were taken in inappropriate locations, such as on a cadaver table.  But I’m getting tired…

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