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2013-06-13 17:14:57 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

Our hearts & prayers are with those affected by the fires in Colorado! Show your support - use this image I created to update your profile photo and let the world know!

Thanks to +Christopher Haggerty for the idea!

#blackforestfire

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2013-06-07 05:58:19 (12 comments, 0 reshares, 50 +1s)

Project 52 B&W
Week 23: Broken
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W 
Curated by +Tisha Craw, +Susan Porter, & +Lauri Novak

I love roller coasters! The feeling you get when you leave the seat and float, and you aren't holding on to anything!.... if I could be any animal, I would be an eagle so I could just soar on the wind above everything.
Then there's the other roller coaster that I've been on for the last two weeks... sometimes I just want to say "I've had enough! Let me off this ride!!!"
We've celebrated two of my daughter's graduations, one from HS and the other from college, we've spent about 10 days with my Mom that lives 900 miles away.
And then.......... mixed into all the joy, we've had to remember the loss of my cousin (6/6/08) and my brother (5/29/10), both murdered two years apart minus a week.
Despite the... more »

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2013-06-07 05:22:36 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 21 +1s)

Project 52 B&W
Week 22: Technology
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W 
Curated by +Tisha Craw, +Susan Porter, & +Lauri Novak

Sorry about the lateness of this... the last two weeks have been a problem getting anything done. I'll give more info on my "broken" photo.... or you can check out my previous posts to get a better idea...
I played around with the "lens corrections" in LR again on this one, it just looked too plain without it. :o)

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2013-06-06 20:05:59 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

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2013-06-06 19:25:47 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Remembering my cousin Todd Bahr today....
It's been 5 years now and still seems like yesterday.
EOW 6/6/08  Badge 337 Fredericksburg Police

Todd was answering a disturbance call and was protecting someone he didn't even know, from an ex-boyfriend that was there to kill her. He was ambushed and killed doing the job he loved so much.
If all cops were like him, you wouldn't have people talking bad about them and hating them. He set a pretty high standard and treated people with respect no matter what they did wrong.
He is, and will be missed by a lot of people....
Who else could bring doughnuts with a smile to a cop car and get away with it? LOL!
Rest in Peace Cuz!

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2013-05-30 02:22:57 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

3 Years ago today my brother was taken from us by a coward with a gun and a mission to live off the state instead of being a contributing part of society.
Time has gone so fast, it still seems like yesterday.
We love and miss you bro!!

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2013-05-24 06:22:03 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 22 +1s)


Project 52 B&W
Week 21: Curves
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W 
Curated by +Tisha Craw, +Susan Porter, & +Lauri Novak

I found these curves at work tonight. This one would be pretty sweet in our boat, but I'll settle for the v6 that we have.... it's held it's own against a few bigger motored boats...  I'd need to add some stabilizers if it were any faster. I don't think I could afford the fuel for this one either!   :oD

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2013-05-19 03:45:46 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 25 +1s)

Project 52 B&W
Week 20: Framed 
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W 
Curated by +Tisha Craw, +Susan Porter, & +Lauri Novak

Sorry I'm a day late.... I was unplugged for a bit, I need some stress reduction!!
I was helping my cousin add on to his shed so he can bring in some new equipment for his business. It was such a beautiful couple of days but I think I got a little bit of a sunburn.... just enough that I can feel it but not enough that it hurts.
I wish I could spend more time out here instead of in the office.

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2013-05-11 05:55:31 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 33 +1s)

Project 52 B&W
Week 19: Food
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W 
Curated by +Tisha Craw, +Susan Porter, & +Lauri Novak

I'm not much for food photography so I just grabbed a few things from the fridge... there wasn't a lot there to work with but I did find some good colors to use. An orange pepper, red/yellow apple, red/green strawberry and a green(ish) celery stalk. I took them out to our table on the deck and almost put a white posterboard under them, but I liked the pattern of the expanded metal and black color against the smooth lines and color of the food.
While I was working in LR I went to do a lens correction and thought I'd do something different and pick a lens I don't have.... I went with a 15mm f2.8 and it twisted the view to this! I'll go with this view over the boring shot I had.....  :o)

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2013-05-09 04:14:07 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 25 +1s)

I'm really starting to like the new radial filter in the LR5 Beta!! Now to find some other photos to have some fun on....... mwuuuuhaaahaaaa.......
Single exposure (no HDR) of Wagner Falls in Michigan's Upper Peninsula

for #waterfallwednesday curated by +Eric Leslie
  #waterfallphotography
#landscapephotography curated by +Landscape Photography +Margaret Tompkins 
#plusphotoextract   #wagnerfalls #upperpeninsula #michiganphotography #lr5beta  

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2013-05-04 15:29:03 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 25 +1s)

Project 52 B&W
Week 18: Speed
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W 
Curated by +Tisha Craw, +Susan Porter, & +Lauri Novak

This was kind of an "Oops" shot from prom pictures last weekend. The guys wanted to do a jump shot and I wasn't ready for the shot the first time. This isn't so much about speed other than the "lack of" from me not being ready, but they are moving....   :o)
I liked the way the sky blew out so I just made it into a high key shot. The tree behind almost gives it a look of movement too by the shape and direction of the branches.
We ended up getting home about 6:30 the next morning after working the "after prom" party at school. Loooong day but lots of fun!

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2013-05-01 23:15:10 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 19 +1s)

Hope you are feeling better +kimberton pemberly !!
A little mid morning sunrise for you from #RMNP Colorado
This is where I go to feel better.... in my mind anyway.... the 12 hour drive is a bit much for a weekend road trip  :o(
#weloveyoupemberton

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2013-04-27 04:18:35 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 26 +1s)

Project 52 B&W
Week 17: Night Lights
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W 
Curated by +Tisha Craw, +Susan Porter, & +Lauri Novak

I was going to shoot this cute little night light we have in the spare bathroom, but after playing with this one I kind of like the lines on it. This is the curtain and the light bleeding through underneath on the stage during the change over at my middle daughter's last school band concert this week. The color version has some neat colors so I thought I'd try it in B&W. It was lights out except for this light so I had to bump the ISO a bit to hand hold this.

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2013-04-26 20:40:42 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Might have to try this sometime  :o)

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2013-04-23 16:26:04 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 17 +1s)

Canada, Alberta, Jasper National Park, The Ramparts reflected in Amethyst Lake at sunrise

Purchase a print of this image at http://cornforthimages.com/product/canada/tonquin-valley-sunrise-3/

View more of my photography at http://cornforthimages.com/

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2013-04-22 01:56:04 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

I had an awesome two days this weekend, even if it was sitting classes all day while the sun was finally shining! I'm just hoping it will all sink in and start showing through in my photography. I wish we could have made a whole week of it!
Thanks to +Doug Johnson, +Eileen Rafferty and the crew from +Rocky Mountain School of Photography !!!

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2013-04-19 04:14:07 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 31 +1s)

Project 52 B&W
Week 16: Fade
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W 
Curated by +Tisha Craw, +Susan Porter, & +Lauri Novak

Tisha, I did the Google search for "fade" and only found goofy haircuts.... maybe that was the point? :o)
Well.... on our 15th anniversary we went to Wisconsin Dells for the weekend.
(Notice the date at the bottom)
We found a little photo booth at the put-put golf range and hopped in.
12 1/2 years later, this is what the photo looks like... the one on the left is what is left of the faded original, the right is what I could tweak it to without getting too crazy.
I hate heat sensitive printing but can't believe it has held on this long! I think I had better get a good shot of this and bring it back, and print it before it gets any worse!

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2013-04-13 06:06:41 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 43 +1s)

Project 52 B&W
Week 15: Flower
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W
Curated by +Tisha Craw, +Susan Porter, & +Lauri Novak

Well, this is the best I could do this week.... our weather sucks and can't make up it's mind what it's going to do, so the flowers are holding off showing their faces.
I was going to have this in before the day was over but I fell asleep with my hand still on the mouse.... LOL
I am so glad the weekend is finally here!
This is our Easter Lily that is still hanging in there... it had a nice backlight in the window so I went with it....
Have a great weekend everyone!

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2013-04-05 06:12:44 (10 comments, 1 reshares, 42 +1s)

Project 52 B&W
Week 14: Transportation 
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W 
Curated by +Tisha Craw , +David Bowden , & +Susan Porter

This is the tank I've been driving all winter. My work beater is making a lot of noise and I haven't been able to work on it yet.... so I've been using that excuse to drive this for the last 5 months  :o) 
Now that the weather is warming up, I won't be able to use that excuse much longer.....
I love driving the truck, but it usually doesn't get many miles put on it, we usually just use it during camping season and when the snow gets deep.
The grunge treatment just seemed the right thing to do on this shot. This was processed in Lightroom other than a little spot cleanup in PS.
 

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2013-04-01 21:23:09 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

Playing under a bridge on a photo walk last year

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2013-03-29 06:25:07 (16 comments, 1 reshares, 70 +1s)

Project 52 B&W
Week 13: Look Up
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W 
Curated by +Tisha Craw , +David Bowden , & +Susan Porter

We had some great clouds flying by over the moon tonight, on my way home from work. By the time I got home and got out the camera, it looked like everything had blown over. So, I played around trying to get a decent moon shot and the clouds decided to come back... :o)
I had to get this one fast, the clouds were moving pretty quickly. I shot two exposures and blended the moon back in so it wasn't so blown out.
I shot at a pretty high ISO to keep things sharp otherwise I'd have lost the textures.
 

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2013-03-26 02:41:44 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

28 Quotes On Play

Here's a collection of my favorite quotes on play.
 
“Life is the game that must be played.” – Edwin Arlington Robinson

“Look closely and find subtle ways to play in your work. Play breaks up the burden of labor and gives it ananda – deep meaningful joy.” – Thomas Moore

“A person might be able to play without being creative, but he sure can’t be creative without playing.” — Kurt Hanks and Jay Parry

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” – Plato

“It is in playing, and perhaps only in playing, that the child is free to be creative.” – D W Winnicott

“We all operate in two contrasting modes, which might be called open and closed. The open mode is more relaxed, more receptive, more exploratory, more democratic, moreplayful and more humorous. The close... more »

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2013-03-25 03:15:05 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

We're finally home!... I mean..... ughh!!! were home.....
A week in the mid to upper 80's, sun, white sand beaches, and crystal clear turquoise blue water......
Temp at home.... 30 and snowing...
Tell me again.... why did I come home?!!!! (Oh yeah, the kids)

This was our view for the week from our balcony. We got to watch the sunset from here every night.  :o)

#Cancun #IslaMujeres #beachsunday #beachphotography  

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2013-03-14 20:50:03 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 25 +1s)

T-minus..... one day and counting !!!

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2013-03-09 20:09:03 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 23 +1s)

So... here's the set up on my shot for Week 10 "Reflecting"
Project 52 B&W
Week 10: Reflecting 
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W 
Curated by +Tisha Craw , +David Bowden , & +Susan Porter


Posted here:  https://plus.google.com/104265751273656254845/posts/JdMAjtBmYMc

Please excuse the mess.... I have a kid home from college on spring break LOL!!
Yes, that is my tripod with a leg against the sliding glass door!
+Lambert Schlumpf wondered how I got the caster to stand.... answer is, white thread!
It's funny the things you can come up with when you don't have a full time studio or softboxes to shoot with, and you need to get a shot. I tend to "wing it" and just go with the flow..... unless I'm taking a trip and getting some good "landscape" time in.

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2013-03-09 19:38:51 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 33 +1s)

Project 52 B&W
Week 10: Reflecting 
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W 
Curated by +Tisha Craw , +David Bowden , & +Susan Porter

I had a hard time this week because my reflecting is usually water or shiny stuff. The way our weather has been and the snow on the ground keeps me from doing that. I was doing some cleaning and ran across some prototype parts that I used to make for different people when I found this gem. So... reflecting would be the many years I spent working with this product and how much fun I had.
Here's the story....
I was working in a small shop in the middle of nowhere about 16 years ago???
A guy showed up one day in shorts and sandals saying he had this great idea and couldn't find anyone in California, where he had been living, to make prototypes for this. He handed us a napkin with a rough drawing on it. After talking for awhile wef... more »

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2013-03-07 04:53:38 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)


I'll be there!

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2013-03-05 23:01:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

On the verge of ordering!!! Glad I waited to see these! I'll take a Lg Slope!
Taking a survey.... Green or Black Tilopa BC ???
Anyone have good color pics of the green?

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2013-03-05 05:12:37 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley, CA.
I had the privilege of attending a workshop in Death Valley with Michael Gordon and Guy Tal. It was very educational and time well spent.

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2013-03-02 17:37:33 (9 comments, 1 reshares, 34 +1s)

Project 52 B&W
Week 9: Hands
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W 
Curated by +Tisha Craw , +David Bowden , & +Susan Porter


The paparazzi shot....
I converted this in Lightroom then went to onOne's Perfect Photo Suite 7 and looked through the B&W module for a neat preset. Just so happens this one is called "paprazzi" ! I applied that  and brought it back to LR to grunge it just a bit.
This wasn't supposed to be an Eye of Providence or illuminati symbol or anything, my eye just lined up that way when I was blocking the shot. LOL
:o)

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2013-02-23 06:17:36 (6 comments, 3 reshares, 21 +1s)

Bella doesn't like her picture taken after a nap, so strange noises need to be made to get her attention sometimes......
Here she is as an actress, a sphinx, an opera singer, an just annoyed with me..

#caturday  

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2013-02-23 04:31:23 (7 comments, 1 reshares, 47 +1s)

Project 52 B&W
Week 8: Isolation
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W 
Curated by +Tisha Craw , +Gene Bowker , +David Bowden

This is our baby "Bella". She was a stray runt left on our deck about 3 years ago in December when the temps were about 15 below and -50 wind chills. She was so cute (and cold) we couldn't leave her out there. Fast forward to this year... her siblings from down the road (and a litter or 10 later) are now adopting us and staying on our deck!! I don't think we will be bringing all three of them in this time... although one is long haired and verrrrry pretty!

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2013-02-21 05:34:56 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 4 +1s)

ROFLMAO !!
I just saw this on +Jimmy Kimmel Live . He showed the video and then brought them on live to show it wasn't faked.
Tummy Talk- An Epic Drum Solo

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2013-02-19 03:10:59 (11 comments, 3 reshares, 13 +1s)

I think we have been adopted... This is one of the kitties that has decided we have better food and scratching than down the road where she came from. She has a couple brothers and a small kitten that show up once in awhile, they all look like our Bella so I'm guessing they are all siblings to one momma over the last couple of years. One we named "Moe" because of the wide white stripe from his nose to the back of his head like a mohawk!.
We haven't talked my wife into letting her in yet.......... yet  :o)

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2013-02-18 01:34:04 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 38 +1s)

Project 52 B&W
Week 7: Abstract 
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W 
Curated by +Tisha Craw , +Gene Bowker , +David Bowden

Now that  my computer is back up and running.... here's my late abstract entry.

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2013-02-09 17:32:46 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 25 +1s)

Project 52 B&W
Week 6: Rule of Thirds 
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W 
Curated by +Tisha Craw , +Gene Bowker , +David Bowden

Thought I'd play with the word "thirds" a bit.... I grabbed the 1/3 cup and started to look for a backdrop, I found a black blanket to set it apart from the background..... I was thinking minimalism here. When I went looking for something to hold the blanket up with, I noticed a foot stool (box) that had the top sewn with the tic-tac-toe "thirds" pattern on it, so I decided to use it instead of the blanket. We had some nice soft light from the overcast sky outside, so I set it up on my daughter's bed to catch a nice side light to give all a little shadow for some mid tones. No flash, just available light.

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2013-02-03 21:44:25 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

Project 52 B&W
Week 5: Color w/out the Color
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W 
Curated by +Tisha Craw , +Gene Bowker , +David Bowden

Pink Rainbow

I found these in my oldest daughter's room. She's away at college right now so I can touch them without her having a fit!   :o)
She works at Victoria's Secret and loves collecting the dogs (and other things....). The blanket these are on is pretty psychedelic too so the dogs fit right in. I called this the "rainbow" because these are the R.O.Y.G.B.I.V. colored ones she has.... there are way more than just these in her room!!! (where do they get the money for this stuff??)

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2013-02-01 20:48:39 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

My friends think I'm a freak, but it's only because I care.
I'm writing this for my friends who are on Facebook. I'm writing it here so I can share the link on FB, because that's the only way I post there anymore. And before you pass this off as "just another anti-FB rant" take a few minutes to actually read it.

I used to be an avid FB user. I run our office from home, and I don't have any other office staff here. So for large portions of the day, I'm alone. It's was nice to take a break every now and then and pop onto FB to see what my friends were up to. 

Then, I was introduced to G+, and after the initial break-in period of figuring out that this was not the same thing as FB in a different format, but was something totally different, I really started to enjoy connecting with people based on interests. But I still used FB to keep... more »

2013-01-31 16:27:55 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

First Name T-Z

The #photographerstofollow  2013 #alphabetcircles

Curated by +Gene Bowker 

So who are these folks? And why are they photographers to follow?

First of all.. this circle contains a bunch of my closest friends on G+. The folks that I spend the most time "with" on here.  There are a bunch of great photographers and just as importantly "good people" here.

How I decide who to circle and share:

1) Active : They have posted within the last month. With the holidays a lot of folks have slowed down but these folks are still there. Yes, I visited each stream.

2) Original : These photographers are sharing mostly  "THEIR OWN WORK" and their stream is mostly photography.
 
3) Interactive : I try to find folks who are interactive and comment ontheir ... more »

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2013-01-29 02:19:06 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 24 +1s)

Project 52 B&W
Week 2: Self Portrait (Late)
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W 
Curated by +Tisha Craw , +Gene Bowker , +David Bowden

Since I still owe you guys a selfy, I'll throw this one in.
I took this while working on my shot for week 4 "Camera" and didn't even realize it until I started going back through some shots tonight. I had just come home from getting a root canal so I wasn't really all there at the time  ;o)

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2013-01-25 05:09:13 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 26 +1s)

Project 52 B&W
Week 4: Camera
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W 
Curated by +Tisha Craw , +Gene Bowker , +David Bowden

Thirds

My "Big Gun" (EF70-200 f2.8 L IS II) wouldn't fit if I wanted this shot to work, the mirrors weren't big enough.
This is my Canon 5D MKII, EF24-105 f4. L IS USM etc.... , and 580EXII.
I do a lot of "CAD" solid modeling and drafting at work, so this popped into my head while I was getting ready for work this week. I processed this in LR4 and played with some of the sliders I normally don't use, like "Grain" to get the effect.

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2013-01-18 06:09:39 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 42 +1s)

Project 52 B&W
Week 3: Frozen
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W
Curated by +Tisha Craw , +Gene Bowker , +David Bowden

For me, this is a moment frozen in time.
After the mentally, physically and emotionally draining week I had before, this view is what finally set me free for a short time while everyone else was sleeping.
This is a view of downtown Chicago from the top floor of the hotel we stayed at.
I spent quite awhile watching the trains and traffic moving around and just enjoying the lights.
I had to do this "hand held" because, like a dummy, I thought "why would I need a tripod this weekend if I'm shooting a dance competition???" Never crossed my mind that I would be on the top floor looking out over the city at night..... DUH!
 
#blackandwhitephotography  

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2013-01-16 06:04:32 (32 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Had to put our baby to sleep last Friday... the vet said his liver was shut down and he hadn't really eaten much since just after Christmas. We were to the point of feeding him with a medicine syringe hoping his meds would help but they weren't doing any good. He was still getting around good and was happy, he just didn't have the energy or stamina to do much. He was still the mellow, easy going sweetie until the end, holding my finger with his big paws. We had a great year and a couple weeks with him, so sad he had to go so young. This photo was Christmas morning, I think he was saying "it's time to feed me!"

We got him pretty young and he was still a bit wild so he would hide a lot. I'd mew at him like a kitten and he would come out and talk to me and purr.
I met the family at the vet Friday morning and walked in with my shades on, he just looked at me. As... more »

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2013-01-14 21:14:18 (9 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

WARNING  This is NOT my photo....  I repeat, this is NOT my photo!!

I got this in an email today... I just have to share it.
PEOPLE!! There are these wonderful things out there called BOOKS, SCHOOLS, and the INTERNET
USE THEM!!! 
LOL!!!
Sad thing is, there are people out there that think this way!!  Heck, turn on PBS or something if you need to and watch a program about nature!!

Better yet... GET OUT THERE AND BE A PART OF IT !!!

(stores don't make their own meat.... there's already enough chemicals and garbage in our food that is supposed to be "real" but we aren't to that point yet!)

2013-01-14 04:54:44 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Alright Grimm......
I think it's time you take your sicle and shove off!
You've been hacking away at my tree for too long, there isn't much left.....
Go find another forest to play in!

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2013-01-04 06:09:06 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 28 +1s)

Project 52 B&W
Week 1: Happy New Year
#P52BW13 | +Project 52 B&W
Curated by +Tisha Craw, +Gene Bowker, & +David Bowden


This is how it usually goes when trying to get a family photo or just the kids.....
One person stares at the camera, the others keep moving or looking around or making noises and laughing. Sometimes I wonder why we even try, then you look at all the photos and there is a good one where no one was expecting you to hit the shutter... and you get a good shot. Even if you never get that perfect posed "cheese" photo that the wifey wants, you always get the true character showing through. You just have to relax and realize, those goofy photos will always mean more and make you smile after the kids are grown and gone.
:o)

Edit..... Processed in LR4 & Silver Efex Pro2

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2012-12-31 17:32:51 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Awesome shots from +Colby Brown !
I agree, it should be about what moves and inspired you to take the photo, not what others think or how many +1's & comments the photo received.

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2012-12-21 00:28:24 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

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2012-12-21 00:27:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Grand Opening of INSIVITY.COM + $2000 GIVEAWAY

I am incredibly happy to announce the official launch of Insivity (www.insivity.com). Insivity stands for "Insane Inspiration and Creativity" and consists of a collaborative effort from some of the most talented and inspirational photographers, graphic designers and illustrators in the world who are here to share their knowledge and passion with all of you...for free!

Aritsts include:
+Jeremy Cowart +Chris Burkard +Elia Locardi +Ken Kaminesky +Richard Bernabe +Catherine Hall +Dean Bradshaw +Patrick Di Fruscia +Jay Patel +Varina Patel +Alan Shapiro  and many many more.

$2000 GIVEAWAY
As part of this grand opening, we are giving away a Wacom Cintiq 22HD tablet (MSRP $1999) to one lucky winner. All you have to do is sign up for the Insivity newsletter (http://insivity.com/sign-up/)and reshare any ... more »

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2012-12-15 19:14:15 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Here's the view that the "residents" of the Central City Cemetery in Colorado have.
It's easy to see why they picked this location for a final resting place, such a beautiful view and it's high above the town so any building wouldn't block it.


#cemeteryphotography #centralcitycolorado #coloradophotography

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