Oregon Coast Workshop review

Another Oregon Coast Workshop has come and gone and another 14 people introduced to my curse of bad sunsets. Oh, well- Brenda and I do the best we can and the weather Gods just don’t cooperate. This is not to say that the participants didn’t get some...

Colorado flowers

It has been a magnificent year for wildflowers in the high country of Colorado. I haven’t been photographing much but I have been spending a lot of time hiking through the beautiful meadows. Most of my time has been between 8000 and 9500 feet elevation where the...

ISO test

  Well, I’ve done it again and I’ve gotten another camera – the little Nikon Coolpix A. One of the main reasons I got it was that it has the largest sensor of any of the small, compact cameras. The sensor is the same sensor that is in the...
The Equipment Conumdrum

The Equipment Conumdrum

Here is something all photographers have in common- the desire for ever better, ever newer, ever ever camera gear. Whether young or old or ancient, good, great or god awful, outdoor, indoor or sliding door we all crave better stuff whether we actually need it or not....
Forgotten Summer Fields

Forgotten Summer Fields

This is a terrible time of the year to be a sports fan- basketball season is over, football hasn’t started yet, baseball is in the dog days of summer, golf is, well…golf and hockey (Wait, did hockey have a season this year? Are they still playing? Did...
More Playing!

More Playing!

So I’ve been playing with my new little camera some more. Just wandering around my house and the local environs trying to get to know what the camera can and can’t do. This is important to do with a new camera so when something important comes along to...