A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
The choice was, should I clean out the basement, or go shoot photographs? Today’s forcast was for fantastic weather. Tomorrow’s, not so much. To me it was a no brainer. I only had a couple of hours before I was to meet Laura for lunch and run some errands, so I decided to explore our … Read More “Touring Upper Lake Fairfield” »
Today was the last session of my Portraiture class at the Museum of Art. Each our classmates presented their work from last week’s photosession, and we made comments. We have some excellent photographers in this group, and I was quite impressed with some of the images. Even though each of us was shooting the same … Read More “Portraiture, Part 3” »
Yep, that’s OOBs – not OOPS!, or worse yet, BOOBS!. It stands for Out of Boundary, and is a photomanipulation technique that creates three-dimensional effect. A frame is created around part of the photo, then part of the image appears to break out of that frame. Creative use of a Gaussian Blur for shadow and … Read More “OOBs!” »
Well, Sally, you have to remember that back then temperatures used to get down into the 20s and 30s during winter. We used to spend more time outside during summer than we did in winter. That’s all different now… I was beginning to wonder if winter was ever going to get here. Last Sunday night … Read More “Grandpa, What Was Snow Like?” »
Happy Birthday Houston!
First there’s the inspiration… Then there’s the cautionary tales… I’m really glad I started my resolutions back in early November. It seems that the powers that be would like to extend the Season of Gluttony on into February. Valentines displays appeared in K-Mart before New Year’s Day. I’m betting that these will … Read More “Resolutions – Tabloid Style” »
The boar’s head in hand bear IBedecked with bay and rosemaryI pray you, my masters, be merryQuot estis in convivio. Caput apri defero,Reddens laudes domino. The boar’s head, as I understand,Is the rarest dish in all this land,Which thus bedecked with a gay garlandLet us servire cantico. Caput apri defero, Reddens laudes domino. More … Read More “Boar’s Head” »
Saturday was spent reorganizing my office to accommodate my new printer. The only place for the printer was on the other side of the room, which required a longer USB Cable. Here’s what else I discovered… 15′ USB Cable from our local Office Depot – $44 (Link goes to 10′ for $33) 15′ USB Cable … Read More “Price Gouging” »
We have a cat with a broken leg. Rascal already had a weak leg because of severe injuries sustained when just a kitten. His paw was crushed by a dog when he was just six weeks old, and the vet at the time thought that it would have to be amputated. However, he recovered, and … Read More “Rascal” »
One of our board members, Garry Harper, was quarterback at USC with George Rogers. Today he brought George’s Heisman Trophy by the office. Of course, work came to a standstill.