This morning in Iowa City, we woke up to an actual temperature of -9 degrees F. This whole week, it’s going to struggle to reach 10F. So, maybe you’re chilled to the bone and need a hint of a summer breeze or the sight of some bumblebees. I aim to please.
Happy Places
Do you have a happy place? I have several. But few have the impact on me like Dream Lake does. It’s a mile long hike to get there and worth every huff and puff of the thin oxygen available. Sometimes it’s good to have those happy places available vividly in your memory when you need…
Rocky Mountain High
I find myself often times needing the mountains. The fresh air. The quiet winds in the most rugged of terrain. The spectacular views. The distant bark of a marmot. The void of humankind. The wonder of it all. Thank you, God, for cameras. And all the above.
Caption This
I’ll go first. “Shall we grab some sushi?” Now, you go.
Checking in…
I haven’t posted in ages. So long ago, that I had to teach myself all over again how to make one. And, what’s that rounded corner photo option? Neat. I’m still here, out in the wild exploring nature, making the most of Iowa winters. I’ve learned that the bald eagle’s families have some of the…
Hawkeyes Football Photo Stories – Weeks 5-8
Win or lose, I’ve been journaling the journey that is the 2017 Iowa Hawkeye Football season. In the last post, I copied links to the Adobe Spark stories I’d published through Week 4. Here are links to stories from Week 5 thru Week 8. Please take a click and scroll: Week 5 – Iowa at…
Hawkeye Football Photo Stories — Weeks 1 thru 4
As I’ve shot Iowa Hawkeye Football this season, I’ve created some Photo-journal Stories using Adobe Spark. It’s a great tool with a great presentation layer for the viewer. All you do is click the link and scroll! Please have a look: Season Preview: https://spark.adobe.com/page/WIWY5V3jx5AUK/ Week 1 – Wyoming at Iowa: https://spark.adobe.com/page/SpmjCzf4SZZVG/ Week 2 – Iowa…
Backyard Long Lens Photography
A few weeks ago I purchased a new Nikon D500 body for shooting the upcoming college football season and I’ve been getting myself in practice so that I’m ready to go, just like the players are doing now. I won’t go into technical details about how the camera functions because I’m not very smart, but…
Sorry to bug you…
…but I got some new gear and I’m pretty happy with the first photograph it made. Special thanks to the fly for the nifty pose. Man, I can’t wait for college football season to use all those focal points and 10 frames per second.
Weeds and Pillars
Random post. I have got to start blogging more. I enjoy it. Being able to express a view and share what I see should be a priority. Instead it’s an afterthought to the daily grind. I continuously find myself in the weeds… …and always propping up a heavy load.
Magpie, not to be at all confused with Moonpie
Last fall we took a week long getaway to Rocky Mountain National Park because we wanted to see the Aspens change to gold and the incredible elk rut. You won’t see any of that on this post, however. Ha! Last night as I was hungry (what else is new) and shuffling thru endless electronic file…
The Lincoln Memorial
In 1969, my family took a summer vacation to Washington, DC. I was almost 4 years old at the time. Oddly enough, even at the age of 52, I remember bits and pieces of that trip. I remember seeing space things at the Smithsonian Institute. I remember seeing President Kennedy’s gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery….
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