This week Apple Watch users received a bit of a nudge from the company in the form of a Thanksgiving Day Challenge. The challenge was simple, users who complete a run, walk, or wheelchair work out of at least 3.1 miles on Thanksgiving 1 would be given a special achievement badge and a sticker to…
Category: Photography
Standing in Wind
Two days ago I was walking around pondering if I shouldn’t change into shorts. Then, on Saturday night, the weather went from “mild and calm” to “windy and cold.” We’d been out to shop and grab a bite to eat at a nearby mall. When we left the parking lot the air was still and…
Beautiful Thing
It’s been a cruddy week. Everything I’ve tried to accomplish has been blocked by an error, glitch, or other problem. At last count I’d spent around 12 hours on the phone with various instances of technical support. As such, every productive thing I wanted to accomplish had to wait. I also had something to do…
Photo Stacking
A friend of mine was out taking some photos of the Super Moon earlier this week, and found himself a bit disappointed he couldn’t get the exposure of both the sky and ground correct at the same time. If he brought out details on the moon the ground was all but black, if he brought…
Best Laid Plans
I’d planned for my post to go up late today. The “Super Moon” was going to be shining at it’s brightest, and I wanted to capture it as it came up over the horizon. I even had a new lens I wanted to use for the occasion. Instead, the clouds rolled in and the Moon…
Out of the Shadows
Over the course of the last week most of the color has departed from the trees. The yellow’s are still hanging on, I’ve noticed they tend to appear later in the season, but most of the remaining leaves have turned brown or have fallen to the ground. Such is the nature of mid-November in the…
