I’m seeing a great deal of posts around the web about the evils of ideology. In many ways, given the rise of political and religious extremism around the globe, that’s understandable. Those who are often writing against the dangers of ideology are often calling for people to step back and see “the other” as human….
Tag: photography
A Tale of Two Photographs
This past week I had several moments when I caught something with my eye and felt compelled to reach for a camera. I figured I’d share them to close out my blogging week 1. The first shows how you don’t necessarily have to have the best camera on hand in order to compose a visually…
Star Wars comes to Colonial Williamsburg
Over the Christmas break my family and I travelled to our favorite vacation spot, Colonial Williamsburg. Over the holidays the facades of the Historic Area are supposed to be wonderfully decorated, and wanted to experience this time of year first hand. The decorations were beautiful, and the weather was so warm I didn’t even wear…
More Fun with qDSLRdashboard
Back in October I wrote about a fantastic camera control app called “qDSLRdashboard.” I use this app to connect to my Nikon D7000 through a flashed router which runs the qdslrdashboard server. I love it, and this past week I discovered something which makes me love it even more. When I capture an image with…
Recovering from an “oops”
I had a wonderful time in Williamsburg over vacation, and got to take some photos of the Historic Area in a completely new season. When I got home, however, I remembered taking some photos which hadn’t been imported into Lightroom. As I pondered these missing photos I quickly realized what had happened. Mid-way through the…
A Foggy Walk
This morning I was about to pour the rest of the contents of my French Press into a travel mug when I looked out the window. There was fog. Not a faint hint of cloud which makes you believe your eyes must still be out of focus from sleep, mind you. This was fog –…
