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The solstice (combining the Latin words sol for “Sun” and sistere for “To Stand Still”) is the point where the Sun appears to reach either its highest or lowest point in the sky for the year and thus ancient astronomers came to know the day as one where the Sun appeared to stand still.

“The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.”- Andy Warhol

One of my most pirated books is Better Available Light Digital Photography that I coauthored with Barry Staver. When Barry discovered it was available as an illegal download, we informed the publisher who acted as if they could care less.

“It has been said a thousand times that photography is a universal language. To accept this notion is to ignore the fact that its meanings cannot be translated in anything other than a woolly and imprecise manner.” – Pete Turner

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!” ― Hunter S. Thompson

From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.”— Groucho Marx. Nobody, at least that I know, has ever said the same (above) about one of my books but I wouldn’t be surprised if they did.