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Several years ago, My wife and I, along with my cousin and his wife. went to Key West Florida for a joint vacation. I told her that my goal was “to sit on the beach and look at the waves;” My cousin, Mike, agreed with me. Alas that didn’t happen…

I started the Stupid Photographer’s Tricks series o posts in March 2019.The series began with a three posts in which I shared some of the dumb things I’ve done over the years and that, for some reason, always seem to involve attractive women. But not always…

The Fourth of July is typically a day to fire up the grill and not only commemorate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring our independence from Great Britain. Fun fact: The written Declaration of Independence was dated July 4 but wasn’t actually signed until August 2 when fifty-six delegates signed the document, although all were not present on that day in August.

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you, no doubt, have seem me express my affection for the Olympus E-M1X Micro Four-thirds mirrorless camera. My quest for one has been ongoing with OM Systems selling new ones on their OM SYSTEM Store for $2,019.95.

As I’ve written about before here and on my former blog, I like to take walks during the day to get a bit of exercise, clear my head and sometime try out  new equipment…

There are lots of ways to create monochrome digital images but the easiest way to create a black and white digital image is in the camera at the time of capture. Many mirrorless cameras and DSLRs have built-in monochrome modes and some even have modes that enhance gray tones while making the rest of the colors look less vibrant producing an old-fashioned even hand-colored look