Great Gray Owl encounter
Only a Great Gray Owl and I enjoyed the early morning light in the frozen marsh along the AT on the trail to Velvet Rocks in Hanover this morning. I…
Lyme Hill Conservation Area
I paid my first visit to the UVLT Lyme Hill Conservation Area yesterday afternoon. I wasn't expecting to see much so I just carried a camera with a "walk-around" lens---no…
Editing a View from Kari La
After a great morning hiking mostly uphill from 6,600 ft, we spent a very long time having lunch and waiting for it to start raining so we could experience trekking…
LX7 First Month
I've had a new tool for a month now. It's a camera to have fun with like the photo on the right of the shadows of my legs on my…
Geminid Meteor Shower
Brenda emailed to alert me to the Geminid Meteor Shower which was going to peak later in the night of December 13. So I made some photos in my yard…
LX7 First Ten Days
Cameras and lenses are just tools. It's not the equipment, it's the photographer that makes pictures. I've had students with extensive and expensive gear who make very pedestrian photos. And…
Photographing the Stars
Last week featured cool, clear nights and a fairly new moon. Ideal conditions to see lots of stars. So, prompted by a question I was asked about photographing stars in…
Woodstock Photo–SLR Field Trip
A group of 6 very enthusiastic photographers from my fall Photo---SLR class accompanied me on a morning walk through Woodstock Vermont. I was very pleased to see how engaged all…
Always Be Prepared
In photography being prepared can get you many shots you would otherwise miss. It stands to reason you need to have a camera with you, but what more do you…
Photographing the Moon, Part 2
In mid-July I related some thoughts and gave some hints on photographing the moon, given the upcoming blue moon. I commented that I mainly photograph the moon opportunistically. That is,…
Photographing the Moon
Once in a blue moon, or maybe a bit more often, I opportunistically photograph a full moon. I almost never plan to do so; all of my photos here were…
Antique Autos
It started as a simple morning bike ride from Sunapee with a big loop around the lake and a stop at my favorite bagel place in Henniker, the St. George…