A lot of the photos and tutorials, and to some extent the resources, have a serious tone to them.  Last night I decided to have a bit of fun and what better way than to create a project which enables you to laugh at yourself? Creative self-portraits are fun, but can be a little tricky.  Resources are important, however, a plan is even more critical to your success. Read more »

I have been “protected” for about a year now via Norton and felt that I was reasonably secure.  Yet when the subscription ran out I continually ignored the warnings to upgrade, probably because I really didn’t want to come out of pocket for anything.  So it was no real shock to me when my computer was bombarded with utter garbage this past week. Read more »

I received word last week that one of my City Hall East photos was selected as the winner for the Creative Loafing Flickr contest. Rarely do I win anything.  And by rarely I of course mean…never.  You can tell that I never win anything because I thought the mail was spam at first.

So this was a nice treat on a Friday afternoon.  I won a pair of tickets to see REM at Lakewood.

Recently I had my first photo stroll with some really great people: South Atlanta Flickr.  The group’s admin, Julie Harnage, and a few others continued after I had to leave. But I managed to walk away with a really cool photo that I processed.  I just wish I had taken the image.  Still, it begged to be brought into Photoshop and processed. Read more »

Last week I finally made a purchase of a new lens.  If you ask my buddy Dave, he will tell you “’bout time” as I have been discussing this for too long.  On Friday, my Sigma 10-20mm lens arrived and I couldn’t be happier.

As you know, the cost of everything is going up.  Buying a new lens is sadly something I do not engage in as often as I would like.  While a new lens can be a big jump in terms of the checkbook, I also want to be as economical as possible, which is why I chose the Sigma lens. Read more »