A couple of weeks ago I published a blog post about my recent experience becoming a widower. It was the most personal thing I have ever shared publicly. Many people who read it got together and have sent me gifts and I want to tell you all thank you. It is nice to be thought… Read More Thanks and Sunlight
I went out to Inks Lake hoping to see maybe some wildlife and a sunset Saturday afternoon. But, I ended up mainly focusing on the blooming cactuses. I ran across an area rich in pink-purple cactus blooms and had to get low and shoot some photos. It was a cloudy day and I didn’t always… Read More Blooming Cactus
I go hiking at the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge at least a couple of time per month. I always bring a camera, but sometimes I feel that I have taken every photo that there is to be taken out there. I know every trail, every overlook, every dry creek bed, and every hill. I… Read More The Glowing Cactus
Lately I have been going out and shooting photos, looking at them on my computer, and then just sort of sitting on them for a week or so before I figure out what I think about them. This is true of some photos I took last weekend on a cloudy, dreary Sunday afternoon. I had… Read More Just One Photo
In Big Bend National Park there is a large boulder balanced on some other boulders; this feature is called Balanced Rock. Balanced Rock sits at the end of the one-mile long Grapevine Hills trail and is a popular hiking destination. I have had photographic aspirations for this feature as it overlooks the desert to the… Read More The Grapevine Hills
There is a big, somewhat challenging, day hike at Big Bend. It can range from 12 – 16 miles depending on how you do it. There is a lot of climbing up mountains, down through canyons, along creek beds, and up along the rim of the Chisos Mountains facing south toward Mexico. Unless you are… Read More “The Hike”
I took these photos a couple of weeks ago and I like them but I wasn’t really sure what to say about them. These are photos from an outing that I made to the national fish hatchery close by. There are many ponds that attract all sorts of different birds. I went out there to… Read More When To Use A Teleconverter
I decided to try something new this year. Instead of just hiking around with a camera, I am also trying mountain biking around with a camera. This allows me to get a different level of exercise and maybe cover more ground in some cases. And many of the state parks have biking trails that I… Read More Trail Riding with a Camera
I assessing my photographic progress in 2024, I have been looking back and attempting to determine what my best photos are. I have narrowed the selection down to five images and I would like to get feedback from readers and so I am attempting a poll at the bottom of this post. I already have… Read More Best of 2024 with Poll
Several blog posts ago I mentioned that I come across places that I like but don’t know how to photograph and I keep these places in mind and try to come back to them with new ideas. One such place is a patch of ashe juniper trees with a hiking trail leading through it. This… Read More A Foggy Trail in the Woods
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