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“Sitting in the exuberantly idiosyncratic yard of his Jackson, Mississippi home, it became clear immediately that he felt that much of gardening “wisdom” could be wholly ignored. Felder began his little backyard lecture in iconoclasm thusly: “You know how … Continue reading
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My mother, Ashley Fox-Smith, her Aunt Edna and I visited David Atkins again this year and were again generously gifted with a pirate’s trove of heirloom bulbs. While the ladies in question got a wide variety of bulbs, I … Continue reading
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I drove to Eunice on Sunday night in spite of the excesses of Spanish Town Mardi Gras and an unsightly rug burn on my forehead. I had to photograph a boucherie for Spencer Magazine at 7AM and leaving my … Continue reading
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I am doing a series of portraits and photographic studies for The Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX) and The Capital Area Transits System (CATS). The first morning of shooting started early. My brain was still a little cloudy from only … Continue reading
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Okay, so what do these images show? Mainly they show the differences in distortion, magnification, angle of view and image quality of the lenses that I have in my stable. I performed the test to, as closely as possible, … Continue reading
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You can drive pretty close to the rim of one of Nicaragua’s active volcanos, Masaya. There is a short hike to the south that brings you to a now inactive and forested caldera. There is also a stairway that … Continue reading
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We all have our side projects— build a Napoleonic War frigate in a bottle, clean the gutters, get those heirloom bulbs in the ground, organize our stamp collection from countries that no longer exist e.g. I also have a few … Continue reading
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Our first full day in Granada started early. The heat there gets pretty intense as the day goes on. So, if you want to get anything done and avoid heat stroke, the you better do it in the morning … Continue reading
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A trip to Angola Prison is always something of a trip down the rabbit hole. It is just an unnerving place, unnerving in its banality or normalcy. This was my sixth of seventh visit out there and it may … Continue reading
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The extended McMains clan got together to watch LSU beat Alabama this past Saturday. Prior to the particular joy of that event we sat around and enjoyed some pre-game treats. I boiled some beautiful, big shrimp my dad had … Continue reading
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If you find yourself shooting in low light situations then digital noise is likely to bedevil your results. That is to say, as you push the ISO higher to make the sensor more sensitive to light, you will get … Continue reading
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There are many different ways to shoot a portrait. Environmental portraits show a subject in context, like a potter in his studio. Then there are dropped background portraits wherein the characteristics of a wide aperture are used to blur the … Continue reading