Category: Photography
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Darktable Notes
FYI I posted some notes on using darktable as I try to learn it. Why am I trying to learn it? I’m trying to reduce my reliance on proprietary software in general, and Adobe is a particularly abusive software provider. As productive as I am in Lightroom, I am not happy with the licensing and…
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A Sunny Sunday
Spring tends to come in fits and starts in Colorado, and this year has been no different. This weekend was one of the few truly nice weekends we’ve had so far, with both Saturday and Sunday in the 60s and sunny. The only negative is the wind, which was really only an issue on the…
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Arizona: Phoenix and Agua Fria National Monument
I flew down to Arizona for a long weekend with my friends Alex and Danielle (and Bomber Dog). After a couple days in the Scottsdale area we loaded up Alex’s military surplus M1078 LMTV and Danielle’s Jeep with camping gear and telescopes and headed north up to the Tonto National Forest and Agua Fria National…
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Colorado’s Quality of Light
I’ve lived in Colorado for almost 5 years. In my second life I’m a photographer, and the light here has fascinated me almost since my first day in Denver. There is something unique about the light in Colorado. On a clear day from Denver the mountains are truly stunning. In the early morning light the…
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I Went Down to the River
It’s a remarkably warm December here in Iowa. Last night what should have been a huge snowstorm was just a lot of rain. Before that we’ve had sunny 50 degree days. This weather belongs in Denver, not Ames. But we have it, so I guess the answer is to work with it. I grew up…
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Journey to Wind and Fog
I finished off what felt like a really long week at a wind farm in Northeastern Colorado. The land was covered in heavy fog for most of the day, all the way from Denver up to the project site. I couldn’t see much but it was pretty in its own way. At the project site…
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First Photo Walk Without a Camera
It was another gorgeous day in Colorado. During TAGTOBER 2011 I started taking long weekend walks to Cherry Creek State Park, down the road from my apartment. Any trip to the park meant at least a 2 to 3 mile walk, and I found this a very pleasant way to combine finding a picture for…
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TAGTOBER 2011
Twice now a group of friends and I have organized a small photo challenge and contest called TAGTOBER, an offshoot of the casual photo sharing site TAGISU run by myself and good friend Andy Buck. The first contest was during October 2007. The second was during October 2009. The goal was to take one good…
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