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I picked up the Lensbaby Fisheye Optic at Imaging USA this year. Initially I thought I would have pretty limited reasons to use it. I might pull it out for the occasional odd portrait or something but a true … Continue reading
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I don’t miss much about the Louisiana summer. But, I do miss hot weekend days on the porch drinking gin and tonics, talking with the neighbors and reading. My friend Luca has been expressing interest in a print of … 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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I don’t really consider photos taken over pints of Guinness in Red Star to be pro-level shooting, but I thought these came out well and captured a nice moment in time. More to the point I am shocked at … Continue reading
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It comes as no surprise that I love markets. I particularly love Central American markets an among those markets I dearly love the ones where the locals shop. I’m not too interested in stalls filled with handy crafts designed … Continue reading
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I can’t find too much information online (in English anyway) about this hospital. I was told that it is one of the oldest hospitals in Central America. The Colonial Classical-Baroque style fits the period of the early Spanish building … 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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We arrived on the noon plane from Miami and were greeted by a miasma of tropical heat and humidity. And I know my miasmas. But, I was dressed for the 30F of Baton Rouge at 3AM so it was … 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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Anna and I took Quinn to the Greater Baton Rouge State Fair last Sunday. Suffice it to say, there is little that is more joyous than watching the novelty of the world unfold in front of a little child, … Continue reading
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There has been chatter around astrophotography message boards for some time now that a photographer can partially eliminate “sky glow” from the night images with a relatively cheap Hoya filter called a red intensifier. It is touted as the … Continue reading