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Train Sets, Old and New

  When I was a kid, I had a Lionel electric train set. It was made of hard, brittle plastic and ridged aluminum. There was a hole in the smoke stack of the locomotive. You could drop in a little … Continue reading

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The Manfrotto 175F-1 and its uses in Dog Portraiture

  If you use off-camera lighting then you may occasionally find yourself in a situation in which a traditional lighting stand is impractical or inconvenient. If you don’t have the options of having an assistant hold your remote flash in … Continue reading

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It’s Not Trivial if You Win

  I just finished writing an article for Country Roads about the oxbow lakes of Louisiana so I will keep the prose pretty brief today. Red Star started hosting a trivia night, put on by Michael Chalaron and MonkeyBR, a … Continue reading