Category Archives: Journal

The Quiet Hour: Toward Change I

Must all things pass? Closing: “mustang-highways” (also “mustanghighways”) — the dot-com domains I thought I’d have a good time filling with Mustang mileage and apple pie and coffee tales. Didn’t happen. What was I thinking? Where was I going to … Continue reading

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Snapshot, Dusk With Hurricane Sandy, Hagerstown, October 29, 2012

When I type “snapshot”, I really mean it, and this one with the Lx5 through a dirty window.  Nonetheless, it is about 20 minutes past the taking of the picture and things are finally starting to blow around Out There, … Continue reading

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Autumn – All Together Then

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My Lightroom archive derives primarily from “digital capture” and the period after which I built my XP “box” — that would be early 2007. Off the bat, nix the thousands of slides and some color negatives from earlier decades.  While … Continue reading

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Salman Rushdie Reads from His Memoir — _Joseph Anton_

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Way Cool Fall Wedding

Photographer’s Gig: wedding for 21 guests. Cake and Arrangement: Le Soleil Catering, Hagerstown, Maryland. Venue: Am Kol Sanctuary Retreat, Poolesville, Maryland. Perhaps in the way of old soldiers — or just old photographers — I’ve kept my gear in ready … Continue reading

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Into Pumpkin Season – A Sampling from October 2010

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I only meant to find the above photo taken at an Amish market’s outdoor display one late afternoon about this time of year. The last Lightroom upgrade may have wiped out the “tags” for it though (and a whole lot … Continue reading

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The Compleat Dean

Dean’s a most private person, so probably I will write very little about the person as subject. Dean also enjoys a good drive, as do I. although, Mustang-equipped, I prefer to do the driving. On this round, however, Dean wanted … Continue reading

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End-of-Season, Early October

Overcast days, still warm. The studio has booked a wedding and a baby naming, much welcomed work after a long, quiet spell. Reading: Salmon Rushdie’s account of his exile from real space in the form of Joseph Anton, his nom-de-underground adopted in … Continue reading

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End of Season

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Private Garden – Late Summer – North End – Hagerstown, Maryland

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Equipage: Nikon D200, 16-85mm and 70-210mm Nikkors, Nikon Circular Polarizing filter, Gitzo tripod.

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Container With Red Dahlia and Diamond Frost (Euphorbia graminea) – Private Garden – North End – Hagerstown, Maryland

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Lily – Private Garden – North End – Hagerstown, Maryland

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