Mirrorless Madness

When my running boards were new . . . . . it took me a while to get used to them!  :-) My photographer buddy, Ron White, took this photo and sent it to me and I started thinking . . . . .  Oh man - - - when my running boards were new, I . . .    could run a mile in 5 minutes, had no grey hair, di...

We all talk about which camera is the best or which lens is the fastest or sharpest, always looking for that perfect combination that might help us take awesome photos.  However, the absolute most important part of any photography shoot is the brain. A great photographer can capture excellent im...

Last night, the "blue moon" heralded what for me was a near perfect end to 2009 - delicious food, terrific wines, and the wonderful company of close friends.  Today, revealed a beginning to 2010 that was just as good - more great food and time spent with family and friends - all in the context o...

Homeowners, if you are in financial distress and fear you may lose your home to foreclosure, please contact a Realtor® in your area who is an expert in distressed properties.  They may be able to help you avoid foreclosure.  As you can see from the following tables, foreclosure has much more dra...

  Jo-Anne Smith has a big list of great ideas to help improve your blog.  It's well worth reading!       1.  Sign up for a writing course! One of my favourite Christmas gifts this year is a 10 week writing course taught by  book editor, writer and creative writing instructor Brian Henry . The cou...

I've found a brand new website that is just photography tutorials of all kinds.  The website is Photogler.com It was founded by Andy Beal who picks the images for the site from those put in his group on Flickr, "Photogler".  It's only been going for a couple of months now, but every couple of day...

  I've written several posts that mention Adobe Lightroom, the most recent was just a few days ago entitled "Adobe Lightroom Magic."  It was a mini-tutorial about a photo that I tweaked using Lightroom. The response to that post indicated that several of you may be interested in Lightroom.  As a ...

I took this photo just over 5 years ago and was never very happy with it.  The building and foreground were too dark and the canyon in the background was washed out.  So, I've just ignored it for 5 years. Then, today, I was going through my old images and came across this one and started "playin...

This November's sold data outperformed, 2008, 2007 and 2006 in the number of single family and condo units closed for the month.  This is the first time in four years that we have seen a month outperform several years prior for the same period.  Of course, the $8000 Tax Credit, low interest rates...