Monthly:June 2011
July 4th is fast approaching and many people in the US are starting to think about how to photograph fireworks. Of the blogs I follow, Joe McNally was the first to post on this subject this year with his Shooting Fireworks post. The classic approach, and the one you find in pretty much all the resources, including the reference Joe points to, LIFE Guide to Digital Photography, all refer to the use of a tripod to steady the camera and […]
When my wife Karen and I built our house we decided not to build a pool. It seems not a year passes by in Houston without several children drowning in pools. With our son only two years old and the time and our daughter minus 4 months old when we moved in, we’d decided we just didn’t want the risk. Fast forward eight years and both kids look forward eagerly to Memorial Day when the neighborhood pools open and we […]
