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The evening of October 10, 2024 ( a KP index of 9!) brought another spectacular solar storm our way, triggering displays of the Aurora Borealis across Michigan and elsewhere. The Aurora Borealis appears more frequently at lower latitudes because we are likely...
Recently, friend Howard Grill posted in his ongoing YouTube series of "3-minute photo thoughts" a question about doing any "serious photography" while on family vacations. I thought I would launch a post about my own thoughts on this subject because it has a few...
I am pretty sure any photographer has been on the receiving end of this question from relatives or friends. Quite frankly, it is an easy question and a hard question to answer at the same time. So briefly, here are some of my thoughts on both. The Easy...
I don't write too often about gear here despite its intrical part to photography. Anytime somebody finds out about my dabbling in photography and asks what type of camera they should get, I typically respond "they're all good." Because quite frankly, that is...
I am currently working my way through a book that my wife gave me for my birthday called Camera, by Todd Gustavson. It is a large, coffee table book that takes you through the evolution of the camera from the very first photograph made in 1826 to the modern digital...
I have heard a couple of interviews lately where the photographers were asked what was their first experience with photography, and a couple of them referred to cameras they played with as kids. It is probably a sign of those in my generation that many of us ended up...