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Post by lucian on Nov 12, 2016 21:36:58 GMT
I would create montages whenever I covered VIP visits or special events. For these events I always included a date in the final product. For 20+ years I or my crew would cover the Christmas Tree lighting ceremony or the opening of the dining facility for Thanksgiving. Dating the product and adding some text distinguished one year from another.
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Post by lucian on Nov 12, 2016 21:31:26 GMT
I'm not receiving duplicates. I'm using Avast! Safe Zone as my primary browser.
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Post by lucian on Nov 11, 2016 20:43:50 GMT
I had a similar problem a couple of years ago. A friend fixed it but never said how. This is good to know. Thanks for posting.
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Post by lucian on Nov 11, 2016 20:35:53 GMT
This spring the local Mustang Club is planning on a three day show at one of the local car dealers. I went to one couple of years ago. It was neat. Several years back there was an antique car show at the base recreation center on the lake. I took my then 10-year old grandson. These were his favourite cars. I used this in a informal class to teach the basics of layers. I hoping to do something similar to this at the Mustang show.
The VW bus brings back a lot of good memories.
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Post by lucian on Nov 11, 2016 20:21:48 GMT
Cannoneer - you are so right! I use Nikon and Olympus. I just hope the commercial camera Gods will forgive me.
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Post by lucian on Nov 10, 2016 20:22:44 GMT
I like the way you framed the image of the house. It looks like a house us kids used to sneak in whenever we could. The capital district has a lot of old houses like this. How us kids didn't get hurt is a miracle.
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Post by lucian on Nov 9, 2016 23:14:57 GMT
Vendors from all over come to the fort for Frontier Days and Christmas at Old Fort Concho. Here are two samples of vendors' wares. The selection at Christmas time is four times that of Frontier Days. image
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Post by lucian on Nov 9, 2016 23:00:30 GMT
During the summer Ft. Concho hosts a two day activity - Frontier Days. My friend Bob works at the fort as a teacher, historian and reenactor. Bob's specialty is artillery pieces. Bob is a quiet spoken person. Once he starts spinning a yarn it's almost impossible to break away. Children are kept spellbound while he tells the little ones how he lost his leg in one of those battles. In one story he lost his leg in a civil war battle. In another he cites a battle with the plains Indians. The kids love it, as do most of the parents.
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Post by lucian on Nov 9, 2016 5:22:28 GMT
For the past week I've been practicing my pet photography. I've tried to get Lillie, our three year old Blue Heeler/German Shepherd mix, to pose. I've been very unsuccessful. Several years back I did a shoot with our Beagle, Cookie. Cookie was a trip. She was the only dog we've ever had who would cooperate for pictures. We lost her at age 12 this past June. So for nostalgia I went looking for digital product I did of her. I wrote a short story to accompany the picture when originally posted. Well folks, I said I was going to try my hand at pet photography. What an experience! I figured I do a couple of test shots so I wasn't going to be too very concerned about anything. You know, just a few shots to get the ball rolling and then later do something a bit more formal, better even. So, I got Cookie into my office and asked her if she would pose for some pictures. She seemed amiable about this and sat real pretty. I told her we were going to do this outside in the daylight and off she went. I should have gotten a hint from this. I got an old blue blanket. I draped it over the back yard fence while explaining to Cookie what we were going to do. I went back into the house to get my camera and my wife to act as an assistant. When we got back outside all we saw was a blur of blue making great circles around the yard. Off we go chasing this crazy beagle and blue blanket. Of course the neighbours are watching the crazy yankee again. Never a dull moment for the neighbours. We're really quite entertaining at times. Finally after about 20 minutes we get the blanket. This time I clothes pin it to the fence, dried grass and leaves and all. For another frustrating 30 minutes I snap pictures of Cookie as Karen tries to get her to stay still. More entertainment for the neighbours. I thought that it was going to be a total bust until after I got the images downloaded. Out of about 15 images I got two that were almost good enough to call portraits - centered in the background. But I got a half dozen which were good enough to PhotoShop - a little creativity and a cute subject can go a long way. All images shot on the Olympus E-20 on Program and autofocus. Thank heavens for autofocus. The original was 8x10 at 300dpi. I think reducing the size and saving for the web the images got soft. Powered
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Post by lucian on Nov 9, 2016 5:05:41 GMT
I like the retirement community. But, I am of that age. All done well. The third page with churches is very appealing. I like the colors and the simplicity.
((I posted before the churches were posted.))
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Post by lucian on Nov 8, 2016 22:23:41 GMT
A lot of what I do can fall into the category of digital scrapbooking. This could fall into that category because of the flag, Maltese Cross and the text. These instructors were panning to retire. They asked if I'd take some pictures of them on one of their last classes. They twisted my arm. I'll get back out there after the new year. It just means for a few days I won't be able to sleep in. Always a trade-off. image
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Post by lucian on Nov 8, 2016 22:14:16 GMT
I think it is a reproduction but I'm not sure. Most of the equipment the fort has is original. But this coach is owned by Wells Fargo. My friend Conrad handles the coach. He retired from the fort a few years back but I think Wells Fargo has him for presentations and special events. Hopefully he'll be there this Christmas and hopefully I'll remember to ask him if I don't have a senior moment.
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Post by lucian on Nov 8, 2016 19:45:04 GMT
I found other images of this aircraft. The two images below give one an idea of how big this bird is. When she came in to land and when she took off it seemed like it was moving in slow motion. When we lived in Spain the runway was visible out our back door. Even then this airplane seemed to move in slow motion. On this day there were two fire trucks being transported.
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Post by lucian on Nov 8, 2016 15:33:43 GMT
Retirement is nice but there are parts of the job I miss. My photography duties were varied from studio portraiture, ceremonies, police and forensics and special events. This aircraft landed at our local airport and delivered some firefighting equipment that our base loaned during one of the hurricanes on the south and gulf coast. As a base photographer I was able to be out on the flight line to cover this event. I do miss covering events like that. But I also like being to sleep late in the mornings. This was taken on my Olympus E-20, ISO 80.
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Post by lucian on Nov 8, 2016 15:21:04 GMT
I'm getting excited about Christmas at Old Fort Concho. There is a ton of things for the youngsters. Boys get a "boot camp" and learn how to drill and march. Girls get Miss Birdie's Tea Party. This year the event is 2, 3, 4 December. I'm looking at getting gear together. This year I'll probably use the Nikon D3100. Below is the Wells Fargo Stagecoach. In a previous year a bunch of bandits tried to rob the coach while some kids were riding in it. They were thrilled with the gunfight that ensued and the sheriff rounding up the bad guys. This was taken on my Olympus E-520, ISO 400. Weather permitting I'm going to have a lot of fun that weekend.
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