Someone asked me once, “What inspires you to make an image, to get out of the house and go photographing, to think photographically?” The resulting images did not have to be art, but, of course that is a nice result. What is important is that the image was made, the scene captured, the journey taken. […]
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I have been thinking too much again and it is keeping me awake — again. There are things in the universe I don’t understand, questions that can’t be answered on Google. Have you ever noticed that most everything can be answered on Google? I asked my friends what they would like to know. K.Y. says,
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Wild Horse Round Up In Nevada By Mitch Kumstein – The Dog That Blogs “It’s the end of another year, and I figured before I barreled into 2010, I would look back on some of the events that made 2009 the most memorable time of my life! It started off really rough. I was dumped
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An actor portrays Wyatt Earp at a living history exhibition in Barstow. When the Earp boys, Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan, cloaked in long black coats and accompanied by gambler “Doc” Holiday, made the famous walk to meet Ike Clanton and his gang in Tombstone, Ariz., Wyatt walked into an exalted place in the history of
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When you photograph your family, you are creating so much more than simple snapshots. You are creating a window in time for those who come after. You are creating a visual history of your family. Your images tell a story. By now, I’m certain that you have collected many images from your digital and film
A Hike Along The Bear Creek Oasis Trail By David Wood Just before Thanksgiving we hiked the Bear Creek Oasis Trail. This is located behind the La Quinta Cove. Depending on what source you look at, its about 8-9 miles round trip. The hike out to the oasis involves winding our way up and along
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The Art Smith Hiking Trail By David Wood I recently took some friends to see some fun scenery around the Art Smith Trail and Dead Indian Canyon. We saw some desert hares running around, and a swarm of bees. I have seen many bighorn in this area. The trailhead is on Hwy 74 (Monterrey ave)
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It started as a simple search. What makes an excellent root beer and how does one become a connoisseur of root beer? Really, all I wanted to find out was who makes the best root beer. I remember my dad making root beer in the basement of our house in Peru, New York. Or maybe
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The Misadventures of Mitch Kumstein The dog who blogs “The Great Solar Rip-off” “Most people that know me know I spend a lot of my time hikin’ around Southern Nevada, ‘cuz it takes alota hikin’ to come up with all these misadventures. I’ve lived in Nevada almost my whole life, and it seems like we’re
You are very confused. You’ve taken a quick tour of the big electronics stores checking out the bewildering array of digital cameras and now what? Which one? This is an important decision. After all a digital camera is really a complex computer with a lens and the choice an important one – not your typical
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