It Started Like Any Other Morning…

A typical early morning at Carpenter Creek
It was dark, it was wet, and it was too early.  City Boy had just left the bed and I could hear the shower running in the master bath.  This was Bounder’s signal to take up what he felt was rightfully his space alongside me.  Bounder was the German [...]

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Great Photos are Nice, But…

I don’t think I’d like to get a photo as good as this.  Mostly because it would mean people were losing everything.  Plus it would be hot, and I don’t do hot.

I was visiting Strawberry Lane (aka Simply Marvelous) and she’d posted these most incredible photographs.  Can you feel the heat?  Smell the smoke?  Frightening.
You [...]

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How’d You Do That?

Seems like that was the question of the day yesterday.  Not that people were banging down my door to ask me, but hey, what can I say?  I’m a mind reader…I know y’all are just dying to know how I made that black background, even if you didn’t know you wanted to know.
First off, I [...]

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Good Luck with That!

Back away from the photoshop, Mom, and no one will get hurt…

Yesterday someone popped into one of my older posts and I responded with an email.  That email then led me to her website and her photos on Flickr.
OH
MY
WORD!
They were wonderful.  The subject matter being that which is close to my heart, horses, there was [...]

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The Desperate Horsewife’s Ten Rules For Photo Contests

Say Cheese! 
 
I do not profess to be a great photographer.  Sure, I enjoy my time behind the lens, but I’m not great at it.  Photoshop is my best friend.
I’m also not the best at judging other people’s work.  I tend to let my personal likes and dislikes get in the way.  I mean…subject matter tends [...]

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