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Farming, wildlife, and flowers
Our neighbor grows crops organically and uses antique farming equipment. Healthy eating! The sheep are ours and the wool is used for spinning and weaving.
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Walpack Inn
We took friends from Germany to the Walpack Inn, beautiful drive up the Old Mine Road.
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Animal Health and Welfare Easton Pet Shelter
Brent Rymon and I photographed pets with the Easter bunny at Pets Supply Plus in Easton to raise money for the shelter. We raised about $650. Thanks to all the folks at the pet store and the volunteers.
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Pets with Santa
Brent Rymon and I photographed Pets with Santa at the Pet Supply Plus to benefit the Center for Animal Health & Welfare in Easton, PA. With the help of the terrific Santa and Santa’s Elves we raised over $1000.
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Easton Pburg Bridge
I know I posted this before but I’m posting it again because I like it. I’m really liking this type of photography.
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Longwood Gardens
Not exactly my cup of tea but is was a nice day spent with friends. No doubt it is a beautiful place but I’d rather be out in nature. The pipe organ is the largest in the world with 10,020 … Continue reading
Snow
I’m starting to get tired of the cold and the snow but at least it’s pretty.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas from Bob and Joanie Our three loved pups.
Hockey
Since my last post we went to the NYC PDN Expo at the Javits center. We attended four workshops including one presented by Joe McNally and another by Scott Kelby which were both awesome.When I go to NYC I always … Continue reading
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Kayak
We got out in the kayak for a few hours and it was beautiful. Saw an eagle, a blue herron and lots of color.
Easton Garlic Festival
Spent a day at the Easton Garlic festival, ate a lot of garlic and had a few vinegar shots. It was a fun day. The Leigh Valley Youth association put on a really nice performance.
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Wedding
It’s been a slow Summer for me concerning nature photography, between the heat of the Summer and an unusually busy schedule I just haven’t been out in the Kayak. I generally don’t shoot people and especially weddings but a family … Continue reading
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Photoshop World 2013 Vegas
I attended the Photoshop World convention in Vegas and it was over the top. I spent the day with Joe McNally at a pre-conference workshop where we spent the day at the Circ de Soleil training camp. That was really … Continue reading
North-West Family
I generally don’t post a lot of family stuff but it was an exceptional trip and I thought I’d share some of it. We met up my cousin and his wife, from Florida, in Portland Oregon after he had run … Continue reading
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B&W photographs
Lately I’ve been posting images of swans and flowers because that’s what has been around for me to shoot. Some of them I converted to B&W and a friend mentioned that he liked them. I do too, I started out … Continue reading
More Swans
Swans are sure big, graceful, and beautiful birds and I don’t get tired of watching them. The one set of babies (cygnets) are getting big. Both Mom (called a Pen) and Dad (called a Cob) work together to protect their … Continue reading
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Flowers and a Blue Heron
Photographs, reality, and art. When I have more time I want to write about these things. For now here are some images I hope you will enjoy.
More Swans and Geese
Riding around close to home I found more geese and swans. Great way to spend an afternoon!
Geese and flowers
I know I’m getting repetitive but at least I’m out with the camera. The baby geese are hard to shoot in the high weeds but I like to watch them. I’m going back tomorrow, there are older babies there that … Continue reading
Flowers, Geese, and a Building
More flowers, easy right, maybe one day I’ll get a really good one. They sure don’t last long, seems like one day they are here and the next they’re gone. The Bergen Machine building in Hackettstown, NJ is going to … Continue reading
Vermont
At approximately 5:30 am on out trip back home we saw 2 moose, they are really huge! My long lens was in the trunk but I had a 24-105mm on the camera.
Swans
It was challenging with dark water, white birds and bright noon sun. But they are beautiful birds. When the male took off the loud beat of his wings sounded like helicopter blades, it was awesome!
Spring
I took some more pictures around the house and went for a short drive to photograph some swans and ducks. I generally do something with photography every day because I just have to. Not all of my pictures are great … Continue reading
Horse
I was looking through the pictures I took Yesterday and determined I liked this one of the horse. I like it because although it isn’t an action shot it does not look static but hints of action.
Snap shots
I was bored so I walked around the house and snapped a few pictures.
Photoshop World Orlando Florida
I went to Photoshop World got sick and missed the whole conference. I did make to a per-conference workshop at the Fantasy of Flight airfield.
Belvidere Bridge
Another long exposure attempt. This was taken at iso 100, f22 for 30 sec exposure.
Long exposure photorgaphy
Following my night photo of the bridge I posted last time I’m experimenting with long exposure during the day. I like the results, they have a surreal feeling to them. Actually this one is the first one I tried but … Continue reading
Night Photography
I have been thinking about night photography since I watched a presentation by Kelby Training on the subject. Tonight I gave it a try and I worked out pretty well. I quit when my fingers got so cold I couldn’t … Continue reading
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Getting it right in camera – I try
Since I shoot in raw my images always need some tweaking, sometimes a lot more. This is a shot from Ocean City “Walking the Dog” that I liked a lot but the composition was really bad, the man was almost … Continue reading
Photography
Photography has always been important to me. I had a dark room when I was about 12 and I’ll never forget the magic of seeing an image appear on the paper when I put in in the developing fluid. (That’s … Continue reading
Ocean City, NJ 2012
We visited friends that live in Ocean city, their home was not significantly damaged. This probably accounts for the fact that their home is 11 feet above sea level which he said is like living on a mountain as far … Continue reading
Seaside Heights NJ
My Mom used to enjoy going to Seaside with her Grandmother so on my birthday in September I went down to see her old stomping grounds. When she was older she used to love going to the “Chatterbox” which is … Continue reading
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Clinton, NJ
I met a friend for lunch at the Town Restaurant “Nicks” in Clinton and had a delicious lunch. Food is always great at Nicks! We took a quick walk on Main Street which was a buzz of socialization, the kids … Continue reading
PhotoPlus Expo in NYC
We spent Friday and Saturday at the PhotoExpo in NYC. We attended two seminars, one with James Balog an environmentalist who has been monitoring, recording, and photographing our receding glaciers. We got to see his documentary film “Chasing Ice” which … Continue reading
Lancaster County
Joanie and I needed to get out of the house so we headed toward the beautiful Lancaster County area to have a look at the Amish way of life. It was a really good day but a little rushed so … Continue reading
Fireworks 2012
I went to Mountain Lake and shot a few fireworks, they were local residents fireworks not professional. Very nice but not as big or colorful as the professional stuff.
Nature from my Kayak
Finally made it out in the kayak once again. Beautiful day and the wildlife was plentiful. The highlight for me was seeing a baby Green Heron, I also saw a raptor and photographed him but I haven’t finished processing my … Continue reading
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Swan 2012
This time of year is a busy time for raising young. My brother found this swan nest and of course I had to photograph it. I’m sure I could have positioned myself better but I did not want to disturb … Continue reading
Ocean City 2012
We went to OC, NJ to visit friends and had a great time, good company and good food! We visited a couple of estuaries, always thinking we would get a winning photo. Didn’t happen but it was just great to … Continue reading
1st Kayak 2012
We took the kayak out today, the 1st this year. It was nice to get out and check around, nice weather but really windy. Last year this time the rivers were so high from all the rain we couldn’t get … Continue reading
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Blossom 2012
We have a really large bush that blossoms each year with beautiful blossoms, later in the Summer it gets a few small fruit that look like real small green apples. So far no one has been able to identify it.
Sheep Shearing 2012 at Jenny Jump Farm
Tom was back again at Jenny Jump Farm to shear the sheep. He does a great job and is a real work horse, he sheared 19 sheep and an angora goat in about an hour and a half even with … Continue reading
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New Mexico – images processed
While in flight to NM there was a huge thunderstorm and I took a shot out of the window.
New Mexico
I went to NM to see my friend Ken. After college I lost track of him and haven’t seen him for 35 years, just by luck I found him on people search. When I called him it was like I … Continue reading
Another composit image
I’m having fun with making composites. I watched a tutorial by a guy that did sports portraits, he would do the portrait in the studio and then shoot whatever he needed like a hockey field etc and make an image … Continue reading
Composite Image
I have been experimenting with composite images, taking two or three images and making a composite from them. It’s really interesting what one can do with photography and Photoshop, I figure photography isn’t reality anyway but a representation of reality … Continue reading
Delaware Water Gap
While diving across the bridge I held up my camera and shot 2 images of the Delaware Water Gap. I also went by the eagle nest to check on the eagles (first time this year) and sure enough they were … Continue reading
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
This is our new kitty. We found her living in our wood pile when she was about three months old, she is now about eight months old. She is a real sweet heart and follows me wherever I go in … Continue reading
Santa Pics for Shelter
Brent and I volunteered to take pictures of Pets with Santa at the Pet Supply Plus in Easton. We were busy and took in $615.00 for pictures at $5.00 a pop and about 175.00 in the donation jar. PSP provides … Continue reading
Composit image
This is a picture of Corky, the the guy that makes things work at Alexandria Airport. I put two pictures together and it gives the impression that he is right in the middle of a busy time, which he always … Continue reading
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Pets
I just purchased a new light box and was trying to get my camera settings right. This is not my usual photography so it will take a while until I’m in my comfort zone with it. These are a few … Continue reading
photographs
It seems like I haven’t been doing much wildlife photography lately but I have been out making pictures. I enjoy photographing horses, these are of my wife on her rescued horse. He sure ended up in a good home! I … Continue reading
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More NYC
Here are some more from my trip to the photo show in NYC. Also today I photgraphed an old mill near my home. The sheep belong to my wife. As long as I’m out making some pictures I’m happy.
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PDN at NYC
We went to the PDN show in NYC. It was cold, Rainy, and windy but the show was fantastic. About anything related to photography was represented including talks by leaders in the industry. The day went to quickly and I … Continue reading
Airport and Fall Colors
I visited the airport, N-85 (Alexandria Airport) in Pittstown N.J. I kept my airplane there and learned to fly there. It’s really a beautiful airport and has received substantial renovations since I sold my plane. It was really good seeing … Continue reading
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Ocean City NJ
We had another fantastic vacation at Ocean City NJ. Good friends, good food, a lot of photography and relaxation. Below are some of my images, I went crazy with HDR! The picture of the shore house was my Great Great … Continue reading
Rodeo and Fiddle
Last weekend we went to a banjo and fiddle contest in Oxford NJ and it was a lot of fun. There were some good fiddle players there but I think the star was a little 6 year girl. I’m going … Continue reading
Geese – Action Photography
I love to shoot action whatever it is. Much of my wildlife action photography is shot from a kayak which kicks up the difficulty level a good notch and tests the rotation ability of my back. I was just looking … Continue reading
More Flooding
Belvidere and surrounding areas Are flooding again. There was a mud slide at Mountain Lake and I understand two house slid down. It wasn’t easy getting around to take pictures but I’ll post a few.
Kayak
We finally got out in the kayak yesterday but could not get to our favorite place on the Delaware because of flood damage to the roads. I had a chance at a few good shots and completely missed them. I … Continue reading
Flood Water
I went out today and made a few photographs of some of the flood water around the neighborhood. I shot a series of exposures and processed them in HDR, some fairly straight and some pretty funky. I guess you either … Continue reading
Convert to B&W
I haven’t done much with the camera lately but I’m always doing something with photography like reading, working with Photoshop or watching tutorials. I have been experimenting with HDR and I’m starting to like what I can do with it. … Continue reading
clinton NJ
We had lunch at the Town Restaurant and as usual Nick gave us to much to eat but it was delicious. Really good food and it’s always good to see Nick. After lunch we walked over to bridge and took … Continue reading
Farms-The Old Days
This picture reminds me of the old days growing up in Warren County. This used to be a typical sight, one family farm after another with cows out in the pasture. One by one they disappeared with only a very … Continue reading
Sussex Co. Fair
Seems like some of my recent posts are getting away from nature and wildlife but at least I did get some shots of animals at the fair. The two deer I photographed a couple days ago, nothing to do with … Continue reading
Warren Co. Farmers Fair 2011
We walked around, met people, ate, and took pictures of course. We had photographer passes to the balloon area (for pilots and crew). I’m an airplane pilot but she wouldn’t let me in for that but she would leave me … Continue reading
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Wildlife
Finally got out in the kayak, I saw a lot of wildlife and they were cooperative. My photography from the kayak needs some work which means getting out more often and practicing. It was just great being out there watching … Continue reading
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Photoshop
I haven’t been doing a lot of nature photography lately. I went up to the river on the 26th but got rained out, I have been doing a lot of reading about post processing and trying new things in Photoshop … Continue reading
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Raccoon
There were 3 little Raccoons playing on my brothers farm, I was lucky to get a photograph out two of them checking me out.
Pow Wow
July 9th and 10th there was a huge Pow Wow at the Sussex Co. fair grounds. The energy the dancers put out was amazing! The costumes were amazing! We only had a few hours there but I would have liked … Continue reading
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B&W
I started developing film and making B&W prints when I was 11 or12. I was amazed when I saw my first image appear in the developing tray and have favored B&W prints since. For some reason I got away from … Continue reading
Dawes Glacier – Endicott Arm
I just put another pano together, this glacier is about one mile wide.
Alaska
Joanie and I just returned from a Lindbald cruise aboard the National Geographic Sea Lion. We traveled the the inside passage of SE Alaska between Sitka and Juno. The trip exceeded our expectations in all respects. The boat and staff … Continue reading
Flowers around the house
Just bored so I shot some flowers around the house.
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Kayak
I finally got out in the kayak. I didn’t get to the Delaware River because I was to tired from hauling wood. I did get to one of my favorite little rivers though and it was a beautiful outing. I … Continue reading
Series of Ten
At our photo club competition the judge recommended that we create themes in a series of ten. I thought it was a neat idea and tried it. The images are not necessarily my best because I just picked some quickly … Continue reading
The River is High
I went up to the Delaware River about a week ago but is was a 16 feet, whirlpools, muddy, and huge logs floating down. To dangerous to put the kayak in so again I was stuck photographing around the farm … Continue reading
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Local Photography
After a long Winter it’s finally time to get the kayaks out and do some nature photography, as soon as the weather cooperates. My first trip will be up to the Delaware river and I’ll get some of the photographs … Continue reading
Help for Needy Animals
It’s really heartbreaking how many beautiful animals there are that have been abandoned and are in need of a loving family and home. Brent Rymon (www.tacksoft.com) and my self have been doing photography work to raise money for “The Center … Continue reading
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My Photographs on the cover of Skylands Visitor Magazine
Click on image to enlarge. I’m Really proud that two of my images were used on the cover of Skylands Visitor Magazine. In the Spring issue Tom Drake wrote a very nice story about Joanie, her sheep and our … Continue reading
NJ Black Bear
Hi Michele and any others that happen to be viewing my bears. This is a mom black bear I photographed outside of Belvidere NJ on my brothers farm. I had been wanting to get a picture of a bear for … Continue reading
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Delaware River
North-West New Jersey is a beautiful place with an abundance of wildlife and scenery. Most of my photography is either done on my property of close by. I do a lot of kayaking, or rather spend a lot of time … Continue reading
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Lakota Wolf Preserve
A friend and I went to the Lakota Wolf Preserve this past Winter to photograph the wolves. It was a wonderful experience. All four packs started howling and now I have that recording for my phone ring tone. The wolf … Continue reading
Editing Photographs
I started editing photographs when I was 12 years old in the darkroom, more years ago than I like to admit. My Father taught me the basics of the camera and the development and editing process. I learned the zone … Continue reading