Monthly Archives: March 2017
Fun With Photoshop’s Photomerge
My Canon EOS M3 does not have a panorama feature, consequently, I am using Photoshop’s Photomerge function (external link) to produce wide area shots. This is the first time I’ve gone through this process and I am pleased with the … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Uncategorized
Tagged beginner's advice on Photoshop, Canon, EOS M3, Nevada, panorama, Photomerge, Photoshop, Red Rock Canyon
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The Fujifilm Instax Wide 300 Instant Camera
A few months ago I bought an instant camera on a lark. I fondly remember my old Polaroid SX-70 and I wanted to see if a new instant camera might be better. After all, technology has improved in 30 years. Hasn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Fujifilm, Fujifilm Instax Wide 300, instant cameras, Polaroid SX 70
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The Dark Art of Newsmastering
My main paid work involves writing blog posts by rewriting original content, usually accident reports from different online newspapers. It’s the same thing a newspaper does when they take copy from the Associated Press or other press syndicates and turn it into … Continue reading
A Poetry Indulgence about A Good Cat Gone
Back in the mid-1990s I adopted, sight unseen, a large black cat named Montel. At the time, that was the name, too, for a popular African-American television talk show host. Who would name a cat Montel? Some things are inexplicable. … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged black cat, metered verse, Montel, Poetry, poetry indulgence
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Sierra Heritage Article Now in .pdf
I’ve made my 2014 Sierra Heritage article into a .pdf. You can view it here. (internal link) It’s about the beginnings of Highway 50, which stretches from West Sacramento, California all the way to Ocean City, Maryland. My piece is … Continue reading
When Is Determination Insanity?
A popular saying is that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Then what would you make of Jack London who suffered 600 rejections before getting his first story accepted? Van Gogh created … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts on writing, Uncategorized, Writing tips
Tagged determination, painting, philosophical argument, success, writing
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The Parable of the Madman
If prose is the meal, poetry is the dessert. Nietzche’s writing might not be true poetry but it is poetical. I read and I am in awe. Parable of the Madman THE MADMAN—-Have you not heard of that madman who … Continue reading
Applying to More Literary Reviews
The creative nonfiction essay I’ve been submitting to various outlets (internal link) has again been rejected. That makes six rejections so far. Today I submitted it to six more Reviews, three of them open call, two of them contests, one of them … Continue reading
Blocking Out an Article
I’m writing an article on a complex subject. The Newlands and Washoe Projects. (internal link) My account doesn’t move in a straight line, like one done in a chronological order. Instead, to make the story readable, I am having to move in … Continue reading
The Changing Language of Photographs and the Mystery of HDR
In the last few years I’ve noticed photographs changing. They don’t reflect what is. From magazine shoots to real estate ads, there has been a change in how our world is expressed. Things are more luminescent and vibrant. More, evocative. I … Continue reading
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Tagged HDR, high dynamic range, landscape photography, Photoshop, post-processing, Thomas Kinkade, Wikipedia
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