Holy Smoke

Forgive me if I'm not feeling festive. This image was taken yesterday afternoon, and if you hadn't guessed from looking at it, there's another wildfire burning in California.

This one's being called the "Gap Fire" and it's just getting started.

Last year we had the Zaca Fire at this same time and it burned for months.

We are doing our best to pull together as a community and help our friends and neighbors.

California seems to be one big smoldering ash heap. Hang tough! My prayers are with you all.

P.S. I had a friend ask where the best place was to photograph the fire from. She wanted to get up close and personal. My first thought was "as far away from it as possible", but I ended say I had no idea.

Photographing Fireworks

It's something you only get a chance to do a couple of times a year - photograph a fireworks show. It can be tricky and the results mixed, but there's lots of folks on the web sharing their techniques.

Scott Kelby is one of those kind and gracious people to post information on How to shoot fireworks. Check it out. Looks like he drags the shutter a bit more than I've done in the past, but I'm always game to try something new to improve my photography.

The Photography Channel

Here's a chance to see storytellers (Photographers) tell their stories. This is great. Check out The Photography Channel.

Nikon D700

News from Nikon: The D700 is out. I'm not sure this will be the next camera for me, but it's good to see digital camera technology marching forward.

'cross the sea of years

Going wherever the wind blows...

AT&T and iPhones

I've been reading through the muddled information that AT&T has released about the upcoming 3G iPhone. From what I can gather, it's not such a good deal after all. This pretty much kills getting one of these nifty gadgets for me. I can wait another year. Who knows what will be out be then? Probably lots of cool stuff...

One thought on all of this, AT&T could be helping its competition more than it realizes.

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With the wind

Riding on a gentle Summer breeze...