Neptune Festival Next Weekend
Beth reminded me that the Neptune Festival is happening next weekend at Virginia Beach. And there will definitely be photo taking opportunities there. It’s difficult to believe that a year has gone by since the last festival. There are photos here from that competition. Hopefully this year I will be able to gain a little different perspective while clicking away.
I had to laugh when I was going over some photos taken last July. What is that thing out in the water? Is it Jaws?
I never noticed it before but there is a dolphin out there. Maybe he is watching the people having fun on the beach. Maybe he is curious.
Friday Ruminations
I was looking here yesterday evening and just sort of staring at the blog. Feeling relatively empty after a week of turmoil and just amazed also at all the things I have done here in the past month.
Lots of creative stuff for an old geezer and maybe that’s what blogging will do for you after awhile. Like anything else if you pursue it over a period of time you will learn some things and grow in different ways. I was amazed as I went back to the beginning of our trip in August. But now I’m feeling pretty much empty. When that happens it is always a good time to try and get out to take more photos. Photos are the fuel and the Nikon D70 is the fuel tank. It is rather small by today’s standards but then the fuel comes in micro-bits.
Beth tells me that the National Folk Festival will not be coming here this year but Richmond has managed to retain all the sponsors and plans to do the same thing again. Hopefully many of the same talented people will be here plus some more. Smile everyone! Click.
Actually that’s not the way we take photos here. We like to go for the candid shot. And it’s difficult to get birds to smile. Their beaks are a little too stiff.
And then we will be going up to northern Virginia to see my daughter and her family. We have not seen their new home in Leesburg, Virginia. It’s a pretty picture perfect part of the state so there should be more photo opportunities there. As well as my grandchildren of course. But not to worry they are all part of the paranoid wing of the party (I mean family) and like Beth will never be seen online. Or rarely. I have managed to sneak one or two photos of the kids into the blog but don’t tell anyone.
One thing I did manage to create this week was a new look for http://myfotobuzz.com. Each post is going to be a combination of one larger photo and then there will be four NextGen photos with similar content beneath. I think it will be pretty interesting. After a year or two with keyword growth it should do well. If you have a nice photoblog why not think about linking up? That helps everyone too when done in a legitimate way.
Eventually I may start advertising there or maybe try to sell some photos. Maybe. When (if ever) I become convinced it isn’t a waste of time.
Have a nice weekend everyone. The nice weather is finally coming in many places. Hopefully the storms have passed and some of us can enjoy life a bit more again.
Todd Mulske/ The Moon Rising
A good friend of mine from MySpace, Todd Mulske, is very enthusiastic about photography involving celestial events. And I am starting to understand why after seeing photos like these. I wish Todd was at Virginia Beach that night a few months ago when I tried to take some photos of the moon and a beautiful night sky.
Click on photo for enlargement
Aren’t these beautiful photos? I really like them and appreciate him sharing with us.
*
*
The Place Beyond the Words
Dawn Rapture
11-dawn-rapture
*
*
The good things begin
When we go beyond the words
Music is the train
That takes us there
Or love
Or a photo that touches the heart
Poetry can do it
Or a twenty mile run
So many ways
We want to go
We need to go.
Sitting here reading these words
Imagine you are standing
Behind yourself
Watching yourself
Reading this
In the place beyond the words.



