I’m a big fan of embedding geo-data in my photographs, at least when it’s feasible. It’s not really there for me, since I knew where I was at the time. Instead, it’s a way of showing others where I was, just in the off-case that someone would like to go to that location for their…
I finally got into my first Google+ hangout. Perhaps it’s technically my second. Trey Ratcliff hosted one a few weeks ago and I got in for a few seconds, and then lost my connection. This time, I managed to hang on for the full ride. That’s me in the next to last little thumbnail on…
The photo you see above is mine. The one below is not. Trey Ratcliff shot his image first, last May. I saw it and it really struck me. In January, I went out to EPCOT and took my photo. Is my image a result of inspiration or emulation? Probably a little of both. Seeing his…
A few days ago, I was reading another photographer’s blog and something caught my eye. It was almost a throw-away line, not the topic of the whole post. Essentially, he noticed that GPS tagging that seemed so important a year or two ago seems to be on the decline. Furthermore, he didn’t other photographers to…
I generally prefer to post my own photos here, but I’m using this photo from Trey Ratcliff (www.stuckincustoms.com) to illustrate something. Namely, that he took a photo that I wish I’d taken. Despite the title, this wasn’t really in a fishing village. It was last year at the Portofino Bay hotel near Universal Studios. I’ve…
