Here are some links to stories and photo sets from my adventures of 2009: Kayaking Ichetucknee River – New Year’s Eve 2008 Sante Fe River – February St. Augustine Beach – April Ichetucknee River – April — Flood! (and manatees) Ichetucknee River – April — Flood, part 2 Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge – June [...]
I was recently blessed with the opportunity to photograph the launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery when it blasted off on a spectacular night launch on the STS-128 mission to the International Space Station. The above photo composition was taken from the beachfront boardwalk at a park in Marineland, Florida, about an hours drive due [...]
Many of my readers now that being asked for camera buying advice is a somewhat regular occurence for me. Mike Johnston of The Online Photographer summed it up about as well and succinctly as I have ever read in one in a series of recent posts: “But seriously, here’s how to buy a camera: figure [...]
Here are some links to stories and photo sets from my adventures of 2008: Travel South by Southwest Interactive conference 2008 – March Buffalo/Niagara Falls – March Gulf coast road trip – May Fall color adventure – October Kayaking Kayaking Turkey Creek near Palm Bay with my brother Andy – Dec. 2007. Ichetucknee River – [...]
My photos from my bike club group ride and Ichetucknee River tubing adventure over the weekend were my first successful integration of photography, my recently-acquired GPS unit, and my quest for adventure. Here’s the toolkit: A Flickr account, naturally. A digital camera, in this case it was my everything-proof Olympus Stylus 770 SW. This also [...]
It was a good weekend for butterflies in the garden. On summer weekends around the house, I usually keep my Canon Digital Rebel D-SLR by the front door (and therefore near the butterfly garden) with the Canon 75-300 zoom lens on it ready to go should my visual motion detector go off as I gaze [...]
The Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charitionius) is the state butterfly of Florida. They used to be a rare sight in my butterfly garden, but this year are the most common sight so far. The Orange Cestrum (Cestrum aurantiacum) is the most popular plant in the garden so far this year too. It’s grown too big for [...]
The photo was published as part of Derrick Story’s “Photo Assignment” gallery for April 2008, “Angular,” on The Digital Story web site. View the photo on Flickr
Just a reminder that no matter how busy or hurried you are, you should always be willing to stop for a moment and listen to the call of the flowers. If you have your camera with you, that’s all the better.
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