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Continue reading →: Postcards from PerrisThat is not a typographic error. Perris is in the desert of California and is a long way from Paris, France. Today’s postcard was taken at the Southern California Railway Museum. SCRM is open the public. It is a great place to ride the rails in an electric street car…
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Continue reading →: Review of Wild Women and the Blues and The Paradox Hotel.
There is no such thing as historical fiction, at least not from the standpoint of the stories being real. It is better to think of the genre as real events described in a less staid or stiff manner. This is certainly the case with two historical fiction novels that deal…
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Continue reading →: Shooting with a purpose-follow upLast week I wrote about using color film when I wanted to end up with a black and white image. By using the colors in the film I was able to mimic the effects of color filters that are so important in black and white photography. This week I want…
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Continue reading →: How the Other Half LivesHere is a voice over broadcast of November, 2024’s talk about progressivism and the book by Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives.
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Continue reading →: Black and White-shooting with intentionA few days ago I was watching some YouTuber talking about taking photos in black and white. He was using a small point and shoot sized camera and filmed himself going around his community in England snapping pics. I suspect he was using an Olympus Pen or similar sized camera,…
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Continue reading →: Near Death Valley Junction-Down the Road a piece“You gotta shoot the bear when the bear is there”, the old saying goes. While it may have originally referred to hunting in some fashion, it holds true for photographers too. There is one difference, however, when we shoot it is without loos of life or limb, at least not…
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Continue reading →: Fall Colors-continuedA while back I wrote about searching for fall colors in California. We decided to return to Lundy Canyon on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada mountains. The star of the show are the aspens. They grow in bunches along the sides of the creeks and the color explosion…
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Continue reading →: Zion and Bryce Canyon NP-part 1Travel in the fall and you get weather. Sometimes it’s good, sometimes it requires adjustments: adjustments to plans and plans for clothing adjustments. Most importantly, attitude adjustments. You gotta go with the flow. The flow at Zion National Park was cloudy and rainy with a chance of snow at higher…
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Continue reading →: Amargosa Hotel at Death Valley JunctionSometimes it has to be black and white. It might be location or subject. It could be a subject within a subject. Maybe the conditions of the light just don’t work in color. On a recent trip to Death Valley, it was all of the above that led me to…
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I’m Dave
I’m a retired civics and history teacher and photographer. On this site you can access posts about taking better photographs and visit various places I’ve been.
I also host a monthly live series called History with Dave where I look at important events and issues from the past that might have some relevance to today. History with Dave is a voice over PowerPoint talk.
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