The ties that bind
Today's Developing Your Eye assignment was "Connect". I solicited some ideas from my wife and as soon as she said "railroad" I knew where to go for the photo and…
I come to the garden alone…
... while the dew is still on the roses. Some of you may not remember the old gospel song I just tried to remind you of. Today's Developing Your Eye…
The Great River
Today's photo assignment was to take both landscape and portrait images of something on the theme of "Water". In the Duke City, we have three major forms of open water.…
Two favorite streets
In case you're curious, I'm diligently following Wordpress' program Developing Your Eye. I think I know where all the buttons and switches are on the camera, but seeing where the…
The old Route 66
For twelve years I've made my home squarely on the old Rte 66, in "The Duke City". Who knew it was actually possible to have humidity below 3%?
New Career: Travel Writer-Photographer
Have you ever changed careers in a way that you had no idea what you were getting into? If so, maybe you can help me here. If you're thinking about…
Abbe Prevost, Pt.2 and Finale
The last two of the spots near Louvier where my new favorite author served during the early part of his career (end of the 17th century) are the Abbey St-Ouen…
Fontainebleau and Chartres
If you're following along and wonder what happened to yesterday's blog, keep reading. I thought about apologizing, but in case you haven't noticed, we're all about spontaneity, and we had…
Rouen
I need to start with a bit of an apology. This trip was (and is) about the impressionists, and I expected to include a lot of photographs of impressionist art. …
Miscellaneous Observations
Today I want to share some random observations from our first eight days in Louviers. First, there are a few things I want to find out. For instance, you're tooling…