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Monday, December 28, 2015

77,000 views....

I have always looked at the Blogger view count as far as the number of views my Blog has received. This morning I checked out Google for the number of views they have counted through their counting service-those that have used Google as their source for access to my blog. I was astounded !!!!  Over 50,000 views from google alone-this doesn't take in  account the Blogger numbers !!! I am amazed. Looking at the map from Google that tracks visually locations of people viewing the blog the North America and Alaska are dark green with interest shown in Western Europe and Asia. Wowie Zowie.....who'd a thunk....

Sunday, December 27, 2015

Reminds me of Bob Dylan.......Hard rain's a gonna fall.......

I am so glad we live on a hill......

We have had at least 7 inches since the rain began and looking at a forecast for 3 to 5 more...

I can swim if necessary or I'll just jump on the Ark..................

Friday, December 25, 2015

Resolutions ..........again..

This year I'm going to try to do something different. But to avoid potential "told ya so" remarks, I'm not mentioning what it is to anyone but Karen. It should be an interesting three months coming up. There may be an announcement then....

One thing is for sure though, 2016 is going to be a bang up year for my photographic work. I am going to actively pursue the Commercial side of the business as I have the time and with new hip and knees, I should be able to run with the wolves. Granted when I get out of the sack in the morning I have the first moves of Evil Knivel, a bit wandering and disjointed, but after a few steps I'm ready to take on the world. With the new camera which I am amazed at, in terms of clarity and sharpness, there are no boundaries I can't cross. As I have mentioned in the past however, the equipment IS just a tool, it doesn't make a photographer successful. That success takes a ton of experience, 44 years in my case as a full time professional photographer, an art background which has given me the ability to see beyond the obvious, and just plain ol' love for my job. OK 16......watch out !!!! Gonna be a great year !!!!  YEEEEEEEEEEEEE  HAAAAAWWWWWWWW !!

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Long time gone-back with new knee and hip......

The Summer of replacement....right knee in July, left hip in November. Fast summer, memory erasing drugs and not too much pain....at least I don't remember it. Needless to say the photographic assignments took a hit but only temporarily. I'm back in the saddle and just sold to a hospital 7 prints for their lobby of western Oklahoma. I also spent some bucks on a new camera that delivers 37 megapixels of image for outstanding clarity, color balance, and enlargement capabilities. Rocking' and rollin'.

The images were sort of a "seek and find" variety. I knew what the designer needed and all I had to do was find the shots. Karen and I took off in Pearl, our Honda, to start the search. Oklahoma is an outstanding state for variety of landscapes and locations. We had a ball driving and exploring the western parts of the state. I edited the images when we got back, met with the designer, and the deal was struck. He needed 7 images, I showed him 8................and he loved the 7 he took. He told me that  evidently I read his mind.
                   

                           The above image is of the Salt flats that are several miles long and wide.
 



This lonesome old truck was parked in a field beside the road. As I was photographing it a guy stopped too tell me that it was a "48" International and had been in the field for over 20 years.