Glad to have you back! Hope things are beginning to return to normal following the long illness and loss of your dear friend. Wishing you all of the Blessings and Promise this season offers. You have certainly been a blessing to me this year and I appreciate you.
Glad to have you back! Hope things are beginning to return to normal following the long illness and loss of your dear friend. Wishing you all of the Blessings and Promise this season offers. You have certainly been a blessing to me this year and I appreciate you.
JW
Thank You JW, it's great to be back.
In dark times encouragement and wisdom is priceless and I am grateful to you for your generous supply of both. What a timely Blessing!
May this be a Joyous Christmas for you and your family!
A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all here. If you travel, may it go smoothly and safe. Make sure to let those most important that you love them..........Peace
Not posted for a while as I have had a busy pre-Christmas schedule. I went for an Epson Academy study day on printing a couple of weeks ago and definitely worth the money. Also it was held in the premises of a small firm (one man operation I think) that specialises in calibrating lenses. Got him to quote for doing all my lenses (plus a couple with extenders - which counts as an extra lens) with two bodies. The price quoted is too good to resist, so in the New Year I'll be going over with them for a day - he will do them while I watch/wait.
We had our camera club 'set subject' competition last week 'Street Photography' and I came 4th (out of 50+ images) with this one I took in Barcelona in July - so quite pleased.
Lunch in the Tapas Bar
Finally - It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!!
USM IS wrote:
A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all here. If you travel, may it go smoothly and safe. Make sure to let those most important that you love them..........Peace
Mike
Merry Christmas Mike! Sage advice at any time of the year! Peace to you and yours and a wonderful 2018!
Except for a possible aerial series, 2017 is a wrap for me as of this moment. Next week's weather looks like it will be laced with "climate change"/cold and freezing precip, so I've moved everything that's pending into 2018. Headed to HQ today to put all of my gear back in it's proper place, charge batteries, organize my trailer and warm up the Cub. One of the rare times of year where I can take a deep breath, ruminate on countless blessings and recharge and stoke the coals for the coming year.
January looks busy if the weather and completion schedules allow, and for the past several months we've been laying plans for some major updates on the home front, pool and landscape redesign, and the renovation of our master, master bath, living and dining rooms. I've decided that building something new would be a political nightmare because I'd have numerous clients ticked off at me no matter which direction I went, and I love the spot we built on 20 years ago. So, we're going to "frame up" a number of the spaces that need it and stay right where we are. The Texas housing market is so hot right now that, even if we wanted to, "downsizing" would mean losing the forest perspectives, spacious lot, square footage and familiar amenities, at a premium of hundreds of thousands of dollars and significantly higher taxes. I'm no math whiz, but it wasn't a real challenge to work through that decision. Sheila has forbidden me to do any of the work and while I was considering it, I really didn't put up much of a fight on that front. As of yesterday the last craftsman was selected and scheduled, all the materials, cabinets, mirrors, fixtures and most of the furniture is ordered, and the dust will begin flying in mid-January. The back yard is kind of my domain so the gifted gentleman whose pools I've been capturing of late is working on that design and renovation schedule as we speak. Weebeesee!
JWilsonphoto wrote:
(deleted) Sheila has forbidden me to do any of the work and while I was considering it, I really didn't put up much of a fight on that front. (deleted)
Does "any" include job site/architectural photography?
nrferguson wrote:
Not posted for a while as I have had a busy pre-Christmas schedule. I went for an Epson Academy study day on printing a couple of weeks ago and definitely worth the money. Also it was held in the premises of a small firm (one man operation I think) that specialises in calibrating lenses. Got him to quote for doing all my lenses (plus a couple with extenders - which counts as an extra lens) with two bodies. The price quoted is too good to resist, so in the New Year I'll be going over with them for a day - he will do them while I watch/wait.
We had our camera club 'set subject' competition last week 'Street Photography' and I came 4th (out of 50+ images) with this one I took in Barcelona in July - so quite pleased....Show more →
Well done Nial! Re printing - FWIW I use two Epson papers for my matt prints. Velvet Fine Art is a textured paper with surprisingly good definition / acutance / whatever. It is fairly old now, so has a limited Dmax and is a little thin at 165 gsm - but has a real "look" that suits some images very well. The other one I use is Hot Press Bright. It has a "smooth" texture and is double sided - so is a bit expensive. It's a modern paper, so has a good Dmax - for a matt paper. I can't find either in A3 size so I buy A2 and guillotine the sheets in half.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Except for a possible aerial series, 2017 is a wrap for me as of this moment. Next week's weather looks like it will be laced with "climate change"/cold and freezing precip, so I've moved everything that's pending into 2018. Headed to HQ today to put all of my gear back in it's proper place, charge batteries, organize my trailer and warm up the Cub. One of the rare times of year where I can take a deep breath, ruminate on countless blessings and recharge and stoke the coals for the coming year.
January looks busy if the weather and completion schedules allow, and for the past several months we've been laying plans for some major updates on the home front, pool and landscape redesign, and the renovation of our master, master bath, living and dining rooms. I've decided that building something new would be a political nightmare because I'd have numerous clients ticked off at me no matter which direction I went, and I love the spot we built on 20 years ago. So, we're going to "frame up" a number of the spaces that need it and stay right where we are. The Texas housing market is so hot right now that, even if we wanted to, "downsizing" would mean losing the forest perspectives, spacious lot, square footage and familiar amenities, at a premium of hundreds of thousands of dollars and significantly higher taxes. I'm no math whiz, but it wasn't a real challenge to work through that decision. Sheila has forbidden me to do any of the work and while I was considering it, I really didn't put up much of a fight on that front. As of yesterday the last craftsman was selected and scheduled, all the materials, cabinets, mirrors, fixtures and most of the furniture is ordered, and the dust will begin flying in mid-January. The back yard is kind of my domain so the gifted gentleman whose pools I've been capturing of late is working on that design and renovation schedule as we speak. Weebeesee!
Staying "put" sounds like a good idea. Good luck with the dust! Our experience is that it takes about two years to get the building / renovation dust out of a home.
My son, Mark, in the light blue shirt, and his former USN Naval combat aviator instructor at www.prevailance.com, where he just completed his "Upset" training. I asked him, "Mark, did you pass your qual's?" He said, "Yep, no crash and no need for the chute." Mark is a Gulfstream G4, Challenger 605, Lear 65 and Falcon 100 driver. I couldn't be more proud.
I think so Nick. We have a great lot with a wonderful secluded view, pretty rare in our part of Texas. The kids have all grown up here and they love the parks and trails, lots of memories. We did the kitchen and family room two years ago , so now we’ll make the rest of the house match up. nickjohnson wrote:
Staying "put" sounds like a good idea. Good luck with the dust! Our experience is that it takes about two years to get the building / renovation dust out of a home.
Mark is a Gulfstream G4, Challenger 605, Lear 65 and Falcon 100 driver. I couldn't be more proud.