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This Thanksgiving my sister and her husband came to visit, and we moved dad’s stuff out of his apartment in his assisted living center, in preparation for his move to a nursing home. We took the kids over to his new place to say hi.

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I was in Hartford, CT last weekend for the Lego Kidsfest. I didn’t see much of the downtown, but I did take a little stroll from the convention center to Main St. The only place to eat was a Subway franchise. It seemed to be a depressed city. The Hartford Courant suggests that the city [...]

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Someone on Reddit asked advice on becoming a professional landscape/wildlife photographer. I’m not a pro, but I’ve followed the industry for a few decades from a few different angles, and I have met a lot of professional photographers. Anyhow, this was my reply: I don’t want to discourage you. I’d never want to discourage somebody [...]

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Constantly look at the media all around you. Pay close attention to commercial photography; not photojournalism or art. I’m talking about photos that are used in posters and advertisements, magazine articles, travel guides, church newsletters, even (to some extent) magazine feature articles (not news), etc. What kinds of imagery are they using and why? What [...]

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