Archive for October, 2007
From the Road: Epilogue
Monday, October 29th, 200714 days. 2, 206 miles. Around 410 pictures. My picture count is low by today’s standards, but that is a massive amount for me. I saw some awesome scenery, and I tried some new techniques with my cameras. Some camera stuff I’ve learned: Using the Cokin Filter System can be cumbersome and time consuming, but [...]
From the Road VIII
Monday, October 29th, 2007The weather finally cleared and I spent my last day of vacation in the New River Area, specifically Hinton, and some surrounding State Parks. I wanted to take pictures in the old Railroad town of Hinton, but The annual New River Train was there, so the streets were closed off and packed with people. The [...]
From the Road VII
Sunday, October 28th, 2007Friday and Saturday were dull, overcast days, but I still managed to get a few decent shots at Pike Lake State Park on Friday, and Lake Alma State Park on Saturday. When I got to Lake Alma on Saturday, the sky was featureless, bright grey. I pulled out my Cokin Graduted “tobacco color” graduated filter [...]
From the Road VI
Thursday, October 25th, 2007The lousy weather this week forced me to cancel spending two days in the Hinton, WV area, visiting Bluestone and Pipestem State Parks. Sunday is supposed to be clear again, so maybe I can get one last day of real shooting in. It’s supposed to be rainy for the third day in a row here [...]
From the Road V
Monday, October 22nd, 2007I headed out on Route 124 in Ohio to photograph farmland. Once again the light was not good, the color hadn’t changed much, and there were no clouds in the sky to offer a bit of interest. As I was driving I noticed clouds to the east, so I took a big detour and ended [...]
From the Road IV
Sunday, October 21st, 2007If I’m in a town that I know is the County Seat I try to grab a picture of the Courthouse: Nicholas County Courthouse, Summersville, WV Fayette County Courthouse, Fayetteville, WV. One of the prettiest Courthouses I’ve seen. Below are are some nice Autumn shots I took in Scioto Trail Sate Forest: I’ve also been [...]
From the Road III
Friday, October 19th, 2007On Sunday, my brother drove me on an all day road trip, and it was a great day. I took lots of pictures, and here are some of the highlights: We started on the Appalachian Scenic Highway. The only problem was that due to the time of day, every overlook had the sun facing us, [...]
flickr to upgrade getoag viewing
Friday, October 19th, 2007In the coming weeks, the interface for viewing geotagged photos on the flickr map will change. Although you can still use the numbered pink markers, the new interface will default to being tag-based. In addition, flickr will also introduce galleries for locations, featuring photos from users who have taken lots of pictures in certain locations. [...]
Being West Virginian
Thursday, October 18th, 2007A couple of weeks ago Alvin emailed me about doing another podcast. I said yes and yet I’m a bit hesitant. When i listened to the podcast we did last February I was embarrassed by my “Appalachianese” when I said things like “takin’ pitchers”. I worked hard to try and hide my Appalachian dialect, but [...]
From the Road II
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007Here are some photos and a couple of stories: Above is Summersville Lake, created by the Army Corps of Engineers when they built the Summersville Dam. My Great Uncle, John Binns, once lived in the town of Sparks, WV, which is now under this lake. Uncle John also owned land in Kesslers Cross Lanes, and [...]
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