Cameras Canon EOS R6 Mirrorless Digital Camera Body Canon EOS 5D Mark IV DSLR Body Lenses Sigma 20mm f/1.4 DG HSM ART Lens Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM ART Lens Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM ART Lens Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM IF ART Lens Tamron SP 70-200mm f/2.8 Di VC USD Lights Flashpoint Zoom […]
Flashpoint R2 Transmitter / Firmware update using Mac OS
The Flashpoint R2pro TTL Transmitter is a reasonably priced device that when put into a camera’s hot-shoe, can trigger speed-lights over a long distance. It works well on my Canon DSLR (there are versions for all major camera brands), supports HSS (high-speed-sync up to 1/8000), 32 channels and 16 groups. The large graphic display shows 5 […]
Faded Pictures
“Faded Pictures” was track 4 on Personal Conversation, the 2nd studio album by R&B singer Case. It was released way back on April 20, 1999. Just faded pictures in a broken glass Like a mirror revealing What the woman is feeling Was it someone from a distant past? As she turned through the pages the […]
The Road to Sedona
Northern Arizona .. I don’t even remember anymore what had inspired it. Maybe it was one of the short stays at the Briar’s Patch Inn, or the family vacation when we stayed at the Orchards Inn, hiked Bell Rock Loop and visited the Grand Canyon, or way back in 1992 when we were driving down […]
You write your own history
Twenty-one years ago, my grandfather died at the age of 92 in the same house he grew up in. Next to the old pendulum clock in his living room, above his favorite chair, hung his wedding photo, a sepia colored image in a thick dark brown frame. Besides that wedding photo, there was only one […]
Brins Mesa
There certainly is something that makes this place very unique, making you want to return. Eventually, you will appreciate this spiritual and sacred place, it had been for Indians for thousands of years. “Energy Vortexes” or not, the sandstone contains iron, granite, and traces of copper, sliver, and gold; and I do consider them as […]