Articles & Other Musings

Articles & Other Musings

Pocono Mountain Sunset
Photography

Sunset over the Pocono Mountains

Driving home in the Pocono Mountains, out here in North East Pennsylvania, I had to pull over to grab some shots of this gorgeous sunset. The sky was on fire, lit up with amazing reds, purples and yellows. I had my Sony A7Riv and Tamron

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Astrophotography: Night Skies at Francis E. Walter Dam - White Haven, Pennsylvania
Photography

Astrophotography at Francis E. Walter Dam

Updated 24 April 2020: I added a third image from the night’s astrophotography shots with an amazing purple hue from the light pollution. Stacked from 16 lights and 5 darks in Starry Landscape Tracker, edited in On1 Photo. Continue reading the original post for information.

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Julio Nieto's Why Have They Cast Me from Heaven sculpture outside the Barcelona Cathedral
Personal

Dealing with Isolation, Inertia and Creativity

I know things are challenging right now. I, and probably you as well, have been combating isolation and inertia. Trying to maintain levels of creativity while working my day job at home. Doing more with less, a smaller team and more work. Yes, I know

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Bear Creek Falls taken during COVID-19 Isolation
Photography

COVID-19 Isolation at Bear Creek Falls

Yet another Groundhogs Day of Sparkling Isolation. Today I went out for a drive to maintain #socialdistance while trying to retain my sanity and escape my house. The weather was fairly nice early, so I stopped by Bear Creek Falls, one of my regular shooting

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Chain Bridge Traffic Long Exposure Image
Photography

Chain Bridge Traffic – Budapest

I found this short time lapse of Chain Bridge Traffic I took back in 2018 while in Budapest for work. We’re all stuck at home trying to #flattenTheCurve of the COVID-19 pandemic. When not working remotely, I’m going through terabytes of storage. Its like a

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Black and White HDR image of a small foot-bridge and water flowing under it - Bear Creek, PA
Photography

Water Under the Bridge

Another day (day 15 and counting) of social distancing, everyday seems like “water under the bridge” in the fight against this pandemic. In order to try prevent losing my mind, I went out looking for some new places to photograph in the general area. This

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Love More Now! Graffiti in Jim Thorpe
Photography

Love More Now! Jim Thorpe Street Graffiti

Love More Now! Another of my street photos of an empty Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania during the COVID-19 “lockdown”. The streets of the town were completely empty with nothing going on except a stray car on State Route 209 or Broadway. It was a rare beautiful

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HDR Image looking up into Sagrada Familia's apse and the riot of colors created by the stained glass
Personal

An Unexpected Award: View Bug Elite Architecture

Sometimes the unexpected award via email can be wonderful! Like many of you, I’ve been cooped up in various levels of quarantine, self-quarantine, social distancing or just #stayingthefuckhome. Even though I am generally introverted by nature, this isolation has been really weighing on and getting

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Jim Thorpe Pennsylvania: AntiSocially Distant 4pm Sunday
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Jim Thorpe: Social Distancing

So, with the current social distancing recommendations from both the PA Department of Health, the CDC, and just about every other damn medical professional on earth. I have been cooped up at my place for over a week and cabin fever set in. Yesterday was

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