Merry Christmas....

Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or what ever you decide to celebrate during your holiday time.

We are in cold, gloomy Ohio visiting family and friends. You couldn't ask for a better way to spend the holidays!

Until next time, stay safe stay warm and enjoy the holidays.

Kerby's Nursery

As most people know, some photographers are a little weird, but also very resourceful. If you don't believe that, just check out the Strobist web blog and see the things photographers come up with.

Well, on Black Friday, while the masses were swarming the malls and other retail stores the Brandon Photography Club made arrangements with Kerby's Nursery to allow us to use their business for our group macro shoot.

While I love Kerby's for their knowledge and great selection of landscape items they offer, they were even more gracious in letting us shoot there. We were told to move any of their displays around as we needed, use their hoses to wet down any of the plants, you name it and they were accommodating!

To see a few of the images I was able to get while there, please click here. While I am new to macro photography, I think I came away with a few keepers!

Brandon Photography Club

The first Tuesday night of every month brings our club meetings and this one was especially exciting. Tonight we had featured presenter Blake Shadle of Wild Florida Photography.

Blake, accompanied by his wife, dad James and a couple friends, showed us a slide show of the images he takes throughout the Tampa Bay area. He shared his tips on taking photos like he was presenting and gave us some of his secrets on capturing the perfect photo.

Check out their web site at the link above and if you are interested, check out taking a workshop with them.

iStockphoto...

After a long debate and a lot of research, reading and indecision I made the leap and signed up to become a contributor with iStockphoto.com and was accepted. I have submitted three images and two of those were selected for my portfolio.

I am hoping to go through some of my older photos and start shooting a lot of new stuff to add to my portfolio soon.

Please check out my iStockphoto images and if you know anyone needing to buy some stock photography for an upcoming project, point them my way!

Florida’s Heritage, Lands and Inhabitants

I recently had two of my photographs selected to be displayed in a photography exhibition entitled “Florida’s Heritage, Lands and Inhabitants”.

The show is being held at the City of Largo Library in their “Art Gallery” for the month of May, with the opening reception being held on May 6th, from 2 to 4 pm.

You may see the show ad, read more about the exhibition and get the library’s address here.

Big Cat Rescue

I had the honor to be given a tour of Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, FL recently, lead by the owners of the sanctuary.

These cats are very beautiful and some of their stories are disturbing to say the least. Though a huge attraction, the stories regarding the white tiger are some of the worst. Stop by Big Cat Rescue's web site to read about them.

To see some of my images from that day, see my flickr page.