Tag: Photography

Niagara Falls: Crossing the Rainbow Bridge

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I spoke a little bit about the Rainbow Bridge last week but wanted to bring more attention to it. There are two ways to get across the bridge: driving and walking. Driving typically takes a lot longer because those crossing have to go through border patrol on each end and pay a toll. The actual

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Cameras, Buying Film, and Film Labs

Cameras Acquiring a film camera is both easier and more difficult than you think. Plenty of antique stores have old film cameras. However, they may not always work or they may take a type of film that is no longer made. Disposable cameras are still available but being one time use they aren’t the best

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Traveling with Film

I have been considering this film series for a while and obviously I’m not talking about film as in movies but film as in analog format photos. A little over a year ago Keltin got a 120mm TLR camera for his birthday. This Rollicord camera was built in Germany in 1938 and still takes fantastic

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Waco Mammoth National Monument

I am way behind on my posting. Blame the holidays. Back in September I had the opportunity to visit the Waco Mammoth National Moment. This is site has actually been on my list to visit for a while and I was happy to finally have a chance to visit. This location is the only know

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Dinosaurs in the Garden

Grapevine was supposed to have a Jurassic Garden event at the botanic gardens – due to the pandemic it was rightly cancelled but we did get some pictures with the dinos before everything was closed. They were still setting up for the event at the time so some of these dinosaurs were only partly put

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Garden Photo Shoot

The weekend before the shelter-in-place order came in Keltin and I practiced some social distancing at the local botanic garden for a little photo shoot. Despite thinking I was going to freeze these were so much fun to take and Keltin got to show off his photography skills! I loved getting to feel like a

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Wedding Planning Update: Part II

We took engagement photos last fall and they turned out beautiful and I just had to share them. I have also found my dress! Now, we are down to planning the details. Our photographer did a MAGNIFICENT job. The park we took these at was packed and you would never know it from the photos.

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Weekend Wandering: New Lens

Keltin and I recently procured a new lens for our Canon, a 70-200 mm, and it takes wonderful photos. If you are considering one here are some examples of the quality. The camera is a Canon Rebel T6 DSLR. All of these photos were taken and edited by Keltin and you can see more of

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Easter at the Ranch

This year we got to spend Easter weekend at my parents property. With all the rain this spring the place was covered in flowers. My sisters enjoyed a nice horseback ride that actually ended with them swimming the horses The dogs all had a wonderful time to and just ran and played for nearly two

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