Images, thoughts, and crib notes from near and far.
Posted in Uncategorized on May 16th, 2012
One of the many things a dad gets to do is brag about his daughters. With two of the most wonderful daughters in the world, I find myself seldom talking about them on the blog for privacy reasons. So today, I’m breaking this rule for a mini update and a congratulatory note. Alexis, my oldest, [...]
Posted in News, Tools and Techniques, Uncategorized on Jan 10th, 2012
Another week of announcements: The long awaited Lightroom 4 Beta is out and can be downloaded over at Adobe Labs for those of you that are willing to accept working in a Beta environment. If you decide to download and install this Beta, please be sure to read all of the fine print associated with [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 29th, 2011
I almost always shoot in aperture mode, as it allows me to control the depth of field or zone of focus. I use this technique to control what the viewer “sees” in my photograph or to call attention to a particular part of the image or to isolate the primary image from the foreground or [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 21st, 2011
While everyone is getting ready for Black Friday, I ran across this wonderful opportunity from one of my favorite training outlets, the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. I don’t receive any commission from this plug however, I will tell you that this is a wonderful training site and well work the money. Enjoy and next [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 12th, 2011
This Veterans Day, I decided to take a quick walk backwards in time to 2004. Stationed in Baghdad, Iraq and behind the walls of the most notable community, the Green Zone, I often looked to my camera as a sanity check for all that was going on. I traded all of my film cameras for [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 11th, 2011
Today is Veterans Day, once known as Armistice Day after World War I. President Woodrow Wilson said in 1919 that it should be a day “filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 25th, 2011
We are toooooo tired toto post tonight. I'll catch up tomorrow from Kenya. Ulala salama Posted via email from Photography by Randy Hanna
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 24th, 2011
Daily update attached…..off to bed after a very long day. 23 August 2011 Weather: clear blue skies, cool morning with a slight breeze warming fast as we moved toward the river. After a wonderful breakfast, we departed 0730 for the Mara River. With four days at Kogakuria, I decided that another day at the river [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 22nd, 2011
Due to limited connections, I'm having to attach the update as a html file. Cheers 22 Aug Weather: cool and overcast with patches of blue. Another wonderful day in the northern Serengeti. Our camp is known as Kogakuria, and is some 20km south of the Kogatende Air Strip. Sitting on a hill top, it offers [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 20th, 2011
Another killer day in the Serenegti. Within 15 minutes of breaking camp we were photographing a mother leopard and her two cubs at the Seronera swamp area. 30 minutes later a mother Cheetah and two young cubs on one side of the road and dancing ostriches on the other side of the road; the choices [...]