RAMBLE: MY BLOG
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BEACH IMPRESSIONS
October 14, 2024
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Solar Storm
As you are aware, my recent trip to the Carolinas didn’t offer up much in shooting weather. Fortunately, the reverse was true this past week on my 3-day trip the Delaware shore areas. I’ll spare you a lot of narrative this…
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SOUTH BOUND
October 7, 2024
“I got to get away, got to get awayGot to, got to …”
(Rolling Stones, 1965)
I’ve got to get away to create my photographs. Sometimes it’s for a few days, other times a few months. However long, I’ve got to get away. For my sanity.
I wanted to get…
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Petersen Museum 3
August 28, 2024
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Left, Chevy Biscayne detail, right Pontiac Bonneville Special
The Petersen is marking its 30th anniversary as it has grown to one of the world’s largest and diverse automotive museums. In about 100,000 square feet of exhibit space it notes the evolution of automotive engineering and its impact on our culture.…
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BEST IN LOW
August 25, 2024
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I thought I was pretty familiar with Low Riders, boy was I wrong! I never imagined cars like these, fortunately, these artists did and the Petersen Automotive Museum had the vision to make a major exhibit of these stunning vehicles. The beauty…
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Mr. Brainwash Museum
August 25, 2024
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When you were a 12 year old kid and on a school field trip dragged to a museum did you ever dream it could be fun? Perhaps the Natural History museum. What kid doesn’t like dinosaurs? More likely it was a museum with paintings … boring. Mr. Brainwash Museum is…
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For Love of Cars
August 23, 2024
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1930 Packard Model 745
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For pretty much as long as I can remember I have been enthralled by design; in architecture, furniture, even stereo gear – Tanberg and Bang & Olufsen made great stuff. My favorite of course, as readers of Ramble…
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No Escape
July 20, 2024
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If you are anywhere on the East Coast, actually almost anywhere in the continental USA, you are probably experiencing some intense hot weather this July. In an effort to escape the high 90s and equivalent humidity in the metro D.C. area we hopped a 52 minute Jet Blue flight to…
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Treasure or Trash
May 31, 2024
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Barrett Monotype
If you are familiar with the adage, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” you’ll understand the appeal of yard sales and their upscale brethren Estate Sales, consignment stores, and places like Goodwill and ReStore. In a modest version of dumpster diving, there is also opportunity in…
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OLD SCHOOL PART II
May 18, 2024
Something in the universe keeps drawing me back to my early days in photography; film days, the days of no autofocus or automatic exposure. My path in photography started as a teenager processing and printing my own black and white photographs in my aunt’s basement. I can easily recall my…
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Where there’s smoke there’s Q
March 4, 2024
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I spend my winter in Florida. I do not lay out on the beach, play golf or have a desire to fracture my bones playing pickleball, I am always looking for something to do, especially if there are photographs involved. A…
