THE WRITTEN RECORD

Author: Chris

Where Did The Photographer Go?

When I was starting out using my first DSLR cameraI I took it with me everywhere and shot anything of interest. One, to break the camera in and two, to explore what my interests were. I didn’t have a genre…

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Training Session

Feel sore tomorrow. Or feel sorry.

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Now What?

1 month after giving up portrait photography for landscape, urban photography and I am uninspired. Doesn’t help that there is a pandemic in a boring city/state.

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Tester

Hello! Recovered from the Internet Archive.

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The Hipstamatic

I’ve been enjoying the Hipstamatic camera app for almost 10 years now and in my opinion, this is one of the most fun film emulators you can use. Digital photography has never looked so analog. You can swipe and choose…

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Currently Reading 3/16/2021

As usual, the library has my desired titles on hold for weeks, and then seems to release them all at once. If I don’t check them out promptly, they’ll go to the next patron and I’ll need to wait for…

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A New Focus

After almost twenty years of portrait photography I have decided to switch to a new challenge in landscape photography. I’ll also throw in some street photography as well. Photographing nature and cityscapes will be a difficult new genre to learn…

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Connectile Dysfunction

All my home and mobile connectivity goes through one provider, T-Mobile. So when the closest tower has maintenance issues, it is crucial to have it resolved quickly. For a communications provider they really haven’t been communicative which adds more frustration.…

Technology

iPad Upgrades

Just grabbed a new Apple Smart Keyboard for the iPad as well as a SIM card to make it truly mobile this week. The Smart Keyboard Folio for iPad Pro and iPad Air is a full-size keyboard when I need…

Technology

3-3 Groundhog Resolutions Check-In

Wow! Is it check-in time already? That was fast and apparently I was not as mentally prepared as I wanted to be. So here’s a recap of February’s resolutions: Failure. Physical Did I mention I was on the Keto diet…

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RSS, Read It Later and Newsletters

This is the sixteenth year I have had the internet deliver me updates using the website feed aggregation protocol and it just keeps getting better. RDF Site Summary, or Real Simple Syndication, helps me stay up to date with my…

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Worn Out

"We must all either wear out or rust out, everyone of us. My choice is to wear out"

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13th Annual Groundhog Resolutions Day!

It’s that time of year again! This is my 13th attempt at creating life-long habits for myself for the whole year. I realize that after the end-of-year holidays I am not mentally or physically capable of sticking with resolutions for…

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62*

I just wrapped up another month of closing the Move, Exercise and Stand goals. Perfect score since December 1st and I am motivated to do the same for February. Why the asterisk in the post title? Well, Apple thinks I…

Fitness + Nutrition

On The Record

Way back around 1978 BC (before COVID) our family had a decent stereo component system featuring a turntable, cassette, AM/FM stereo receiver and floor speakers. Not state of the art but magical for me, especially since I wasn’t allowed to…

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