freshman orientation
August 12, 2018
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It is the time of year that either thrills or puts a shiver down the spines of students all over the world. They are heading back to school or perhaps to university as freshmen, the newly minted class of 2022. Despite the excitement of entering a new life phase, there is always trepidation. Orientation, living arrangements, classes, teachers, and m...
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jet jockeys
August 05, 2018
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This slang term used to describe pilots of jet fighter aircraft is the term I frequently associate with hummingbirds. Their speed and agility in the air is nothing less than astonishing, and their flight techniques never cease to amaze me. Because they are only seasonal visitors to this area, I try to photograph the flying wonders several times whi...
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velvet conundrum
July 29, 2018
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A continuing conundrum as a photographer is equipment. One buys a camera and lens - whether film or digital - expecting the equipment to last a good, long time. The original and subsequent purchases are based on potential use and type of photography one does. Do I need to update my camera or buy new lenses, so that I can increase potential shooting...
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visual coolness
July 21, 2018
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Although it is winter in the southern hemisphere, parts of the northern hemisphere are experiencing extreme heat. It is, after all, summer, but England, Scotland, and Ireland are having a heat wave. Grasses are drying, revealing areas of previous habitation not seen in recent history. Fires continue in the western United States as well as broadly a...
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survivors
July 15, 2018
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Extremely uplifting news came out of Thailand this week when all 12 young members of a football team and their coach were extracted from a cave system after having survived 16 days. Highly professional divers, Seal team members, and military and medical personnel, along with volunteers from countries around the world, became a well-oiled machine tu...
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500 and counting
July 09, 2018
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It is really hard for me to believe that this blog is number 500. Before I moved to Zenfolio as my website provider, I published a blog on blogspot.com. The first one appeared on 30 August 2010. The link is: darylablackphotographer.blogspot.com.
Like a photograph, novel, short story or any creation, my blogs reflect and have contents pertaining to...
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cumulus bombs
July 02, 2018
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It would be easy and carefree to say that the 2017-2018 weather season thus far has been quite wonderful. The winter was not harsh. We shoveled very little snow, and temperatures have been almost perfect. Winds that extended through spring and are still blowing regularly might be the only weather issue. But combined with all the gentleness, is the...
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the cooling touch
June 24, 2018
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Summer arrived officially in the northern hemisphere on the 20th. With the humidity shifting between 3 and 10%, the wind blowing at 20 miles per hour with higher gusts, and temperatures in the mid to upper 80s, it sometimes seems as if the life is being sucked out of the landscape. Realizing that this is not the case everywhere (and many of you are...
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normal?
June 17, 2018
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My desk companion - the Concise Oxford English Dictionary - indicates the meaning of "normal" as "conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected...the normal state or condition." In both the world of nature as well as the human-created world, very little seems to be "normal" these days. Due to a lack of moisture in our landscape, all the cre...
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the next adventure
June 11, 2018
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How to begin this morning's blog? To say that food is the subject matter would be simply wrong and fall short of explanation because of the extraordinary spirit that has been rattling around in my head since the news broke. Anthony Bourdain, renowned chef, renegade, traveler, adventurer, and consumer of all life, took his own in France this week. H...
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black and white, color, and in between
June 04, 2018
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Nothing like a three+ hour meeting with a photographer and a couple to be photographed to get the creative juices flowing. That is what happened Saturday with photography friend Steve Immel, and a truly lovely couple who will be getting married in August. Since I have the privilege of being another photographer at the wedding, it was great to meet...
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for each
May 28, 2018
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It is Memorial Day. Throughout the weekend, a steady stream of motorcycles, trucks, campers, boats and assorted vehicles have moved over American highways, driven by people seemingly in a hurry to get somewhere. There will be barbecues, furniture sales, yard sales. This three day weekend is considered the beginning of the summer travel season but t...
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Fiber Crawl
May 21, 2018
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As our friend, Victoria says "get a cup of coffee and a snack." Today's blog is a full one!
This weekend was the New Mexico Fiber Crawl, courtesy of the wonderful people at EVFAC, otherwise known at the Española Valley Fiber Arts Center. evac.org. Artisans and shops from south of Albuquerque to the Colorado border participated in the crawl. Fred h...
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fiber, fiber everywhere
May 14, 2018
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May signals not only the opening of summer, but the art and studio tour season. The New Mexico Fiber Crawl begins this Friday 18 May and runs through Sunday, 20 May 2018, at a wide variety of locations around northern New Mexico. Organizers of the Crawl have creatively divided participating artists and businesses into "threads" - Albuquerque, Españ...
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ode to the common
May 07, 2018
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On this spring morning in the northern hemisphere, one thing is certain: somewhere, probably everywhere there isn't snow on the ground, dandelions are in bloom. When I searched them online this morning, subject headings and websites mostly lead the reader to sites with directions for destroying these native plants. To be fair, there are quite a few...
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