March 25, 2024 – Another place andother time:

One good reason to be a photographer is to give the opportunity to smile as you look back over your life in another place and another time – The JBARG ranch in Texas 2006. One of my brand new baby Belted Galloway calves and my friend the Roadrunner on the back porch.

JEB JBARG 2006

JEB JBARG 2006

AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – make photos each day, then 15 years later spend an hour in quiet meditation and enjoy them.

March 23, 2024 – From an air boat there are more then birds to photograph.

What are you doing on my Island?

JEB 03 23 2024

AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – enjoy the things of nature around you!

March 22, 2024 – I continue to entertain myself with Photo AI (Artificial Intelligence for Photographers) – Oh my!

An AI view, from the Nature Trail, of TGO’s controled fire wise burn yesterday. – 22 animals I think?

JEB – 03 22 2024

AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – Maybe this AI stuff will be fun for you too!

March 21, 2024 – WOW – Dave has given us some beautiful Cardinals in the snow – And I will promote photography as a hobby for us old folks!

Dave wrote:  Hi Jim, Here are some shots of Cardinals on a snowy day here in upstate NY.  Spring is not here yet. Dave

03 21 2024 Dave Cesari

03 21 2024 Dave Cesari

03 21 2024 Dave Cesari

03 21 2024 Dave Cesari

03 21 2024 Dave Cesari

03 21 2024 Dave Cesari

AND NOW A THOUGHT OF MINE:

Being a photographer offers at least 5 elements of happiness – that is why I recommend photography to all seniors! 1. It helps us study the beauty of the art in what our eyes see (nature, people, & architecture). 2. Post processing gives unlimited opportunity to learn & apply the rules of art that we did not build into our photo when we snapped it. 3. Photography helps us socialize because we have a tangible product we use to trigger discussions with others (not just in person but digitally around the world via all those satellites rocketed up from Kennedy Space Center) 4. The physical demands of a photo shoot can be tailored to match our physical capabilities throughout life – even from a wheel chair if that happens. 5. Finally, if we ever verge on boredom, whip out the digital device and engage for an hour with the nature, people, & architecture of past times – boredom is gone!

I snapped this photo from the road near my home on Drummond Island a year or so ago.

Yesterday, I used a Beta version of a photo AI program to help me make this photo – I think it looks like a real shot of life on Drummond. – Oh my!

AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – Get ready for the future. – Some day in the future, I may take my argument to AI and see how it writes a story to convince you to become a photographer.

March 3, 2024 – After a long pause – Featuring Dave Cesari – and a little snow as I entered TGO:

Dave wrote:  Hi Jim, I haven’t sent you anything in a while. We have had an open mild winter. Not much around to shoot. We had an inch of snow overnight. Lots of birds around this morning. Robins, Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds, Starlings and some Rusty Blackbirds. Rusty Blackbirds are extremely endangered. I see them in the spring when they migrate through headed north. I have not seen any for the last two years. I was happy to see and shoot some this morning. Here are a few pictures.  Dave

03 19 2024 Dave Cesari

03 19 2024 Dave Cesari

03 19 2024 Dave Cesari

03 19 2024 Dave Cesari

03 19 2024 Dave Cesari

03 19 2024 Dave Cesari

03 19 2024 Dave Cesari

I looked at the ferry camera on Drummond Isalnd this morning – a big snow storm was happening – Oh my – so I wondered what TGO would look like in a snow storm:

JEB -TGO in a late March snow storm!

AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – I urge you to enjoy what you see – even if it is snow in TGO!

March 15, 2024 – NYC vs My Florida paradise

NYC vs Florida – click on the “My Slideshow” below:

My Slideshow.mp4

AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – laugh at my slide show – That is all I want from you .  Thx.

March 8, 2024 – Erasing lines – that is what this posting is all about:

Sometimes it is fun to completely erase any line between photography and art!

JEB 3/8/2024

AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – in a broader sense I encourage you to enjoy the art of life.

March 4, 2024 – How to do it.

How to do it – in PhotoShop of course.

 

AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – if it does not seem real, then maybe it is PhotoShoped – this one is obviously not real but……….always view with care .

March 3, 2024 – A shot of nature with my iPhone right after a real down-pour.

It is remarkable what one can do with the iPhone camera. But I missed the shot I really wanted. This guy was being dive-bombed by a Mom and Dad small bird – I assumed they were protecting their nest. I think all the Hawk wanted to do was dry out his wing feathers

JEB – 3/3/2024

AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE –Enjoy watching the storms in your life – after they pass – get out and enjoy the life you can find!

February 23, 2024 – The Me and We story number one:

JEB 2 23 2024

AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE –Keep on a tryin”

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