Foto Friday – Great Horned Owl

Great Horned Owl - Captive Bird

Here’s a Great Horned Owl from the visit to the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center’s First Saturday event. He looks frightened . Captured with Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L handheld. see more photos in my flickr photostream and on my website at photographyminute.com

Foto Friday: Mom & Baby Big Horn Sheep

Mom & Baby Big Horn Sheep

Another Big Horn Sheep & Baby from Zion National Park . I wish I hadn’t cut off the top of the baby. Captured wth Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L. see more photos in my flickr photostream and on my website at photographyminute.com

Foto Friday – Grafton UT, Ghost Town

Grafton UT - Ghost town in Black & White

Here’s a photo taken at the Grafton Utah ghost town, just outside of Zion National Park. We couldn’t get close to the buildings on the day we went but got a few decent shots. This was converted to black and white and a vignette added to it. Captured with Canon 5D and Canon 17-40 L [...]

Foto Friday – Barn Owl

Barn Owl - Captive Bird

This is a Barn Owl from a recent visit to the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center’s First Saturday event. Notice the differences in the wings…the owl can fly buy not well. Captured with Canon 7D and Canon 400mm 5.6 L handheld.

Foto Friday – One of my favorites – Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

This is one of my favorite photos…luck + great light + a little bit of skill came together at once to get this beautiful photo. Great Blue Heron Captured on Canon 7D with Canon 400mm 5.6 L at Bob Woodruff Park, Plano TX. See more photos in my flickr photostream and on my website at [...]

Foto Friday (new series) – Antelope Slot Canyon

Light the Way - Antelope Slot Canyon

I’m starting a new series here that has nothing to do with Technology, Strategy, People or Projects. I’m calling this new series Foto Friday and I plan to share  a photo that I’ve taken with you. With this new series, I want to share another passion of mine – Photography. If you don’t know, I’m [...]

Back from vacation…

You may have realized that I’ve been a bit quite over the last week…good for you for noticing Tracie and I spent 7 wonderful days in Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park and the surrounding area. Loved the trip and the area. Recommendation: If you visit the area, check out Flanigan’s Villas or Flanigan’s [...]

Is Creativity & Innovation enough?

I just finished reading Chase Jarvis‘ post titled “Creativity alone is not enough“. In this article, Chase argues that Creativity isn’t enough for people working in the creative world (photographers, designers, etc).  Jarvis argues that creative folks need to embrace other mindsets (such as being different, brilliant and innovative) to be successful. According to Jarvis, The key to [...]

You’re doing it wrong!

Sunset over Dallas

You’re doing it wrong! I hate when people tell me that. Who are they to tell me how to do something? OK…OK…there are times when ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ make sense. Driving a car. Flying a plane.  Connecting electric lines. Things like this do have right and wrong ways. If I’m taking a picture, who’s to [...]

Another lesson from Photography

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Image via Wikipedia Tracie and I spent Good Friday at the Dallas Arboretum (jump over to my photoblog – OneFour Photography – for some photos).  The trip was enjoyable and relaxing….we spent a few hours roaming around taking photos and enjoying the scenery. While there, I noticed quite a few other folks taking photos….some were [...]