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It was a long road to get here. In 2022 I took a planned year off from running ultra marathons to let my body recover and to try some new things. Some of the new things included injuries. Nothing major and I didn’t have any big races planned that required training. I just coasted on my accumulated fitness. Basically just running races with no training. In 2023 I was hoping to return… Read More
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Growing up we all have ideas about who we want to be as our lives progress. We think about jobs and careers that we might want to have. We think about things we would not want to do. And we also think about aspects of life we would choose to pursue or not. Get married? Have children? Own a home or rent? Live in a city or in the country? These are… Read More
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When it comes to our creative pursuits, we all gravitate towards different things. I obviously gravitated towards photography. Maybe you are a painter or a sculptor. But even within each type of creative endeavor there are sub categories and niches that we fall into. Some we like and some we avoid. Maybe you write fiction novels. Or Maybe you only write short poems. For me there are certain types of photography I… Read More
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Hiking. I enjoy hiking. I often seek out trails to hike and explore them with my camera. This can vary from local river trails right in town, to local nature centers, nearby state parks and trails that traverse the entire state but passes nearby where i live.
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There are certain subjects that I really like to photograph. I will seek them out and try to capture a variety of images of them. This is especially true when I am pursuing photography in the area where I live. Sometimes when we travel we can get excited about photographing new things. And new things are great and should be celebrated. But don’t forget about the things you love already.
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If you look around your house, there really are so many things that can be good photography subjects. The key and the hardest part is to just open your mind and think outside the box. Especially if you aren’t someone who shoots still life regularly.
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If you are thinking about going gout to take some photos don’t sleep on your small local parks. It is easy to always desire a trip to our many beautiful state and national parks. Going out to someplace that is more wild. Especially if you are a nature, landscape, or wildlife photographer. But, those are not the only places to find those parts of our natural world. There is a lot of… Read More
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It can be a challenge to go out and create photography as often as we would like to. It can be even more challenging to go out and go someplace specific for your photography. But guess what? There isn’t a need to go anywhere to create your photography. If you are feeling the urge to create some photography it can be as simple as opening your door. Open that door. Smell the… Read More
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A big part of life is about who you meet along the way. There are a lot of things I would never have done if I did not meet the right people at the right time in my life. Being an introvert it sounds strange to my own ear to say that a big part of life is those you meet along the way. But it is not about the quantity of… Read More
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I always enjoy getting out in nature. It is even better when I am accompanied by friends. I recently was able to get out into nature for a hike with a friend. Our conversation meandered all over the place and covered a great many topics. Believe it or not Running almost didn’t come up. But, it did come up. I know you are surprised right. I talked about running. Shocking news. But,… Read More
