Lets take a trip down memory lane! I want to share with you a treasure from the year 2000 when I was 11 years old – the story of the first camera I ever owned! For Christmas that year, I received a silver polaroid i-Zone camera. It made these tiny […]
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I haven’t shot a roll of film in years, but recently I went out and gave it a whirl using a Pentax ME Super and Kodak UltraMax film! There is something so nostalgic about the analog camera experience. I know it’s become more trendy in the recent years to shoot […]
Have you heard of photo walks? I hadn’t really until recently I was browsing YouTube and learned that people will meet up in groups and go on photo walks together. This is also something that photographers often do solo. I mean, I knew people walk around and take photos, but […]
Someone (I wish I could remember who) I was watching this summer on YouTube said that if you want to improve your photography you should look at work from great photographers, preferably in print. I had spent a lot of time watching videos about the craft of photography (getting good […]
Here is an example from today of something I am trying to practice more and more in my photography – the idea of visualization as defined by Ansel Adams. The image above on the left is my attempt at editing a photo to complete my “vision” that I had before […]
Hey y’all! I am writing to let you know that I have added a photography section to my website. The Captain’s Log covers an assortment of topics, primarily outdoorsy things and the ALONE show. Lately, I have found my interest in photography has been really sparked again in the last […]
Years ago in 2008, our local newspaper held an online county-wide photo contest to create a book called Capture Lane County. It was a fine-art coffee-table style book put together in a non-traditional way – 417 local photographers submitted 8,982 photos, and 602,217 votes were cast online on the photos […]
Another overdue book review incoming!! I had such a great time reading Timber’s book. Memoir of a Wildman is written by Timber Cleghorn, who survived 83 days on season 11 of ALONE: the Arctic Circle. If you haven’t watched, ALONE is the most legitimate survival show on TV, where 10 […]
It’s my favorite time of year! Season 12 of Alone on the History Channel is airing on Thursday, June 12th at 9/8c. Guys, this season is in a totally new location!! They’re going to be in the Great Karoo Desert in South Africa. How cool is that? Or should I say hot!? This location […]
This review has been a long time coming. I have had this book for quite some time and I’ve been a bit speechless as to how to articulate how GOOD this book is. tl;dr: This book is the best, most comprehensive, modern wilderness survival book that I have ever read. […]
Here we go again!! Time for season 11 of Alone on the History Channel! Season 11 will be airing on Thursday, June 13th at 9/8c. What is Alone? Here’s a quick recap: 10 people are dropped off out into the middle of nowhere (Inuvik, Canada) to survive by themselves AND […]
I recently had the opportunity to watch the first season of the UK version of my favorite show, Alone. It’s about time I get the contestant social media post up! Each season, I post the social media links that belong to the contestants on the show to help fans find […]