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Continue reading →: Hollywood Bowl’s First Production of Bizet’s Opera Carmen July, 1922
Seemingly, the Hollywood Bowl has existed forever, or at least as long as the Hollywood Sign. Tucked away on the west side of the Hollywood freeway (the 101 for Angelinos) on the edge of Cahuenga Pass, the Bowl, in addition to being the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is…
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Continue reading →: Santa Ana Winds in SoCalThe Santa Ana winds are blowing in Southern California and that means moderate temperatures and low humidity. For some, temps near 70 degrees in December seem like a dream. But for my part I’m ready for cooler weather. Not that I have experience living in rainy or snowy climates. I…
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Continue reading →: The Old Becomes New: The Falkirk Wheel, ScotlandEven though it wasn’t rocket science, it took a long time for Britians to come to the idea that transporting something on a man made waterway was cheap, efficient, and scalable. They already had long standing examples of the Romans moving water over long distances; some of the aquaducts from…
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Continue reading →: Civics 101-b Ratifying the ConstitutionYou may remember last month we talked about THE founding document of the United States, the Declaration of Independence. The focus of the Declaration was two-fold, first to establish the philosophy behind government. Using ideas from Enlightenment philosophers John Locke, Thomas Hobbs, and JJ Rosseau, and others, the Declaration shows…
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Continue reading →: Civics 101-The Declaration of Independence and Enlightenment Philosophy
July’s topic is a review of the founding ideas of the United States government. I’ve called it Civics 101 because this topic is the founding ideas and basis of our entire government. Especially in this time when the current president acts more like King George III, doing whatever suits his…
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Continue reading →: A random posting about using black and white film.On a recent trip to the United Kingdom I took the opportunity to pack a couple rolls of Kodak T-Max film. I wasn’t sure what kind of light or conditions I would encounter so one roll was ISO and the other ISO 400. I used a newly refurbished Canon AE-1,…
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Continue reading →: Cafenol-My new Black & White Developer
If you are a film shooter you have extra decisions to make before going out to create something unique. Top of the list is whether to use black & white or color film. Your decision may be limited to local labs and their ability to develop black & white. Maybe…
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Continue reading →: Waterfront Blues Festival-Portland, OregonB.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, The Blues Travelor, Earth, Wind, and Fire, Chris Cain, Robert Randolf, the list of blues artists is deep. From the one string Delta Blues artists recorded in the 1920’s to the screaming guitars of today, it seems like anything with a…
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Continue reading →: What Caused the Civil War?
It seems like a question we all know the answer to, we learned it in high school. Slavery caused the Civil War. Why should we look any further? It turns out that the slavery we think about and the slavery Americans in the early 19th century thought about only have…
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Continue reading →: The Challenge of Car ShowsThere are two challenges of photographing car shows. First, it seems like the cars are different owners but the same cars, the same colors, and the same accessories. Second, with the cars so close together it’s hard to isolate only one. In a previous post I mentioned that I decided…
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I’m a retired civics and history teacher and photographer. On this site you can access posts about taking better photographs and visit various places I’ve been.
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