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Travel and photography seem to go hand in hand. A month before my 2007 trip to New Zealand I wanted to take better photos than what my point and shoot had been taking.

Fortunately, my ex (you know the one I left to travel) is a great photographer and gave me an old Canon film SLR from the 1970s and a crash course on how to take photos.

I had never considered myself a creative person before that but I fell in love with photography. When I returned from New Zealand I bought a used DSLR. Ten thousand photos later I travel with a Canon 60D with three lenses.

I spend a lot of time reading about how to take better photos and my frustration is that most sites list the basics or get too technical there seems to be no in between– I get that we’re supposed to shoot in the golden hour but what next?

Well Beth from Beers and Beans has finally told me.

Bethany is an amazing photographer. She isn’t the kind where you look at it and think wow that is a technically perfect photo she is the kind that makes you feel something and think wow I wish I could do that.

She just launched an ebook called Getting out of Auto and I cannot express how amazing this guide is.

Part One includes all the basics, the stuff that seems complicated like f stops and aperture. But instead of just stating what they are, she actually explains them in a way you can understand with lots of photos. . . .

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Book Disclaimers: Wheel of Time

25 Apr

Book Disclaimers: “Wheel of Time” will Steal Your Time

First off, I adore this series of books, or at least I did for a very long time. Many, many years ago, I picked up a friend’s copy of “The Eye of the World” and ran straight through the first six books within less than a month. I consumed them with a passion that was fierce and undying; Robert Jordan was just an amazing author.

A lot of people have a problem with the fact that much of the series seems kind of reminiscent of LOTR, and that is certainly true. There are “dark riders,” a collection of men that went terribly evil and sold their souls to the dark lord, there are trolls, and of course wizards. But Jordan’s work is also incredibly unique and wonderfully in-depth. Who can reject a fantasy series that has it’s own maps? And its own university webpage dedicated to the dozens of associated games. There is even supposedly a movie coming out before too long. To put this series into perspective for fantasy newbies, this book was more of a cult classic than GOT. It spins hundreds of little webs and tales, making it as complex (if not more) than George R. R. Martin’s series. You may be following as many as twenty side stories at any given time, all of them vital to the main theme. Combine the intricacy with the beautiful writing style, and the books are sheer magic. You get an incredibly beautiful, LONG series of books. Continue reading →