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the six inch zygo cactus
Otherwise known as the Christmas Cactus. There were quite a few of them in bloom at Menards today. As winter deepens, we take our flower photography where we find it.
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hulk poem costco
Our favorite poet returns with some thoughts on shopping in bulk: Hulk go Costco. Hulk buy frozen box samosas: Potato, chickpea, Chicken tikka masala inside. Three kinds Indian samosa. Big question:...
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me
One of the best things about photography is that, because you are usually behind the camera, you very seldom appear in the photographs. But a while ago, a friend of mine who has also taken up the art...
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reference photographs: bottle caps
I need to learn how to draw a bottle cap, fast. Here are some photographs I took this afternoon to use as photo references. No idea whether these will be more useful at the drawing table (on my...
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even more neighborhood sunsets
Position: Photographs of colorful late winter sunsets are not in poor taste *provided* they are made within three blocks of your house. Discuss.
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yesterday in football talk
It’s no secret around here that we love the football. Not the American gridiron kind that’s becoming more and more problematic to support with every year that passes, but the original kind as played...
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save the phone doodles, again!
A Cartoonist in Kekionga is on a quest to save the great American phone doodle. I’ve been on the phone a lot recently and here are three of the current crop. Media: Zebra Sarasa 0.7 “Porto” on cheap...
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weiner(mobile) in motion
What a difference a week makes, especially in the Midwest in the early spring. Just last Friday, I was trying to photograph the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile. With a phone camera. From a moving car. In a...
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blue koi are hungry koi
Two squares of blue koi feeding in a local park during a March rain. (Fuji X-T10 with the 60mm f/2.4, tweaks to contrast and saturation for that Japanese style koi effect.)
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announcing the new Official Pam Bliss Facebook Page!
Did you know that I now have an Official Facebook Page? (How modern!) This is a public page– you do not have to be a member of Facebook to see and follow it. It’s just another way to stay in touch...
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little psychic beings
Do you have a story with a science fiction bent? Do you need some little psychic beings? Here, I made these for you. You can tell they are psychic beings by their big bald heads with dramatic veins...
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insulted camels
Today I made some digital art/ out of a layout that was insulting to camels/ (accidentally, I hope.)
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found art hero
Met a superhero at Menards on Memorial Day. Code Name: Super Spark Fountain. I suppose “Emits Showers of Sparks” counts as a superpower. Plus he can fly, if the documentation of a fireworks package can...
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distraction: a toy camera
Every photographer should have a toy camera. The combination of a low fi plastic lens, minimal controls, and no way to review the images on the spot means there’s nothing much to do except see...
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it’s inktober!
Inktober Day Three: Poison. It’s up to you whether you think that some of the refreshments on offer are slightly toxic. Or maybe “Poison” is the name of the Horrible Creature on the left. Inktober...
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good bye to the little black car
Many of you knew our little black car. It was a 1996 Geo Prizm, twin to the Toyota Corolla Sprinter, built in the NUMMI plant in California during the height of the “captive import” craze. We were its...
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antelopia– squares, and a quiz
A tour of the photo archives takes us once again through the fringes of Antelopia, my ongoing project where I photograph every antelope I can find. Due to the fact that Northwest Indiana is not prime...
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hulk go “small press and alternative comics expo”
Big room full comics: Man in hat draw Hulk picture. Use “artistic license”. Today’s Hulk-ku (a real proper one this time) was inspired by this years SPACE show, another wonderful gathering of the small...
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best of the drawing of the day: lizbet, ron, and humberto
Three characters in search of a story. I’m kind of distracted by the most major of major new projects (the initial training of our latest corgi, the Floofy One, aka The Martian) so it will take a...
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Did the neighborhood garage sales/ found this in my notebook afterward. Gourds painted to look like apples. Apples painted to look like gourds? Not one of the Deeper Questions of the Universe, but...
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