Too many hobbies, not enough focus
Even if others don't agree. I am in a situation right now where I want to do something but others are "advising" me to make a different decision. I can see where they are coming from and I can see the logic behind their view, but I also fully believe in my view. I've basically …
Continue reading "Sometimes You Just Need To Do What's in Your Heart"
I told you I'd updated the content on this site over time and I want to deliver. I just updated my About section (see the menu), specifically my profile, auto biography, and about this site pages. I realized that I have a really old (circa 2004) photo of myself on my profile page. I need …
Welcome to the next generation of my weblog! This site looks pretty different from the old version. It also has a new URL (jasontaylor.ath.cx). I haven't updated all of my content and I'm not sure if I ever will, but keep checking for new stuff. If you want to see my old site, you can …
Woo hoo, I mowed the lawn! Fantastic, right? Well it kind of is, for me at least. This is the first time that I've ever mowed our entire lawn. I mowed the front yard and back yard (which is normal) as well as the side yard and our lower back yard. Those are areas that …
Gizmodo has what they call Shooting Challenges every couple of weeks or so. They post a description of a photographic topic or technique, rules, and a due date. Readers take pictures and submit them. Gizmodo posts them and picks winners the next week. Last week's challenge was to photograph water droplets. They provided some instructions …
I've had my 7D for almost a week now and have already had 3 major photo taking opportunities. Below is a sample of the first photos that I took with the camera. The photos are from two excursions that I took with Asher last week in Portsmouth. I got some really great ones of the …
It's HERE!!!
I just added new photos to the slideshow at the top of my site. Check them out. As I work through my photos and rate them, my best photos will be displayed on this page.
I ordered a new camera tonight: a Canon EOS 7D. It's a great upgrade to my 50D (which I sold to Asher). It has an 18 MP sensor, 19 autofocus points, a 63 zone metering system, takes 1080P HD video, and shoots 8 frames per second. It's a great upgrade to my 50D that I …
I've been on a rampage lately... organizing my photos. I've been taking photos with a digital SLR since college. I used to collect them in iPhoto, but I started using Adobe Lightroom last year. I never really had any sort of organization to my photos - I would just download them into Lightroom and occasionally …
Relatively Ambitious 