My fifth column for Setouchi was about my experiences with my first photo show, as part of my Hikari Shayukai club. The photos I showed all ended up with someone word-play/punnish types of names, which I know the editor likes. He chose to run one…
Continue reading...The rare hooded crane once nested here in Yamaguchi Prefecture in the hundreds. Most now winter in southern Kyushu island, but a few—a bare handful—nest in the rural community of Yashiro, a part of Shunan city about 25 minutes' drive north of here. The town…
Continue reading...Yesterday was my first photo club meeting as an official member (for background see this previous post) and it was a great one. In addition to getting some great feedback on my own pictures, I'm learning critical eye skills by looking closely at lots of…
Continue reading...As I get older, the more I find that simply learning things is perhaps my favorite hobby. Trying new things and getting better at them. Adding and polishing to the skills I use to interact with the world. To that end, I've been trying to…
Continue reading...I have long been a fan of birds in general, which sounds like a silly thing to say but is merely the truth. Being close to birds reveals such cleverness, such expressiveness, that it's hard not to anthropomorphize them. Yet I have never really taken…
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