Harry: I have a calendar on my desk with silly quotes for each day of the year. As I looked at it I laughed and thought of you as I read this quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin:
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
Hallelujah!
He was a very wise man. I think of him every time I turn on my electric oven.
Harry http://behret.smugmug.com/NANPA member How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
Geez, there's just no winning here. One wants a bigger bucket and another guy wants limes. I'm saving my pennies for a 500mm lens if you want limes or a bigger bucket bring you own. :pissed
Oh, gosh, Harry, this is just too easy.
Uh, why would you need a bigger lens?
You can whistle and the birds...................
aaaaawwwh, I like you too much.
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Would I get killed at a secluded park area, by myself, close to dark?
I just got scared. Maybe I am too old, or girly, for serious photography. This has never happened before. I was going to go spend some time with my egrets, Bill is working, and I get scared????
ginger
I don't know what this thread is, I just read that about the lens, and the devil came and got me. You know how close to Georgia SC is. It is probably Thomas fault. (The Devil Came Down TO Georgia, don't you know?)
OK, I know what the whole thread is. I would love to meet people. I would be stretching it just to get somewhere and pay for the night, but Georgia is kind of a middle place, it is southeast.
Also the Smoky Mtns and Digital Fairy are in North Carolina, or on the border with Georgia and SC. DF is in Boone, not on any borders of states, but right off the Blue Ridge Parkway, a great place. Also the state park in SC, in fact several of them. But I was thinking of the one above Greenville, that area. Reservations for a cabin are like a year or two in advance, but the area, waterfalls, etc. Here there is the coast.
The southeast has no fall, autumn, but it does stay warm a long time, usually. Here you might even catch a hurricane. Perhapes photo journalism.
Also, for nature, think the Ace Basin: google it.
I am not as familiar with Georgia, I do know that it has great sea islands.
All those are ideas I would love, I think. Further away, with more cost, it is out.
I think there would be plenty of places in NC, TN, and north GA. I would love to meet up with some of you, but like Ginger money is a issue. Ginger we are only about 150 miles apart and my brother lives in columbia, we could work out some sort of car pooling to save a few bucks. It will be July or very late june before I can do anything though, I will be in the Philippines for much of june.
OK, I know what the whole thread is. I would love to meet people. I would be stretching it just to get somewhere and pay for the night, but Georgia is kind of a middle place, it is southeast.
Also the Smoky Mtns and Digital Fairy are in North Carolina, or on the border with Georgia and SC. DF is in Boone, not on any borders of states, but right off the Blue Ridge Parkway, a great place. Also the state park in SC, in fact several of them. But I was thinking of the one above Greenville, that area. Reservations for a cabin are like a year or two in advance, but the area, waterfalls, etc. Here there is the coast.
The southeast has no fall, autumn, but it does stay warm a long time, usually. Here you might even catch a hurricane. Perhapes photo journalism.
Also, for nature, think the Ace Basin: google it.
I am not as familiar with Georgia, I do know that it has great sea islands.
All those are ideas I would love, I think. Further away, with more cost, it is out.
I think there would be plenty of places in NC, TN, and north GA. I would love to meet up with some of you, but like Ginger money is a issue. Ginger we are only about 150 miles apart and my brother lives in columbia, we could work out some sort of car pooling to save a few bucks. It will be July or very late june before I can do anything though, I will be in the Philippines for much of june.
James.
I am not far from Georgia on the other side. Heading to Knoxville at the end of June to the Smoky Mountains for a week long camping trip.
While it's a bit out of the way for most of us - Gubbs, I think you're excluded - the English countryside is a fantastic place to shoot landscapes. I just returned from a trip to Europe which allowed me a few days travel in the UK, and let me tell you: the Brits have castles like we have Starbucks - one on every corner! There were also plenty of rolling green hills, grazing sheep, and quaint old towns. That would be one of my dream outings for a shootout, but given the current exchange rate of $2 USD to the pound, it probably won't happen for a while :cry ...
Paris in July Anyone?
I'll be working in Paris from July 1 to August 7 and would love to do a shoot with one or more dgriners while I am there. Anyone interested?
Virginia
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Charlotte, NC area? Anyone this weekend
I will be there, coming up Thursday (8/11/2005). If anyone is in that area please PM me. I am busy Sat and most of Friday. I plan to come home on Sunday. I could alter my plans, and stay a bit, please let me know.
At this point I will not have my car, that is another reason I would need to know. But I would love to meet anyone.........friendly/nice, that is. From dGrin.
ginger (if this is in the wrong place, moderator, please move it for me to the right place, thanks.)
I will be there, coming up Thursday (8/11/2005). If anyone is in that area please PM me. I am busy Sat and most of Friday. I plan to come home on Sunday. I could alter my plans, and stay a bit, please let me know.
At this point I will not have my car, that is another reason I would need to know. But I would love to meet anyone.........friendly/nice, that is. From dGrin.
ginger (if this is in the wrong place, moderator, please move it for me to the right place, thanks.)
Are you going through columbia on the way there/back? I may well be in columbia this weekend.
Are you going through columbia on the way there/back? I may well be in columbia this weekend.
James.
Thanks, James. I go around columbia on I77, but my husband is driving. I can't stop in columbia, but we will have lots of aportunity (sp?) to meet after my other daughter moves there a year from last june.
ginger (she is there now w her husband, looking the place over, they are moving from the dc area, so she figures her options are good. I hope they are. I told her to put all of her options into the school district. smile.)
West Coast Happening.
For all you West Coast surf shooters (you know who you are). Break out the
big glass swell's on the way.
For those of you in the Santa Cruz area, the big stuff will start Thursday
and building through 7-8 feet Saturday/Sunday. This'd be the weekend of
the 17th.
What a great start to the season....
And for those who shoot Steamers, a skim board contest will be on the North
side of the lighthouse.
Ian
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Too bad I this is the first time I've seen this thread. bummer.
Okay, I live in Tacoma. Anyone up in the Pacific Northwest that would be interested in getting together to shoot? I'll be in the area until the summer probably. After that we're going to be moving to wherever the US Air Force sees fit to move us.
Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance.
i'll be back in new york on tuesday until january 16th and i have a bunch of photoshoots scheduled. if anyone wants to tag along with me on a photoshoot, just send me a message or something.
i'll be back in new york on tuesday until january 16th and i have a bunch of photoshoots scheduled. if anyone wants to tag along with me on a photoshoot, just send me a message or something.
anyone in the Kansas City Kansas area lookin to go out shooting? or even Topeka/Wichita.
I'll post some of my pictures from past trips later but I was wondering if anyone would be interested in getting together to shoot up at Mackinaw Island, Mi. There are plenty of topics to shoot there, people, wildlife, old buildings, rock formations, Mackinaw Bridge, lighthouses, old military forts, FUDGE, and alot more. If anyone is interested let me know.
Gary
Gary,
I'd be game to hook up in the U.P./Mackinaw area. I've been there enough to know it has a lot to offer but not enough to know all the hot spots to shoot.
Send me a PM with some dates in the coming year that sound good to you.
Ok, all you Southern California folks, listen up..
Ok, so there are so many of us dgrinners in the SoCal area, there is no excuse not to get together and do some shooting.
I propose that we have a once-a-month, or every other month meet-up to go shoot a different SoCal scene every time. There is still so much that I haven't explored in the area, and it would make it even more fun if there were others interested in going. I'll be willing to set up the first event if anyone is interested.
Please send me a PM if you would like to join in. :
Ok, so there are so many of us dgrinners in the SoCal area, there is no excuse not to get together and do some shooting.
I propose that we have a once-a-month, or every other month meet-up to go shoot a different SoCal scene every time. There is still so much that I haven't explored in the area, and it would make it even more fun if there were others interested in going. I'll be willing to set up the first event if anyone is interested.
Please send me a PM if you would like to join in. :
I can arrange one right next weekend, next Sunday, to be exact. There is a huge waterfall in Rose Valley. Drive is scenic and the hike is very easy. Also, right next to it (2-3 miles) lie the magnificent boulders of the Piedra Blanca.
If you didn't see any of those - you didn't see the SoCal:-)
I can arrange one right next weekend, next Sunday, to be exact. There is a huge waterfall in Rose Valley. Drive is scenic and the hike is very easy. Also, right next to it (2-3 miles) lie the magnificent boulders of the Piedra Blanca.
If you didn't see any of those - you didn't see the SoCal:-)
Anybody?
Sounds like a great place to shoot at. Let's do it! Anyone else interested?
Looks pretty close on the map.
Sounds like a great place to shoot at. Let's do it! Anyone else interested?
Looks pretty close on the map.
We can meet up at Von's shopping plaza at hwy 33 and hwy 150. From there we can go in a smaller number of cars (permit required to park in the Rose Valley, I'll get one). We can discuss further details closer to the trip.
SoCal Meetup.
Sounds like we have a plan. Lets meet this Sunday (Jan 15th) at the Vons parking lot as Nik suggested (Click here for map: Von's shopping plaza at hwy 33 and hwy 150) at 9 am, unless another time is better for the group. Doesn't look like the hike is too strenuous from what Nik was saying, but some good shoes, water, and a snack would probably be a good idea (and of course what ever mix of camera gear you feel so inclined to bring). I suspect we would probably be done seeing the sights by late afternoon, and could think about going somewhere for a quick meal in the area before calling it quits. Have anywhere you could suggest, Nik? :eat
Sounds like we have a plan. Lets meet this Sunday (Jan 15th) at the Vons parking lot as Nik suggested (Click here for map: Von's shopping plaza at hwy 33 and hwy 150) at 9 am, unless another time is better for the group. Doesn't look like the hike is too strenuous from what Nik was saying, but some good shoes, water, and a snack would probably be a good idea (and of course what ever mix of camera gear you feel so inclined to bring). I suspect we would probably be done seeing the sights by late afternoon, and could think about going somewhere for a quick meal in the area before calling it quits. Have anywhere you could suggest, Nik? :eat
As I mentioned before, there are TWO nice places very close to each other. First is Rose Valley falls, second is Piedra Blanca.
Waterfalls consists of two tiers. The lower tier is like 30 ft tall water slide, all in shade of eucalyptus trees, and is located only 5 minutes aways from a parking/picnic area by a nice wide trail (I saw lots of people with strollers on that trail).
The upper tier is about 270 ft tall and requires some more advanced hiking, It's not bad (I did it several times with my younger daughter), no ropes required, but it's more technical than the first one. The narrow steep path leads first to the top of the lower tier, and then just a regular path goes to the bottom (the very base) of the upper tier. I'd say it's about 30-40 min hike, especially if we wanna stop and snap some shots on the way up.
All the way the trails are well shaded, so no heat danger there. Just some generous amounts of poison oak on the trail sides, so one needs to be careful and watch his/her step.
If we start at 9am from the Von's and do both tiers I'd say we should be back by the picnic ground by noon, so it's kinda make perfect timing to have some rest and some food.
Then we can decide whether we are done for the day, or we able to take the second hike. It's a little drive (just 2-3 miles), and we can just use it a vista point and go back. However, if we wanna get to the boulders, it's rather intense 2-3 miles hike one way (and the same back) - little shade, ups and downs, rough trail (not always, but often), couple of creeks crossing, passing through the burnt places. All in all, the second hike is more strenuous and would prolly take 3-4 hours, if not longer...
As I mentioned before, there are TWO nice places very close to each other. First is Rose Valley falls, second is Piedra Blanca.
Waterfalls consists of two tiers. The lower tier is like 30 ft tall water slide, all in shade of eucalyptus trees, and is located only 5 minutes aways from a parking/picnic area by a nice wide trail (I saw lots of people with strollers on that trail).
The upper tier is about 270 ft tall and requires some more advanced hiking, It's not bad (I did it several times with my younger daughter), no ropes required, but it's more technical than the first one. The narrow steep path leads first to the top of the lower tier, and then just a regular path goes to the bottom (the very base) of the upper tier. I'd say it's about 30-40 min hike, especially if we wanna stop and snap some shots on the way up.
All the way the trails are well shaded, so no heat danger there. Just some generous amounts of poison oak on the trail sides, so one needs to be careful and watch his/her step.
If we start at 9am from the Von's and do both tiers I'd say we should be back by the picnic ground by noon, so it's kinda make perfect timing to have some rest and some food.
Then we can decide whether we are done for the day, or we able to take the second hike. It's a little drive (just 2-3 miles), and we can just use it a vista point and go back. However, if we wanna get to the boulders, it's rather intense 2-3 miles hike one way (and the same back) - little shade, ups and downs, rough trail (not always, but often), couple of creeks crossing, passing through the burnt places. All in all, the second hike is more strenuous and would prolly take 3-4 hours, if not longer...
Ok, sounds like maybe the waterfall hike is for sure, and the boulder hike may be a "play it by ear" after the morning's adventures, and see how energized we feel. Agree?
Ok, sounds like maybe the waterfall hike is for sure, and the boulder hike may be a "play it by ear" after the morning's adventures, and see how energized we feel. Agree?
As an alternative, we can just take a quick (and small!!!!) bite after the first hike (just because picnic area is there), take a look at Piedra Blanca from the vista point, and then take a 30 min drive back down to Ventura Harbor and have a *real nice* meal - and some harbor shooting. It's a great place and a food is awesome and not too expensive.
As an alternative, we can just take a quick (and small!!!!) bite after the first hike (just because picnic area is there), take a look at Piedra Blanca from the vista point, and then take a 30 min drive back down to Ventura Harbor and have a *real nice* meal - and some harbor shooting. It's a great place and a food is awesome and not too expensive.
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How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
Uh, why would you need a bigger lens?
You can whistle and the birds...................
aaaaawwwh, I like you too much.
_____________
Would I get killed at a secluded park area, by myself, close to dark?
I just got scared. Maybe I am too old, or girly, for serious photography. This has never happened before. I was going to go spend some time with my egrets, Bill is working, and I get scared????
ginger
I don't know what this thread is, I just read that about the lens, and the devil came and got me. You know how close to Georgia SC is. It is probably Thomas fault. (The Devil Came Down TO Georgia, don't you know?)
Public Rallys, that sounds great.
Also the Smoky Mtns and Digital Fairy are in North Carolina, or on the border with Georgia and SC. DF is in Boone, not on any borders of states, but right off the Blue Ridge Parkway, a great place. Also the state park in SC, in fact several of them. But I was thinking of the one above Greenville, that area. Reservations for a cabin are like a year or two in advance, but the area, waterfalls, etc. Here there is the coast.
The southeast has no fall, autumn, but it does stay warm a long time, usually. Here you might even catch a hurricane. Perhapes photo journalism.
Also, for nature, think the Ace Basin: google it.
I am not as familiar with Georgia, I do know that it has great sea islands.
All those are ideas I would love, I think. Further away, with more cost, it is out.
ginger
James.
http://www.jamesjweg.com
I am not far from Georgia on the other side. Heading to Knoxville at the end of June to the Smoky Mountains for a week long camping trip.
Photographer and Mom of Four!
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Its OK for me i live in the Peak District
James.
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I'll be working in Paris from July 1 to August 7 and would love to do a shoot with one or more dgriners while I am there. Anyone interested?
Virginia
"A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know." Diane Arbus
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I will be there, coming up Thursday (8/11/2005). If anyone is in that area please PM me. I am busy Sat and most of Friday. I plan to come home on Sunday. I could alter my plans, and stay a bit, please let me know.
At this point I will not have my car, that is another reason I would need to know. But I would love to meet anyone.........friendly/nice, that is. From dGrin.
ginger (if this is in the wrong place, moderator, please move it for me to the right place, thanks.)
yes, it belongs here, in the sticky thread "dgrin meetups"
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James.
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Thanks, James. I go around columbia on I77, but my husband is driving. I can't stop in columbia, but we will have lots of aportunity (sp?) to meet after my other daughter moves there a year from last june.
ginger (she is there now w her husband, looking the place over, they are moving from the dc area, so she figures her options are good. I hope they are. I told her to put all of her options into the school district. smile.)
For all you West Coast surf shooters (you know who you are). Break out the
big glass swell's on the way.
For those of you in the Santa Cruz area, the big stuff will start Thursday
and building through 7-8 feet Saturday/Sunday. This'd be the weekend of
the 17th.
What a great start to the season....
And for those who shoot Steamers, a skim board contest will be on the North
side of the lighthouse.
Ian
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Okay, I live in Tacoma. Anyone up in the Pacific Northwest that would be interested in getting together to shoot? I'll be in the area until the summer probably. After that we're going to be moving to wherever the US Air Force sees fit to move us.
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anyone in the Kansas City Kansas area lookin to go out shooting? or even Topeka/Wichita.
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Gary,
I'd be game to hook up in the U.P./Mackinaw area. I've been there enough to know it has a lot to offer but not enough to know all the hot spots to shoot.
Send me a PM with some dates in the coming year that sound good to you.
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Ok, so there are so many of us dgrinners in the SoCal area, there is no excuse not to get together and do some shooting.
I propose that we have a once-a-month, or every other month meet-up to go shoot a different SoCal scene every time. There is still so much that I haven't explored in the area, and it would make it even more fun if there were others interested in going. I'll be willing to set up the first event if anyone is interested.
Please send me a PM if you would like to join in.
http://www.desertshadowphoto.com
http://aero-nut.smugmug.com
I can arrange one right next weekend, next Sunday, to be exact. There is a huge waterfall in Rose Valley. Drive is scenic and the hike is very easy. Also, right next to it (2-3 miles) lie the magnificent boulders of the Piedra Blanca.
If you didn't see any of those - you didn't see the SoCal:-)
Anybody?
Looks pretty close on the map.
http://www.desertshadowphoto.com
http://aero-nut.smugmug.com
We can meet up at Von's shopping plaza at hwy 33 and hwy 150. From there we can go in a smaller number of cars (permit required to park in the Rose Valley, I'll get one). We can discuss further details closer to the trip.
I'm in the the socal meet up.
aero give me a call my cell to let me know the details.
Sounds like we have a plan. Lets meet this Sunday (Jan 15th) at the Vons parking lot as Nik suggested (Click here for map: Von's shopping plaza at hwy 33 and hwy 150) at 9 am, unless another time is better for the group. Doesn't look like the hike is too strenuous from what Nik was saying, but some good shoes, water, and a snack would probably be a good idea (and of course what ever mix of camera gear you feel so inclined to bring). I suspect we would probably be done seeing the sights by late afternoon, and could think about going somewhere for a quick meal in the area before calling it quits. Have anywhere you could suggest, Nik? :eat
http://www.desertshadowphoto.com
http://aero-nut.smugmug.com
As I mentioned before, there are TWO nice places very close to each other. First is Rose Valley falls, second is Piedra Blanca.
Waterfalls consists of two tiers. The lower tier is like 30 ft tall water slide, all in shade of eucalyptus trees, and is located only 5 minutes aways from a parking/picnic area by a nice wide trail (I saw lots of people with strollers on that trail).
The upper tier is about 270 ft tall and requires some more advanced hiking, It's not bad (I did it several times with my younger daughter), no ropes required, but it's more technical than the first one. The narrow steep path leads first to the top of the lower tier, and then just a regular path goes to the bottom (the very base) of the upper tier. I'd say it's about 30-40 min hike, especially if we wanna stop and snap some shots on the way up.
All the way the trails are well shaded, so no heat danger there. Just some generous amounts of poison oak on the trail sides, so one needs to be careful and watch his/her step.
If we start at 9am from the Von's and do both tiers I'd say we should be back by the picnic ground by noon, so it's kinda make perfect timing to have some rest and some food.
Then we can decide whether we are done for the day, or we able to take the second hike. It's a little drive (just 2-3 miles), and we can just use it a vista point and go back. However, if we wanna get to the boulders, it's rather intense 2-3 miles hike one way (and the same back) - little shade, ups and downs, rough trail (not always, but often), couple of creeks crossing, passing through the burnt places. All in all, the second hike is more strenuous and would prolly take 3-4 hours, if not longer...
Ok, sounds like maybe the waterfall hike is for sure, and the boulder hike may be a "play it by ear" after the morning's adventures, and see how energized we feel. Agree?
http://www.desertshadowphoto.com
http://aero-nut.smugmug.com
As an alternative, we can just take a quick (and small!!!!) bite after the first hike (just because picnic area is there), take a look at Piedra Blanca from the vista point, and then take a 30 min drive back down to Ventura Harbor and have a *real nice* meal - and some harbor shooting. It's a great place and a food is awesome and not too expensive.
Sounds like a great backup plan!
http://www.desertshadowphoto.com
http://aero-nut.smugmug.com