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Thursday ~ March 05, 2015

Posted by Dave Updegraff on March 5, 2015
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March-04-2015

Happy Thursday!

Actually today is my Friday as I’m taking a day off tomorrow to work on a project and help a friend.

I have often talked about being in a rut on this blog with my photography and the above image made me laugh this morning.   I was attempting to load in onto the page and when the image finished up loading it was the same building and wagon but with a lot more snow on the ground.  When I looked at the meta data on the image it was from two years ago on March 5th so I had selected the wrong year.  🙂

Ironic that I would choose to shoot the same landscape on virtually the same day of the month.

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This guy was not happy with me photographing his property, even though I was across the road on public property.  He looks harmless enough here because I was safely ensconced inside my car.  Prior to that he was showing me his pearly whites and giving his best mean dog impression.  In conflict resolution I feel it is always best to avoid direct physical contact.  🙂

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Amazing day yesterday.  Helping people help themselves has always been what attracted me to the career I’ve chosen.  That happened a couple of times yesterday and it is very gratifying to be useful.  It’s what I love about the work I do.

2 below zero with a windchill of -15 when I went out to get the Queen’s paper this morning.  I did not dilly dally.

That’s it for today.  Thanks for stopping by the blog and your support.

Enjoy your day, stay warm and be careful.

Wednesday ~ February 25, 2015

Posted by Dave Updegraff on February 25, 2015
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February-24-2015

Happy Black & White Wednesday!

No lunch meeting or appointment yesterday so I grabbed my camera, a quick salad and off I went, looking for images.  I decided to take a road that I have never been on before and it turned out to be an interesting although dirty (car wise) experience.   The word desolation kept creeping into my mind as I saw the vast expanses of barren fields covered with snow and leafless trees for as far as the eye could see.

There was never any doubt that all the images I captured yesterday would be rendered in black and white.  I didn’t really go past many farm homes, just lots of farm land and very few structures hence the word desolation. 🙂

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Part of my job (although not officially in my job description) is to help people solve issues with their professional (work) life and in some instances in their personal life as well.  It is amazingly rewarding when successful and devastatingly disappointing when not.  It is one facet of my work that I both love and hate.  Well hate is not the proper word, perhaps regret is a better choice.

Yesterday I experienced both sides, one of success and one of failure, so it was an emotional roller coaster for me yesterday.  Comes with the territory but it’s never routine or without feelings.

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On the way home last night I stopped at the car wash, because my black car was a light shade of brown from my noon road trip.  That made me too late for any photography on my home commute.  I have about 25 minutes of good light before I have to start cranking the ISO up and then it becomes a real challenge.  So I’m glad I had the opportunity to take a ride during my lunch break.

That’s it for today.  Hope you enjoy your day and it has some color in it.

Thanks as always for supporting the blog.  It makes my day when someone says something (good or bad) about one of my images.  Thank you.

Be careful.