Once again our public dialogue has been hijacked by a cultural issue created by Republicans to divide Americans and distract us from bigger issues. However, the debate over insurance coverage for birth control is part of a bigger issue. The idea that employers, or insurance companies, should be able to unilaterally decide on what health care coverage a person can have based on their personal sense of morality or religion is unacceptable. Continue reading
No spiders were harmed while making this picture. This guy was crawling across my gym floor while I was working out. I scooped him into a box and got my camera set up for a macro shot. He remained a cooperative model for about five minutes while I took several shots, but then he tried to jump onto my camera and it was clear that he was done taking photos. I got him back into the box and released him into the backyard.
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Once a week we go to Whole Foods for groceries. I’m always tempted to buy an orchid and today I did. Mostly, I wanted to take pictures of it. Flowers are a common photography subject for beginners like me. They make great models because they never complain about endless retakes and repositioning lights and camera angles.
Nikon 105 mm macro lens, f14, 0.5 seconds, iso 100 and two 26 watt 6500 K fluorescent lights.
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