Seven for Sunday 01.04.15

January 05, 2015 in Links, Seven-for-Sunday

Below are some links that I have found awesome, interesting and/or very useful in the past week.

My automated weekly newspaper (created from Twitter resources) - Tipton Weekly Focus

1. Inspiration -- Sky Dementia | Red Forest | Last Rays

2. 7 Things to Realize When You Think You Don't Matter

3. 30 Unbelievably Amazing Photography Links

4. The Year's Most Awesome Photos of Space

5. 20 Life Lessons I Learned From Harry Potter

6. 10 Photography Resolutions for the New Year

7. Dreamlike Photo Manipulations Created With An iPhone

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The FujiFilm X100s...Teacher of Patience and Creativity

December 30, 2014 in Photo-Projects, Reviews-Recommendations, Fujifilm-x100s

I've had my X100s almost a year now and I still have so much to learn about it. It has just about as many menus and settings as my Nikon DSLR, so needless to say I have not mastered it yet. It is a mirror less camera with a fixed lens. The first thing to get used to is the fact that my feet are the zoom...something that takes a lot of patience for me.

The X100s is great for street photography. I ran across a great class on Kelby One taught by photographer Zack Arias about using the X100s for street photography. He also has a good Review and Follow-up Review on his blog. Zack is an excellent resource for both the Fuji X100s and Street Photography.

I've started carrying my X100s with me almost everywhere I go in the hopes that I will master more of it's great features and get more creative with my compositions at the same time. Below are some photos that I've composed using the Fujifilm X100s over the past year.

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Seven for Sunday 12.28.14

December 28, 2014 in Links, Seven-for-Sunday

Below are some links that I have found awesome, interesting and/or very useful in the past week.

My automated weekly newspaper (created from Twitter resources) - Tipton Weekly Focus

1. Inspiration -- ...Before the Tempest | After a Long Walk | Study

2. 6 Things to do Instead of Comparing Yourself to Others

3. 15 Essential Apps to Install On Your New iPad

4. 20 Easy Photography Tricks That Will Make You A Picture Taking Master

5. How to Get Back On Track After Disappointing Yourself

6. Why I Workout and NEVER Look At The Scale

7. These 30 Links Will Take You To The Finest Photography Articles Of The Week

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Santa Hustle Galveston - 2014

December 26, 2014 in Events, Health-Fitness

This is the second year in a row that I've done the Santa Hustle 5K with a group of friends. This year that group grew from three of us last year to over ten this year. I love being part of this group! They are encouraging and all-around great people. Camp Gladiator brought most of us together and I am grateful for CG and the friends I've made.

The Santa Hustle takes place in Galveston...starting on The Strand, traveling all the way to the sea wall and back. The Half Marathon goes further down the sea wall, but we all end up back on The Strand. Congratulations to my friends who completed the Half Marathon and the 5K.

Below are some of the photos I took at this HUGE event.