LensProToGo 52 Week Photo Project - Week 8 Submission

My Submission for week 8 themed "Laughter"

My reaction to watching the following video on YouTube.

LensProToGo 52 Week Photo Project - Week 7 Submission

My entry for week 7 themed "Light"

I decided to go with a minimalist approach for this weeks theme. Just a little sliver of light from the moon.

For Sale Canon 7D

Update: Camera has been sold!

Anyone interested in a Canon 7D? I've decided to sell mine. After buying a second hand Rebel T2i I've think I've picked up the 7D once -- to move it from the desk after downloading images to the camera bag. I've found that my current shooting needs the Rebel T2i meets them just fine. I believe the camera has between 10,000 and 15,000 actuations though I don't know the exact number. I will include a 3rd party batter grip with it and spare battery. Asking price is $1100.00 or best offer. If interested email me at zack at zdpictures dot com and we'll talk more about it.

Front of Camera

Back of Camera

LensProToGo 52 Week Photo Project - Week 6 Submission

My submission for week 6 - Song/Movie Title.

Although I don't think any explanation is necessary this represents the 1999 movie Office Space. Being a computer geek I can relate to the movie very well.

LensProToGo 52 Week Photo Project - Week 5 Submission

My submission for week 5 - I Left my Heart in... (your favorite place).

her hands, of course. My favorite place to be is at the beach, watching/photographing a sunrise with my wife, Donna. Since Valentines is approaching she's holding handfuls of those little candy hearts. The beach also holds a special place in my heart due to an incident that happened in 2008. My dad died on January 10th, 2008. Donna and I were living in Georiga at the time and as we made our way to North Carolina for his funeral we stopped at our family condo in Myrtle Beach, SC. On the morning of the 11th we got up early and went to the beach and shot the sunrise. We were well back from where the waves were coming up on the beach and I wrote a message to my dad in the sand. I wrote the message, took one photograph of it and then, for some unknown reason, a wave made it all the way to where I had written the message and erased it. Donna was looking up in the sky and she pointed out what appeared to be the letters "WW" I told her that was dad's way of saying message received and she wanted to know why I thought that. I told her as a kid my dad often called me "WhirlWind" so the "WW" we saw was short for my nickname. We he still alive, my dad would have turned 95 today, since today was his birthday.

LensProToGo 52 Week Photo Project - Week 4 Submission

My submission for week 4 - Self Portrait - Be Creative.

There's a reason I'm a photographer and not a model. I would MUCH rather be behind the camera than in front of it. I just don't care to have my picture taken for some reason. I got this idea while driving home from work and I'm happy with the way it turned out. For me it's about as creative as I get when it comes to taking photos of myself. I sure home next week we have something that will be more appealing to me. We will find out later in the week when the folks from Lens Pro To Go update the theme list on Flickr.

Amazon Kindle Fire

Lately Donna and I have been spending a good amount of time reading eBooks instead of print books. I'm the kind of person that will read the same book more than once. Donna isn't so for print books really are a waste of money and space not to mention trees. We've been reading mostly on the iPad which has worked well. The only problem is we only have one iPad and try as I might I couldn't talk her into a 2nd one :). For her birthday and after having spent a little time trying out our daughter, Steffanie's, Nook eBook reader I talked her into getting a Kindle Fire for her birthday. We chose the Kindle Fire over a Nook because our local library allows you to check out books on the Kindle and not a Nook plus Donna has an Amazon Prime membership so we are able to stream movies, etc for free so the Kindle just made sense so that's what we bought. When we upgraded her phone to an iPhone she also wanted to get a protective screen cover for it so we got the ZAGG covers installed on both our phones and they are really nice. They're expensive but so far I have been extremely pleased with the screen protector.

So far we like the Kindle quite a bit. I've actually used it more than she has. Some how she seems to have taken possession of the iPad and I'm using the Kindle. Oh well so be it. The Kindle is obviously smaller than the iPad and I've been taking it with me to work. When I eat lunch I'll open the Kindle and read while I eat.

So far I've only read the book "Bridges of Madison County" on it. I decided I wanted to read the book after watching the movie for the 2nd time recently. I'm glad I finished reading it on a day when most of my co-workers where out of the office because by the time I finished it I'm sure my eyes were bloodshot from the tears. What a wonderful love story.

I'm currently working my way through Laurie Excell's "Wildlife Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots". I've only read the first few chapters and so far most of it has been a review of stuff I've read elsewhere. Once I finish it completely I'll update this post with a more in-depth review.

Queued up after the wildlife book is Laurie Excell's "Composition: From Snapshots to Great Shots". I'll write up a review on it after I've read it.

I've gotta say I'm a big fan of eBooks that I've spent some time reading them. It's really nice being able to carry around several books and being able to pick and choose which one I want to read depending on my mood at the time.

So how about you? Do you have an eBook reader? If so which one? If not are you considering one?

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