One of the challenges photographers face is understanding “white balance” — basically, rendering color correctly under various types of light. There are many good descriptions out there of this. Here’s Ken Rockwell, for instance: Different kinds of light require different …
Many months ago, Polimom wrote a post that wondered whether one could identify a future danger to society, and if so, what could be done about them. At the time, I was writing about a boy who could have lived …
Polimom was just like every other little Janey who teeters out of Mommy’s closet in high heels 7 sizes too big. In fact, there’s even a picture somewhere of Polimom at age 10 or thereabouts, posing in the backyard. I …
When Adorable Child (AC) started middle school in the Katy school system this past year, I had a somewhat malicious sense of satisfaction in knowing she has to get up a full hour earlier (6 am) than she had to …
GAH! Hahaha. That takes me back to jr. high in the scariest of ways, but it’s a great shot.