Tale of Two Brains

Southern Culture

Aaron Wilburn manages to nail southern culture from Krispy Kreme to Wal Mart to the differences between men and women... oh, and he's completely G rated so it's all good, clean humor.

Monkey Business

This little guy is having a blast with two tiger cubs! I'm betting that in just a few months he will keep his distance.

Simon's Cat

This cartoon cat is true to life! Don't dare want to do something other than what a cat wants you to do!

Photography Tips

I am an email freak. Since the day I first found the great big WWW, I have been a hard-core email user. From that point and to this day I joined multiple groups covering such varied interests as computer technology, crime (yes, I said crime), digital graphics, genealogy, humor, faith and inspiration, writing and of course photography. My involvement led me to sign up for multiple newsletters that I receive via email. Each and every day of my life, I handle on an average better than 200 emails a day from those various sources as well as the personal email from friends and family. When I started this blog, my email increased based on the activity level of the site.

Today, one of my photography newsletters contained some helpful hints. I loved them. They were written by plain ol' people like me who shoot for fun who were willing to share their best thoughts on taking good photos.

Here are a few of my favorite tips:

Take the lens cap off!
Take your camera with you!
Shoot only in raw format!
Master shooting in jpg format and NEVER shoot in raw!
It's the archer not the arrow!
Think before you press the shutter!
Do you really want a picture of this?
It's not the camera!
Never stop learning!

There were many more tips, far more technical than the ones I've listed, but I think I will keep working to master these first! especially the one about taking the lens cap off!!!