Went to Charleston last weekend for a wedding, but managed to still find my way out on a boat. This picture was taken by simply opening up the shutter speed and dragging it across the subject’s face.
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Fashion Cow
Never exercised the plastic filter in Photoshop until now, but I think it works in this case. And if you were wondering, the model is far from plastic.
Picnic Island
My guess is that the city of Tampa offered up Picnic Island as a concession to give a large amount of oceanfront land over to industry. They also built a bunch of lifeguard towers, but later realized they would have to pay trained people to sit there. No matter, a lifeguard tower is a great place to watch the sun set.
Innocence
There has been some lapse since I picked up the proverbial pen, and the reason is undeniably warranted. I recently experienced one of life’s innate and most special gifts, the birth of my son.
Houston Leiding Payne was born on August 28, 2008, and my life is forever changed.
The date on which he was born has some significance. Not as some unique identifier of who he shall become, but of context as it relates to history and the current state of our country and the world. It is the date of Martin Luther King’s historic speech, and Obama’s acceptance of the Democratic nomination for president of the United States.
I have never voted for party but always for country. I vote for intellectual promise, not a firm resolve. Each time I’ve filled out a ballot I was keenly aware of inherent problems with both sides of the fence.
Come soon we must again choose with the best of our conviction and consideration of the facts as we know them to be true, understanding that the rest is simply rhetoric.
Do not just listen to the politicians, pundits, media, friends, or even family. Do some research before you vote.
I want change.
I want the best for my son.
Dinner Time for a Tampa Bay Dolphin
Yesterday evening I took my regular bike route along Bayshore, also known as the Boulevard of Dreams, to Davis Island and back when I came across this dolphin corralling fish. I pulled out my little Powershot A620 and shot some video. At one point he or she leapt from the water with a fish at the tip of its mouth. It went on for a while and was quite amusing.