Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART

Stuff

I have finally gotten some serious work done on my 2017 taxes. The left knee and the left shoulder are feeling pretty good.

Details for the 2019 UK Puffins and Gannets IPT will be announced here soon. We will be visiting Seahouses for the puffins and other seabirds and both Bempton Cliffs and […]

Stuff

After stops at Publix and Walmart, we got to ILE right around noon. I spent most of the rest of the day relaxing.

Great News on the Galapagos Front

Right now I have eleven folks committed to the 2019 Galapagos Photo Cruise. One participant signed up for the single supplement. That means that […]

Stuff

On Sunday, I drove with younger daughter Alissa and husband Ajiniyaz to visit their older son, my grandson Ilyas, at the Anderson Center for Autism, about 30 minutes north of Poughkeepsie, New York. Illy has adapted amazingly well to his new home and the staff loves him.

This blog post took almost three […]

Stuff

I picked Amy up from the airport just before lunch. You can learn about her Greenland marathon experience here. After a nap for both of us we headed out to Nickerson. The blue skies and northwest wind were pretty much perfect but for whatever reason there were only a few skimmers flying around and […]

BirdPhotographer’s.Net

BirdPhotographer’s.Net (BPN for short), is flourishing again. Check out the action right now on the first page of the Avian Forum. There are many mega-educational threads. Here are two:

Roger Smith’s Mallard image here. Is it possible to ruin a good RAW file? Raybel Robles’ White-rumped Sandpiper image here. What is the right way […]

Stuff

I spent all day on Friday with IPT veteran Jim Dolgin. He was floored by Nickerson! The morning was excellent and the afternoon was even better. It is still not too late to join me next Tuesday and Wednesday. And there is still room for the JBWR shorebirds in the mud sessions; scroll down […]

Stuff

I fly to Long Island this afternoon to visit family and do some bird photography. I have one person signed up for pretty much every Long Island session so if you can join us, you will be assured of a very small group … The complete details for both Nickerson and JBWR are below. […]

Stuff

I had a great time doing the Understand Photography 100th podcast with Peggy Farren down in Naples, FL on Friday afternoon. We had a brief problem with the FaceBook connection in the middle of the show, but Joe Fitzpatrick got that fixed quickly and on we went. As soon as I have the YouTube […]

Stuff

While preparing for today’s podcast (Episode #100), I listened to the first-ever Understanding Photography podcast (Episode #1), that I did with Peggy Farren just about two years ago. You can view that on YouTube here. It was great fun watching and listening. I had a bit more hair then and I looked a heck […]

Understanding Photography Podcast Tomorrow from Naples, FL

From the lovely and irrepressible Peggy Farren’s Understanding Photography FaceBook page:

This Friday, August 10 at 4 pm EDT – the fabulous Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART will be the guest on our 100th episode of The Understand Photography Show! Get your questions ready as this will be […]