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What’s Up? Finland has continued to amaze. On Thursday we enjoyed photographing battling Black Grouse on their lekking grounds for the second straight morning. On pure snow. That afternoon was diving Ospreys and an hour with a crazy Capercaillie … We had a killer morning with a pair of White-throated Dippers on Friday and a […] What’s Up? So, we get to the gate for the short flight to Kuusamo on a pretty good-sized Embrear jet. Anita North, who was at the gate early, gives us the bad news: we will need to gate check our Think Tank bags, not because they were too large for the overhead, but because they […] What’s Up? I made my flight to Helsinki despite the delay on the way from Orlando to JFK and the flight to Kuusamo was easy. It was a miracle that the four of us got our carry-ons onto the plane, but we did. Story at some point. Finland has been beyond amazing so far. […] What’s Up? My flight from Orlando to JFK is delayed 2 1/2 hours. If that is the end of it, I should still make the flight to Helsinki. Time will tell. With love to all and at peace, artie var ftClick = “”; var ftExpTrack_1705289 = “”; var ftX = “”; var ftY = […] What’s Up? I love being in the field and I love teaching so much that I decided to put together two In-the-Field Meet-up Weekends in May. I wrote this up on the way to the airport for my flight to JFK followed by my red-eye flight to Helsinki, Finland and then the puddle-jumper flight to […] What’s Up? A visit to chiropractor TJ McKeon in town on Thursday afternoon had my shoulder feeling well enough for a swim on FRI. I’ve been getting down to the lake most mornings and will spend SAT and SUN packing for Finland. I did finish my micro-adjust session on Friday, learned a ton, worked on […] What’s Up? I spent most of Wednesday and Thursday micro-adjusting my Canon 200-400mm f/4L IS lens with Internal Teleconverter with both of my 5D Mark IV bodies in preparation for my upcoming Finland trip. (I fly on Monday arriving on Tuesday.) In addition, I continued work on the LensAlign/Focus Tune tutorial. Why so long? Zoom […] What’s Up? The 2017 DeSoto IPT was fabulous with lots of birds and learning and all happy clients. The birds were a bit sparse at the start on the Sunday Morning DeSoto Meet-up but we wound up with two cooperative Great Blue Herons, some copulating Laughing Gulls, and tons of learning on the subjects of […] What’s Up? I had a bit of excitement on Friday evening when I noticed phone calls on my cell from each of my two daughters just minutes apart. I knew that the news was not that my Mom had died because that was last week. I got Jen and she told me that her husband […] What’s Up? The DeSoto IPT is going great guns. We have enjoyed great weather and great birds and great lunches at a nearby Applebees. Our ridiculously cooperative subjects have included Great Blue Heron, Reddish Egret, White Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, Royal and Sandwich Terns, Laughing and Ring-billed Gulls, and dozens of tame shorebirds including Marbled Godwit, […] What’s Up? After a great two-hour introductory program, the Fort DeSoto IPT got off to a horrible start with strong east winds and bright sun … Then things got a bit better but were still difficult. Then the wind shifted 90 degrees and we found a real treasure. Everyone was thrilled. Photo and the complete […] Big BAA Blog News For the next few weeks, my plan is to publish a new, educational blog post every other day or thereabouts so that I will have some time to finish up two important projects that have been on the back burner for too, too long: the BAA Current Workflow Guide and the […] What’s Up? I spent Sunday morning at Gatorland with two very nice clients from Orlando, Marj and Gary. With dead clear skies conditions were not the greatest but we had fun and they learned quite a bit. With a nice east wind picking up mid-morning we had a few good flight chances. I have decided […] What’s Up? Saturday morning at Gatorland was quite good. Client Ray Martinez, originally from Venezuela, brought along his friend – Alex Fuenmayor, also from Venezuela. They have been great friends since 5th grade. Ray is the sole staff photographer for Kansas State University. He does events, staff, sports, and the graduation photos. In short he […] What’s Up? I had another great morning down by the lake with the young cranes and the vultures. I moved a few dead fish around so that I could stand down on the edge of a nearby canal and was at eye level with the scavengers (with the sun right behind me of course). It […] What’s Up? Oh what a day. Had a nice photo session down by the lake on Thursday morning and an even better one at sunset. Limpkins and Sandhill Cranes with babies in the morning, backlit and silhouetted crane colts in the evening. Got some work done and signed up four folks for the upcoming Gatorland […] What’s Up? Wednesday was (and is) my weekly fast day. The rest was business as usual. I did get some work done on the Current BAA Workflow e-Guide. var ftClick = “”; var ftExpTrack_1705289 = “”; var ftX = “”; var ftY = “”; var ftZ = “”; var ftOBA = 1; var […] What’s Up? I began the third of my four School for the Work 4-day aftercare sessions this morning on Skype with a loverly lady from the UP of Michigan. I took my walk and another late afternoon swim. Aside from that I was pretty much a lazy bum. I watched three hours of Jersey Boys […] What’s Up? Older daughter Jennifer and I flew back to Orlando on the 12:15pm non-stop from Islip. The flight was a breeze. I got home in plenty of time to enjoy a late afternoon swim. Scroll down a bit for info on next weekend’s Gatorland offerings and scroll down further for DeSoto IPT late […] What’s Up? My Mom’s memorial service was quite lovely. It was presided over by, Aaron Benson, the wonderful young rabbi of the North Shore Jewish Center. For me, it was great re-connecting with family and friends of family. The message of the day was the same as I shared in yesterday’s blog post: Hazel Morris […] |
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