Pause That Refreshes – RiverDogs X -Words and Pictures from the River's Edge

Pistons On The Square

The third Saturday of October is five days from now. It’s important to me because every third Saturday, of every month, classic cars from Austin and the surrounding area make the trip to the square in Georgetown, Texas. When the weather is good, cars start arriving before 8AM and by 9AM there are hundreds ofContinue reading “Pistons On The Square”

What is an Escaramuza? Think Female Rodeo Queens of Mexico!

We spent the first 10 days of June In San Miguel de Allende – our home away from home. One of the highlights of the trip was going to the Escaramuza on Sunday, June 8. I really didn’t know what to expect – and, I was most pleasantly surprised. Here is a great article IContinue reading “What is an Escaramuza? Think Female Rodeo Queens of Mexico!”

San Miguel de Allende & Pozos de Mineral, Mexico (2009/2010)

Sometimes I have a plan and sometimes the plan takes shape through the day. Today is one of those days where I start with one idea but as time passes, the plan changes. I am OK with that. I started the day today panning to import the photos from our recent Mexico trip onto/into theContinue reading “San Miguel de Allende & Pozos de Mineral, Mexico (2009/2010)”

Vintage Lenses – Vintage $$ – Digital Imaging

I found some old money from when I was in Vietnam and a few dollars left over from my R&R trip to Hong Kong in 1967. The bills are a little worn in places (adds character I think) and were just begging to be scanned into the computer. I have a couple of adaptors andContinue reading “Vintage Lenses – Vintage $$ – Digital Imaging”

More Pictures?

I don’t want to overload my blog with too many words or too many pictures but I feel like a few more pictures are needed today just to add some color. So here are some from the archives. Now we have some color. The first picture is from the SVRA finals the first year theyContinue reading “More Pictures?”

Taking/Making Film Into Digital Images

I guess there should be a distinction between what an analog camera produces and what a digital camera produces. The not-yet-quite common term for digital camera output is images and the common term for analog camera output is pictures. I make the mistake all the time and call the output from either camera type, imagesContinue reading “Taking/Making Film Into Digital Images”