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Flikr Showcase: “LJ” – Incredible Street/Homeless Photography

Flikr Showcase: “LJ” – Incredible Street/Homeless Photography

Posted 14 February 2010 | By stephen | Categories: Uncategorized | No Comments

, originally uploaded by LJ..
“LJ’s” photographs are without a doubt some of the best captures of people living on the streets. He captures the moment perfectly everytime. Any processing that may, or may not, have taken place afterwards simply adds to the photograph.
There are plenty of testimonials that have been written about him by other [...]

Getting Your Way Around On ‘Flikr.com’

Getting Your Way Around On ‘Flikr.com’

Posted 09 January 2010 | By stephen | Categories: Uncategorized | No Comments

Flikr.com is a wonderful place to upload and share your photos with the world.  If you are someone that is trying to take your photography to that ‘next level,’ then Flikr.com is a great place to get feedback on some of your photos.  The trick is you have to be an active participant of Flikr.  What [...]

The Angel Oak Tree – Probably The Oldest Living Oak Tree In The World…  John’s Island, SC…

The Angel Oak Tree – Probably The Oldest Living Oak Tree In The World… John’s Island, SC…

Posted 01 January 2010 | By stephen | Categories: Uncategorized | No Comments

Angel Oak Tree -14, originally uploaded by Stephen B. Ruppe.
The Angel Oak Tree, located in/on John’s Island in South Carolina, is estimated at being 1500+ years old.   According to it’s website, AngelOakTree.org, it is the oldest living thing east of the Mississippi.  It is perhaps, the oldest living oak tree in the world, according to [...]

Photography Subjects Are Everywhere If You Just Open Your Eyes & Take A Look Around…

Photography Subjects Are Everywhere If You Just Open Your Eyes & Take A Look Around…

Posted 28 December 2009 | By stephen | Categories: Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Tiller?2, originally uploaded by Stephen B. Ruppe.
It’s really amazing some of the subjects you can find to photograph just walking around right outside your home (or Grandfather’s home in this case).  The above picture, taken with a nikon d300 and 50mm lense, is a picture of a tiller (dragged behind a tractor) that my Gradfather [...]

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AVATAR (for the second time…)

Posted 28 December 2009 | By stephen | Categories: Uncategorized | 4 Comments

I Don’t Usually Do This…
I’m home visiting family for the holidays and realized that no one has seen the new amazing 3D movie, Avatar.  Well, I was certainly impressed by James Cameron’s latest master piece, despite some of it’s predictability which I’ll mention later…so…I insured that we set some time aside to go see this feature film, [...]

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10 Websites That Contain Some Great Black & White Photography

Posted 21 December 2009 | By stephen | Categories: Uncategorized | 8 Comments

(My photo first – Scroll down below for the actual links)

Le Marqui’s Lounge – A Ghost Town(1 & 3), originally uploaded by Stephen B. Ruppe.
Le Marqui’s Lounge – Fayetteville, NC – A Ghost Town of a Lounge – I’m blogging these photos just as an introduction to the post. I had to crawl under a [...]

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Old Song Reviews Found – Song: All In Due Time

Posted 19 December 2009 | By stephen | Categories: Uncategorized | No Comments

 Lazy Recording Attempts Should NOT Be Uploaded…
     I was cruising the internet the other day and found some old (really old)  reviews of a song that I had uploaded to garageband.com several years ago.  I had forgotten all about this song.  …
The song:  All In Due Time
     It was an attempt at a professional recording; [...]

Amplifier Controls of my Line6 Guitar Amplifier

Amplifier Controls of my Line6 Guitar Amplifier

Posted 19 December 2009 | By stephen | Categories: Uncategorized | No Comments

Amplifier, originally uploaded by S. B. Ruppe.
I like this shot taken with a 60mm macro lens. This is simply the top of my Line6 guitar amplifier (not my favorite amp, but still a good one – and it was available right next to me)…
Hopefully one day soon I’ll get my old Music Man amplifier back [...]

chinese knife tip

chinese knife tip

Posted 19 December 2009 | By stephen | Categories: Uncategorized | No Comments

chinese knife tip, originally uploaded by S. B. Ruppe.
The tip of a chinese knife (actually more like a letter opener) that my mother brought back from here trip to China… I should have had the dragon head a bit more in focus…
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