tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654265037255757089.post5530928025036242019..comments2024-01-12T03:04:12.110-06:00Comments on Wood and Pixels Narratives -A photo blog encouraging the art of prose: Dan Felsteadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04917775645881312007noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654265037255757089.post-16042570494559800332009-03-13T13:16:00.000-05:002009-03-13T13:16:00.000-05:00Thanks Heather, I appreciate the vote and the Paws...Thanks Heather, I appreciate the vote and the Paws Charity is definitely a good cause.<BR/><BR/>DanDan Felsteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917775645881312007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654265037255757089.post-85891963643307247142009-03-13T12:37:00.000-05:002009-03-13T12:37:00.000-05:00WONDERFUL!! I will be buying that book AND I'll m...WONDERFUL!! I will be buying that book AND I'll mosey over right now to vote for you, Dan. Most definately.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04693495698843336789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654265037255757089.post-40646004629261938222009-03-12T15:39:00.000-05:002009-03-12T15:39:00.000-05:00WOW Boneman what a message! I have read your post...WOW Boneman what a message! I have read your posts on Newberry's blog and you always have a way of couching serious subjects amid humor. That is an ability many of us lack. As far as that camera...you are right, a person with passion and heart shooting with an Instamatic will take a more memorable picture than an AP photographer with the best equipment just shooting to fill page.<BR/><BR/>DanDan Felsteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917775645881312007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654265037255757089.post-58073853497944146972009-03-12T13:52:00.000-05:002009-03-12T13:52:00.000-05:00Well, odd that I would land here, of all places.Ev...Well, odd that I would land here, of all places.<BR/>Evansville?!<BR/>HA!<BR/>I live just in view of Kirklin (OK, thirty few miles North West of Indianapolis, but, sometimes I don't always go along with being called an Indy kind of guy)<BR/><BR/>So, is that the best connection I can come up with?<BR/>J Cosmo, and you and I live in the same state?<BR/>Hardly.<BR/>I have dogs. Three dogs.<BR/>All wonderful toss offs. <BR/>(what? More?)<BR/>My favorite dog, Princess Gninski, has cancer.<BR/>Darn it! Some kind of Anal gland cancer, and I give her pills, put cream on her 'area' and baby the dickens out of her.<BR/>She still 'smiles' at me and isn't showing great distress, but, if i understand the vet correctly, if it grows, it will block her...exit holes, and she'll hurt too much then.<BR/>Gni Gni (NEE-NEE) is the only girl in a house of three dogs, two cats and two guys.<BR/>She is pretty sure she is Queen.<BR/><BR/>So? is that all?<BR/>HA!<BR/><BR/>Ma had cancer.<BR/>Breast cancer. First found back in 1956, four years after my younger brother was born. Double masectomy, but, the lymph nodes had picked it up, and thropugh-out my life, she had surgeries, radiation treatments, then chemo and radiation, then finally just chemo.<BR/>Well, she beat it!<BR/><BR/>HA! SHE BEAT IT!<BR/><BR/>That was in 1983, I believe. Maybe 84.<BR/>I graduated college in 86 (oh Lordy, that was an odd thing!) and she went in for heart surgery in 87, but didn't make it.<BR/><BR/>OK, one more (maybe) and I'm done.<BR/>I've always liked taking pictures, tough never had the proper equipment.<BR/>But, i always thought it wasn't the equipment that makes the photographer.<BR/>Margarette Bourke-White's best camera might have just been a little better than a handful of those grocery cameras, so, i kept at it as best as i could.<BR/>Got some good shots, lost a lot, though.<BR/><BR/>Then I got a digital camera.<BR/>It had one advantage I didn't have before...to take a picture 24"x24" (approximately...I think) and I could crop out good shots.<BR/>And did.<BR/>Then one day I found the 'video' button. (no doubt about it, I'm a slow learner....) and made literally hundreds of videos.<BR/>Was JUST starting to get them together, figuring out how to edit better, when I busted the camera.<BR/>Just the viewfinder screen at first. That made for some weird pictures for a while.<BR/>(heck yeah I kept taking pictures.<BR/>Just pointed the lens in the general direction and snap or whirr)<BR/>But, a photographer (and you already know this) takes the camera everywhere ALWAYS no matter where you go.<BR/>Even to chop wood out back on the driveway!<BR/>Which I did.<BR/>And, then, one day, it wouldn't even open for me.<BR/><BR/>Ah well.<BR/>And, it turns out, one more, yet.<BR/>I have a charity show I join in on every year in April (the April Show.org), and I share the profit with the charity (Stopover House) but, his year, when (if) I sell enough, I'm buying a good digital.<BR/><BR/>OK, this comment is now officially too long.<BR/>Funny, though, eh?bonemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10484125049735629611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654265037255757089.post-33751450714318935412009-03-12T09:58:00.000-05:002009-03-12T09:58:00.000-05:00Denise,Thank you so much on both accounts. We are...Denise,<BR/><BR/>Thank you so much on both accounts. We are back from the hospital and she will find out in 24 hours if anything was detected. I will let you know.<BR/><BR/>DanDan Felsteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917775645881312007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654265037255757089.post-87011428336827871442009-03-12T08:51:00.000-05:002009-03-12T08:51:00.000-05:00HI, Dan! I read your comment on Heather's blog an...HI, Dan! I read your comment on Heather's blog and wanted to let you know I'm praying for your wife. <BR/><BR/>And...your dream assignment? That sounds so good and I voted for you. Good luck! ;)~ Denise ~https://www.blogger.com/profile/09206852795849193748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654265037255757089.post-31371070436831085512009-03-12T07:10:00.000-05:002009-03-12T07:10:00.000-05:00Thanks for the support Kathleen and of course feel...Thanks for the support Kathleen and of course feel free to link to the site. The contest runs until April 3rd. Also, thanks for your kind words.<BR/><BR/>DanDan Felsteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917775645881312007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654265037255757089.post-85966968411338485912009-03-11T22:57:00.000-05:002009-03-11T22:57:00.000-05:00Dan, I voted and if it's okay with you I'll put a ...Dan, I voted and if it's okay with you I'll put a link on my blog to your dream. I don't have a lot of traffic but you might get a few extra votes. You really do have talent and I think your dream assignment could really make a difference.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00220813030667914661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654265037255757089.post-34287805283338649882009-03-11T13:49:00.000-05:002009-03-11T13:49:00.000-05:00Sara! Thanks for visiting the blog. I appreciate...Sara! Thanks for visiting the blog. I appreciate the vote and we will see what happens. It is nice of everyone to take the time out of your day to vote.<BR/><BR/>DanDan Felsteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917775645881312007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654265037255757089.post-12056470763346005572009-03-11T13:42:00.000-05:002009-03-11T13:42:00.000-05:00Hi Dan, So glad you're involved with the Paws for ...Hi Dan, <BR/>So glad you're involved with the Paws for Charity Art Book...it's shaping up great! <BR/>Good luck with your dream assignment...everybody's got to dream! I went and voted for you. (hope it went through...can you tell?) Dial up internet access is a real pain sometimes.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05042081996333393969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654265037255757089.post-72930748608872875782009-03-11T12:28:00.000-05:002009-03-11T12:28:00.000-05:00Jessica,Thank you so much for the vote...I think I...Jessica,<BR/>Thank you so much for the vote...I think I am fighting a losing battle getting started so late but I'm giving it a try!<BR/><BR/>DanDan Felsteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917775645881312007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654265037255757089.post-19723237952984097652009-03-11T12:06:00.000-05:002009-03-11T12:06:00.000-05:00Thank you for sharing both! I cast my vote for you...Thank you for sharing both! I cast my vote for you! Good luck!!Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618153466067411835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654265037255757089.post-61582920916321571552009-03-11T12:04:00.000-05:002009-03-11T12:04:00.000-05:00Thanks Karrie...I appreciate the vote. I try not ...Thanks Karrie...I appreciate the vote. I try not to make the blog a spam site! Just couldn't help myself on these two!<BR/><BR/>DanDan Felsteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917775645881312007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654265037255757089.post-57436784756455170282009-03-11T12:00:00.000-05:002009-03-11T12:00:00.000-05:00I voted Dan! Good luck and it only takes a sec to ...I voted Dan! Good luck and it only takes a sec to register :)Karriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15199433236992739875noreply@blogger.com