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Canadian Rockies
On the way back from the Yukon our photography troupe stopped in Calgary and spent three days in the Canadian Rockies which have some of the most majestic scenery anywhere in the world. Fortunately for the tourists and locals the weather was beautiful…mild and sunny with nary a cloud in the sky for three days. And of…
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Yukon Gold 3
65,000 moose roam the Yukon, an area roughly 2 1/2 times the size of New England. This is about twice the human population of the territory. With the capital of Whitehorse having a population of 23,000, the arithmetic says that the human population of the territory outside of Whitehorse is about 9,000….wow, talk about scarcely populated areas!!…
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Yukon Gold 2
Formerly an important summer gathering spot and base for moose-hunting in the Klondike Valley as well as a camp for the First Nations’ community in the area, Dawson City rose to prominence as the center of the Klondike Gold Rush. It began in 1896 and changed the First Nations camp into a thriving city of 40,000 by 1898.…
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Yukon Gold
My friend Doug emailed me and asked whether I’d be interested in going on a photography trip to the Tombstone Mountains. I thought wow, “the town too tough to die” had mountains? I watched the movie but I didn’t recall seeing Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday chasing Ike and Billy Clanton through the mountains, only…
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Lights, Camera…Action!
A few weeks ago I attended a lighting class in New York City sponsored by Nikon and Popular Photography magazine. Over the years I gained lots of experience shooting landscape and wildlife images, but had virtually no experience using speedlights or other lighting mechanisms in producing images. The class was led by three world-class photographers…
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4th of July
Our country turned 237 two weeks ago and no city celebrates our collective birthday with as much verve as Boston. The 4th of July concert at the Charles River Hatch Shell has been an institution in the city since Arthur Fiedler began them in 1930. Over the years, the fireworks display over the Charles River…
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A Horse is a Horse… of Course of Course
I can always tell which is the front end of a horse, but beyond that, my art is not above the ordinary. Mark Twain Like Twain, my acquaintance with horses and all things equine is slim to none so it’s ironic that two of my strongest early memories are horse related. In our family’s early…
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Spring Back
Daffodils I fell in love – Taken by the innocence of Child-face daffodils: Their perky April fanfares – Clarion calls from yellow-ochre brass bands Presaging, rejoicing, calling us: ‘Here we are! Here we are! ’ Copyright © Mark R Slaughter 2010 Spring….each year it arrives later and later. Or so I think. Maybe it’s…
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The Marathon
I can’t explain what happened at the Boston Marathon last week. It was a senseless act of madness that at least for me, defies explanation. I’ll leave the analysis to those who are far more articulate and erudite than me. Maybe it’s as simple as evil exists. One thing that was re-affirmed is that ordinary people…
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Children at Play
A few years ago I was a member of a motorcycle gang called “The Caps“. We had motorcycles, a couple of motorcycle mammas and a few of us even wore kerchiefs. We tried to be bad, but Hell’s Angels we were not. I think our name gave it away. Cap stood for Children at Play which…
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Ruby, don’t take your love to town
“You’ve painted up your lips an rolled and curled your tinted hair Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere? The Shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down Oh Ruby, don’t take your love to town” Song lyrics by Mel Tillis (Kenny Rogers song) These are the opening…
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Eat More Kale
Where does a superstar antioxidant vegetable intersect with a wacky winter costume party in northern Maine? Why at the National Toboggan Championship in Camden, Maine of course. My team, The Blind Squirrels, competed in the event for the first time a few weeks ago and it was a blast. I would point out that this is…
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2012 Top Ten Landscape Images
As I noted in my previous post, 2012 Top Ten People & Animals, 2012 was a busy travel year for me with trips to Patagonia, Galapagos Islands, Acadia and the American Southwest on my itinerary. Photography travel can be a crapshoot since weather and light are such impactful variables on our quest for wonderful images…
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2012 Top Ten People & Animals
It’s the season for top ten lists. I know I’ve read at least five top ten 2012 movie lists in addition to all the other lists that have been featured on-line and in newspapers in the last month. Last year was a signature photographic travel year for me with journeys to the Galapagos islands, Patagonia,…
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