What I have learned about photography

April 4th, 2010Posted by JonZenor

When doing something very frequently it can be difficult to measure your progress over time.  Just like when you see someone every day you do not notice changes as much as someone who has not seen you in a full year.  While doing project 365 I fell into this.  I knew I was learning about [...]

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The Importance of Family

February 27th, 2010Posted by JonZenor

One of the real treasures of photography is having pictures of family that we can look back on.  Pictures of family have an odd attribute about them.  Unlike pictures of mountains, stars, or other landmarks, nobody really cares to see pictures of family except for other family members, and even then it is often just [...]

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Best Pictures of 2009

January 1st, 2010Posted by JonZenor

Garden of the Gods Gateway

Welcome to 2010!  Can you believe another year has already passed?  At this rate by the time July gets here it will feel like the world will be ending already in December 2012! (As a side note, did you know NASA has an entire page devoted to the whole 2012 thing? I agree with them, [...]

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Portrait of Danae

December 20th, 2009Posted by JonZenor

Portrait of Danae Originally uploaded by JonZenorI really liked this image so I did some work in photoshop and got itready to be printed. I figured Danae’s mom and dad would love to havea picture of her since I think the last picture they got of her inprint was in 2005. I hope …

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Playing on Ice

December 15th, 2009Posted by JonZenor

While Danae and I were up at the cabin last weekend we took a day and went to Green Mountain Falls where we got to have some fun on a frozen lake.  We were not alone on the lake, we were joined by several kids, a dog, a couple of swans, and some geese.  Sliding [...]

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Weekend Escape

December 14th, 2009Posted by JonZenor

This weekend my wife and I went to a bed and breakfast called Rocky Mountain Lodge in Cascade, Colorado.  If anybody is looking for a weekend getaway, this is the place to go.  The inn keepers, Brian and Debbie are excellent hosts, and the breakfast is outstanding.  I went expecting a typical eggs, oatmeal, maybe [...]

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My New Canon Camera

December 2nd, 2009Posted by JonZenor

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I just picked up my new camera from Best Buy for a pretty good price. Now to spend the rest of the day taking random pictures and figuring out how to work the new camera.After chasing my cats around with the camera I decided to test it outside. My wife and I went to …

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