Do you shoot weddings?
“Hey, Jim, we’re getting married next month and we’re just starting to think about getting someone to take pictures. Can you recommend a local student? And do you think $500 is OK?” OK, there’s a lot to cover here but…
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Affirmation
So a nice thing has happened. After many years of selling almost no prints, someone called me, out of the blue, and wants to buy a bunch of prints. I won’t tell the details just yet, it’s not final, I’m…
Kaleidoscope experiments
Below are several experiments with making kaleidoscope images in Photoshop. Yes, I know this is a bit of a gimmick. So sue me. There are plenty of gimmicks in photography these days. They’re all wonderful or terrible, depending on who…
My Beach
Just a favorite place I go to. No, I won’t tell you where it is.
Schooner goes under bridge
I was sent this link about how to sail under a bridge and it occurred to me that I should show how it’s actually done.
Schooner Mary Day Last Trip 2011
Latest CCT Poster: Dirty Work at the Crossroads
I don’t do much print design anymore, but the Camden Civic Theatre posters are fun (pro-bono) job that I love. It’s always a good challenge for me to summarize the spirit of a show in a single letter- or tabloid-size…
Stonington 2011
My aunt and her family
Schooner Mary Day Photos
I finally got around to editing the photos I made last week on the Mary Day. Also, don’t miss the Mary Day video I made the same week.
Schooner Mary Day Video
I’m new to video and still make plenty of mistakes (you can actually hear me breathing in some of this). But even with my flaws, I think this gives a pretty good idea of what it’s like to spend some…
Rockland Farmers’ Market
Even on a somewhat cold and wet June day, the stuff available here is amazing.
New York Weekend
Mary Day Memorial Day 2011
Rockland Breakwater
Bridgette Kinney for The First
The First is one of our local banks. They hired me to take pictures of a local potter, Bridgette Kinney. The product of that will be in the mail in the next couple of weeks but Bridgette has a PDF…
My Nephew Quentin
I went back to Pennsylvania for Christmas. Almost ready to leave, I asked my two nephews if I could take their pictures. Quentin was cool with it. Here he is.
Apples In Snow, an old favorite
I took this picture years ago and it continues to be a favorite, for me and others. My mother has asked me to print another round of notecards with it for her. And she’s just heard from an old friend…
Time to ban WWW
OK, I’m not advocating banning the web, the internet, etc. Just that we need to STOP USING the “www” that used to be the beginning of any web address. Why ban it? Because it’s completely unnecessary and can cause problems.…
Stonington 2010
How I spent my summer vacation. My aunt, Betsy, rented a house in Stonington and had room for me. Also there were her son, Nathan, and his son, Nic, and daughter, Lydia.
Schooner Mary Day Memorial Day 2010
I went sailing last weekend. Pretty nice! [slidepress gallery=’memorial-day-2010′]
Slushing the Mast
The Camden Harbormaster posted on Facebook: Daily Def: “SLUSH FUND”-slush was the unpromising name for fat scraped off the top of the barrels of meat. The crew found it perfect for greasing masts to make sail hoisting easier and for…
Mary Day Crew Evening Play
How the crew of the Mary Day and other windjammers spend their evenings before the season starts. [slidepress gallery=’mary-day-crew-evening’]
Search Engines Continued
I continue to stand by all I said in a previous post on the field of “Search Engine Optimization” and I have a few posts to link to that back up what I said: Chris Coyier’s Thoughts on SEO podcast…
Choosing and Keeping a Domain Name
A couple of almost-random thoughts about domain names (like jimdugan.com): 1. Choose it carefully Here is my best advice on choosing domain names: .com is best almost always (as opposed to .net, .info, .org, etc.) . People remember it, it…
Acadia Sunday Afternoon
I prefer Acadia in the off season. From October to about May, it can feel like I have it all to myself. Wandering that magical mile from Otter Cliffs to Thunder Hole with almost nobody else around is a real…
Clearing Fog, Fernald’s Neck Preserve
Went out to Lake Megunticook Sunday afternoon. It was incredibly warm. The remnants of Hurricane Ida were just leaving us. It was very wet and very calm. I was almost completely alone. [slidepress gallery=’fernaldsneck’]
Planning a web site: Tips to a friend
Ran into a friend at the supermarket last night. He was headed out and I was headed in. “Do you still do web sites?” he asked. We talked for a bit and he gave me a business card. I promised…
Ghost Ship: How to paint with light
This picture is the wallpaper on my computer screen and almost everyone who sees it wants to know how it was made. The word photography means, literally, drawing with light. But “painting with light” is a technique to add a…
Camden’s Windjammer Festival
Below is a gallery of 29 images. Click the image to go forward and backward. Or click the Play button at bottom center to watch it as a slideshow. [autoviewer id=”1″ width=”800″ height=”600″]
Funny Story
Our delivery man always talks sports: “We had softball playoffs last week. Church League, not the Adult Men’s League.” So you don’t get to drink beer at Church League? “We still drink beer. We just have to do it quietly.…