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Some, of you know that I'm a behavioral specialist. I work with children who have behavioral issues,, and who have been abused mentally, physically, and emotionally. On the side I do photography. I just wanted to share some of my favorites that are on my phone.
The last black and white one was taken in Muncie Indiana and I won an award for it. The first image of the barn was my very first professional photo I had done. Anyway, tell me what you think! And if you got hobbies you want to share please do! I might find another one through you guys.

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Very nice! I go out kayaking every few days all Summer long from Southern Pa to Virginia. Provides lots of opportunities for landscape and wildlife photography.

Heres one i took this Wednesday, early morning, looking out toward the Chesapeake Bay, just south of Annapolis Md.
The early morning stillness was wonderful and the water like glass.

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Very nice! I go out kayaking every few days all Summer long from Southern Pa to Virginia. Provides lots of opportunities for landscape and wildlife photography.

Heres one i took this Wednesday, early morning, looking out toward the Chesapeake Bay, just south of Annapolis Md.
The early morning stillness was wonderful and the water like glass.

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That is an amazing photo! Very nice! I'm a little green work envy as I have yet to go kayaking. Do you have a website with your photography?
 

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That is an amazing photo! Very nice! I'm a little green work envy as I have yet to go kayaking. Do you have a website with your photography?

Thanks... it’s all in the “lighting” and putting urself in the right location. No, no site. I post a lot on Twitter that get “re-tweated” by a few of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation groups and the local weather stations.
 

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Thanks... it’s all in the “lighting” and putting urself in the right location. No, no site. I post a lot on Twitter that get “re-tweated” by a few of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation groups and the local weather stations.

Thats amazing. I'll have to find your posts. Yes, it is all about lighting and location. And it sounds like you have a good handle on both. It's always nice to see fellow photographers.
 

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Thats amazing. I'll have to find your posts. Yes, it is all about lighting and location. And it sounds like you have a good handle on both. It's always nice to see fellow photographers.

Here’s another one, same location.. love the broken sky, and the sun had just risen to the right in this pox.

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I like that it has a smooth feel with the right amount of texture I the sky and the wooded area in the distance and the sun giving it a subtle accent. Very nice!
 

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Wow! These are really nice pictures. You should have a photography website. I suggest that you create a free website with a website builder like hPage: https://www.hpage.com and build your photo gallery there. I reckon more people will be able to see it and some people might even book you as a professional photographer. Love the photos! You take them like a professional photographer.
 

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Wow! These are really nice pictures. You should have a photography website. I suggest that you create a free website with a website builder like hPage: https://www.hpage.com and build your photo gallery there. I reckon more people will be able to see it and some people might even book you as a professional photographer. Love the photos! You take them like a professional photographer.
thank you!
I used to have a photography business, but it was a lot of work advertising for a part time hobby. I ended up closing it. The cost was much more than I was receiving. I don't charge individuals or families for pictures, but I was selling fine art prints.
 

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Wow! These are really nice pictures. You should have a photography website. I suggest that you create a free website with a website builder like hPage: https://www.hpage.com and build your photo gallery there. I reckon more people will be able to see it and some people might even book you as a professional photographer. Love the photos! You take them like a professional photographer.

Also, thanks for the reference to that Web site URL. I’ll check it out as well.
 

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Thank you. Do you have a hobby that you're passionate about it just enjoy doing?

Fishing has become my hobby. It's my little escape from the stresses in life. There's something about being out in nature, away from society/screens, that let's you relax and truly reflect on life.

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I've had to give up my 2 greatest passions in the last couple years because my body is saying "That's enough". I used to be an avid rock climber and triathlete. It's been tough to give them up but I've recently started gardening a lot and I'm really getting into it. My yard was a clean slate 3 years ago and it's been so satisfying to see things grow and see the space change. Also so satisfying to eat veggies I grew and feed my tortoises.
 

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Fishing has become my hobby. It's my little escape from the stresses in life. There's something about being out in nature, away from society/screens, that let's you relax and truly reflect on life.

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I've always been quite fond of nature and the absence of the rushed and busy atmospheres of society. Do you have a particular place you like to go?
 

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View attachment 254286 View attachment 254287 View attachment 254288 View attachment 254289 Great photos you guys!

I've had to give up my 2 greatest passions in the last couple years because my body is saying "That's enough". I used to be an avid rock climber and triathlete. It's been tough to give them up but I've recently started gardening a lot and I'm really getting into it. My yard was a clean slate 3 years ago and it's been so satisfying to see things grow and see the space change. Also so satisfying to eat veggies I grew and feed my tortoises.
Gardening is rather exciting I think. I'm sorry you had to give up two of your passions. I know what it's like to have to give something that you love to do up. I am glad that there is always other passions to be sought out. I have found that sometimes they are things that you would've never seen your self enjoying. It also, send that you have a talent for it! Very nice! Keep the pics coming!
 

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Drew, your photos are fantastic. Love the composition and lighting. Perfect angles. Very compelling and relaxing at the same time. Thank you for sharing them.

I have lots of hobbies. Always have. Motocross, SCUBA diving and free diving, defensive shooting classes, I keep a boat load of tarantulas, roaches and a few snakes and lizards, and as if I didn't already have enough to do, I took up falconry a few years ago. And don't forget TORTOISES!!! :tort:
 

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Drew, your photos are fantastic. Love the composition and lighting. Perfect angles. Very compelling and relaxing at the same time. Thank you for sharing them.

I have lots of hobbies. Always have. Motocross, SCUBA diving and free diving, defensive shooting classes, I keep a boat load of tarantulas, roaches and a few snakes and lizards, and as if I didn't already have enough to do, I took up falconry a few years ago. And don't forget TORTOISES!!! :tort:
Thank you so much! I think I am going to go hang out with you for a week! I have had lizards when i was 10. that didn't work out well unfortunately. Too much bad information. I don't know how you find time for all those awesome activities, but i am glad that you get to do those things. I can't do arachnids. I would love to be able to get a tarantula and hold it without issues, but i have yet to get that far. lol What kind of snakes and lizards do you own? How did you come about your interests in reptiles, motocross, and diving?
 

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Thank you so much! I think I am going to go hang out with you for a week! I have had lizards when i was 10. that didn't work out well unfortunately. Too much bad information. I don't know how you find time for all those awesome activities, but i am glad that you get to do those things. I can't do arachnids. I would love to be able to get a tarantula and hold it without issues, but i have yet to get that far. lol What kind of snakes and lizards do you own? How did you come about your interests in reptiles, motocross, and diving?
I had a pretty rough childhood in a pretty rough neighborhood in the middle of the city. Pursuing hobbies and occupying my mind and my time with things outside of my immediate living environment became a coping mechanism for me, and all these things are just FUN!!!

I don't hold my tarantulas. I just feed them and enjoy watching them grow and develop. Many tarantula keepers got into it to get over their fear of spiders. If ever you want to do it, I'd be happy to point you in the right direction, or go to Josh's other forum here: https://tarantulaforum.com Very supportive and friendly group.

I've always been drawn to animals. Many theories as to why, but in the end, I just like them. I find them fascinating, enthralling, and engaging. Understanding their behavior and interacting with them gives me entertainment, enjoyment and a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment like nothing else. Currently I have 4 Ackie monitor lizards and two unicolor cribo snakes. I've been keeping roaches since the early 90s. Got my first box turtle at age 7 in the 70's and my first sulcata as a teenager in the early 90s when the first CB babies started becoming available to the public. Through high school and college I worked in pet stores, focusing mainly on the fish and reptiles, but also parrots, dogs and small animals.

As far as diving, I've always been fascinated by the ocean and its inhabitants. I originally planned to be a marine biologist. That seemed to be a fun lifestyle, but not such a good way to pay the bills. I don't dive as much as I used to, but now my daughter is getting into it, so there will be more in my future.
 
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