Author Archives: Lorelle VanFossen
Wildlife Photography – Wild Thing, I Think I Love You
Getting to Know You “Are you taking pictures for National Geographic?” A 500mm f4 lens attracts this kind of attention. Brent turned to the woman. “Why? Do you represent them? Are you buying photos for National Geographic?” The man next to us laughed out loud, shattering the quiet at Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge. “I’m […]
NPR Now has Feeds and Podcasting
I’m working on a new article for the site on the impact of NPR and BBC on travelers for getting access to worldwide information while traveling, so imagine my delight in discovering that NPR now offers feeds!!! AND…podcasting. Wonderful. BBC has offered feeds for a while but now NPR has embraced the modern equivalent of […]
Free eBooks from Australia
Australia is not to be outdone when it comes to listing resources for free online books. Free e-books doesn’t just list thousands of books. It lists tons of links to thousands of books, but these links are invaluable. The Cochrane Library Free Online Books on Health Care Treatments and Interventions provides extensive free information and […]
Books on the Business of Writing
If you are a writer and photographer, you have a more complicated job. You not only have to learn about the business of photography, you have to learn about the business of writing. Here are some books we recommend to help you handle the business end of writing. The Writers Market If you are serious […]
Books Online: Project Gutenberg
Thirty-four years ago, a man came up with an amazing thought. The future would not be in what technology could be developed to access information, but in providing a way to preserve what information was available. The desire to preserve our libraries and famous written works led to Project Gutenberg. Michael Hart was given an […]
Finding Photographic Inspiration Through Descriptive Words
Most people think of photography as a “visual” art. It is, but it also represents a “verbal” art form. Photograhy often expresses what most people hard find to say. One of the most popular email joke forwards that makes its rounds every month or so is the collection of animal pictures that express a lot […]
Gutenberg’s Pictures and Stories: Help for Writers, Photographers, and Artists
The Gutenberg Litegraphic Society has launched Picturesandstories.org, a part of the non-profit organization’s service offerings for writers, photographers and artists. You can find information to help get published, how to protect intellectual property, and help to expand your writing skills and techniques. The goal of the site, according to Society Co-Founder Bill Kilpack, is: …to […]
Dew-covered Spider Webs
You have to get up early in the morning to catch dew on most things, but especially early when tracking down dew covered spider webs. Spider webs are incredibly fragile, yet their construction and structure is the strongest of all structures in the world, even manmade. Inch for inch a spider web is stronger than […]
The Online Books Page
The Online Books Page by onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu, offers over 20,000 books for free on the Web. It’s updated fairly frequently. Always on the lookout for free books to download and read on my hand held computer, I thought I would check out this free book resource. First, I wanted to know what books were included. Are […]
Open Your Aperture
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness – all foes to real understanding. Likewise, tolerance or broad, wholesome charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in our little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.~ Mark Twain When you think of Alaska, don’t you imagine it as the last refuge […]
Search WordPress Codex and Forum from the Admin Panels
WARNING: This Plugin is no longer working under WordPress 2+. It is currently not supported, though the author may be contacted if you are interested in taking over support of this Plugin. To search the Codex, visit it directly and use the search function. As one of the many volunteers helping give back to the […]