This grand tree was cut down this wee due to disease. Too bad it was known as a Penn Oak, which was said to have been alive when William Penn was here in PA. #instajeff #tabletmoment

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Through the fisheye. Painted by my dad. #IFTTT #instajeff

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Where O'Henry write "the Gift of the Magi" in NYC. #IFTTT #instajeff

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Ice flower #IFTTT #instajeff

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End of Christmas decorations #IFTTT #instajeff

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Jan 10

Little bunny foo foo....

Jan 9

All is calm.....

Jan 8

Baby it's cold outside.....

Jan 7

Practicing using effects and #ifttt

Jan 6

Olaf found his way into the shelf with Hedwig and the other owls at Diagon Alley. iPhone.

Jan 5

This is the largest Transformer I have ever seen! Iphone pic with SnapSeed editor.

Jan 4

Olaf comes with us to Hilton Grand Vacation Club Sea World.

Jan 3

After a long day at Universal Studios, both parts, Kim and I stopped for this at Red Brick Oven Pizza on the way out! This is pesto pizza and it was very good.

Jan 2

This is from the Vero Beach Art Museum, The artist collected sticks, organized them into the horse, then dismantled them, cast each one in bronze before re assembling. Amazing work of art!

Jan 1

Out to dinner for NYEve at 14th Street Steak House with Mom, Dad, Laurette, Kim and John.

Photography Goals for the Year

One of the blogs I read challenged the readers to set some goals for 2015. After reading suggestions from other photographers, I decided upon the following;

January 7, 2015 at 1:38 pm
1. Do another year of 365 – I have done this since 2009, some years better than others.
2. Take a photo trip/workshop in New Zealand – I have booked this with Trey Ratcliff and currently planning my side trips.
3.To turn some of my photos into canvas prints for display
4. Learn Lightroom better
5. Find my style of photography
6. Organize and publish some past photos into a book

I already book a trip in April to take a workshop with Trey Ratcliff in New Zealand. It is pricey, but I want to stay and travel a bit before returning home. My plan is to join another tour group going through to the North Island.

The 365 challenge is a good one. Over the years I had done this challenge a few times and  some years have more photos than others, but I keep plugging away. This time I am using a recipe from IFTTT.com to take my Instagram pics and directly post them to my photo blog on Blogger. We will see how it goes.