Some More Old Favorites from France… Yesterday’s photo brought back such good memories I thought I would serve up one of these too, in case you missed it the first time around!- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The New Austin I don't think I can do a better job of a writeup than many of the other attendees, so here's just a quick recap.  We began the PhotoWalk by walking down 6th street down towards Momo's, where we met Leo Laporte and Lisa Bettany for a quick hello.  After that, we weaved through the streets together, talking about all sorts of things.  I also made about five other stops where I talked through my setup and my shots. On my final shot, we were working our way back towards The Driskill when I took set up for the scene below.It was a standard HDR with five exposures.  I was having some trouble grabbing an autofocus spot, so I just went to manual focus just to be sure the lens didn't try to re-focus on the multiple exposures.Thanks again to everyone that came out!  It was great getting to know you during the walk, and after the walk back at The Driskill.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Beautiful Disney World at Sunset Hey, you know... I can't stay mad at Disney for too long.  I think those issues are just at Downtown Disney.This photo below, from Epcot, is one of the reasons I keep coming back again and again.  It's such an amazing place, and Epcot may be my favorite new spot for photography at Disney.This is the "France" area of the World Showcase, which is a huge lake that is circumnavigated by about 10 different countries or so.  Each one has a cluster of buildings set in the theme of the country.  They are all quite authentic, and the areas are staffed with people from the countries.  The Norway area has authentic-looking and -sounding Norwegians.  The Germany area is filled with Germans in postcard-German-clothes.  The Canada area has people that look and sound like Americans.The afternoon had ripped open a wicked thunderstorm on the whole park.  It was subsiding around sunset, so the clouds were swirling about with these wonderful tempestuous formations.  I set up to take this shot before moving over to the Japanese area to watch the big fireworks show on the lake.  While I was taking these shots, by the way, I had sent my family into one of the pastry shoppes here in the France area to load up on wonderful little morsels to keep us fully loaded during the fireworks show!- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Galaxy Cafe When I was recently at Universal Orlando, Ethan and I made a late night getaway to do some exploration.  We were staying at the Portofino, and they have a wonderful boat system that skirts you down to the main park.  We jumped on the boat after dark to go down and visit this little area of shops, restaurants, and dozens of other interesting things to see and experience.  I've gotten him used to the idea of roaming aimlessly, taking photos of this and that, with no real goal other than exploration and noticing little things.Ethan and I stopped at a tiny trinket store and bought a few necklaces and bracelets for ourselves and the girls.  After that, we grabbed a few hot cocoas, got on the boat, and drifted back home.  We took our time, drank our hot cocoas, and helped each other put on our bracelets.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
ilili I was here alone.  You can see my laptop there on the table...  I like to take a long time to eat while editing photos and listening to music with my earphones on.  Every other patron looks at me kind of like a freak.  That's quite okay!Luckily, while I was waiting for the food, they let me run around the restaurant with my tripod.  This is yet another thing that makes people look at me strangely.  They can't imagine why anyone would bring such a monster setup to do such a thing.  Most people assume that the restaurant pays me to do it, but the staff knows that is not the case.  At one point, the manager came over to talk to me -- not to get mad... just to chat about art and food and life and these sorts of things.  And then I ate some amazing food!  I had some sort of Lebanese marinated lamb on saffron rice.  I need more saffron in my life...- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.

Some More Old Favorites from France…


Yesterday’s photo brought back such good memories I thought I would serve up one of these too, in case you missed it the first time around!

- Trey Ratcliff

Click here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Click here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog." href="javascript:openLB(2199373611,'',XLarge,'',948,768);">Some More Old Favorites from France… Yesterday’s photo brought back such good memories I thought I would serve up one of these too, in case you missed it the first time around!- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.

Some More Old Favorites from France…


Yesterday’s photo brought back such good memories I thought I would serve up one of these too, in case you missed it the first time around!

- Trey Ratcliff

Click here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
See photo in original gallery.