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• Five Tips for First Time DSL Owners - I don't know that I agree with this totally.  The one tip I would add is to realize the nice camera isn't going to make your photos better by itself.  In fact, it might make them worse.  Once you master it, however, it is amazing!
• Photos that Reveal the Hidden Nature of Depression - This is amazing.  
• 25 Insanely Detailed Macro Images of Insects - I have always been fascinated with macro images, and this is a fantastic example of why.  You really should check this out.
• Dragonfly Images - WOW!  Such amazing images of dragonflies!
• 17 Superb Pictures of Nature - Lovely shots of nature!
• Shadow Sculptures - A good friend shared this with me - so cool!
• Beautiful Bird Images - I love seeing good images of birds, but they are so hard to take.  You couldn't tell that from this collection though!
• Get Better Bird-in-Flight Images - So now you are inspired?  Check out these tips.
• Family Portraits - Can you tell what is wrong with these family portraits?  I couldn't.
• Bryan Adams, Photographer - Please forgive me.  Did you know Bryan Adams, the musician, is an accomplished photographer?
• Ten Best Free Photoshop Plugins - I always love free and good.  Do you have any suggestions to add to this list?
• Top Ten Photo Editing Software Packages - Looking for a good editing program?  Here's a great list to begin with.
• Cameras in Flight May Soon be Permitted - Honestly, I never knew they weren't.  While I didn't take pictures during takeoff and landing, I have taken pictures during other times during flights.
• Latte Art - Okay, this is cool, but I sure wouldn't pay extra for it.
• Images of the Earth's Oldest Trees - This is impressive, and WOW, the age of these trees!  WOW!
• Buying Used Lenses - If you use an interchangeable lens camera, this article should be of interest to you.
• The Edge of the Earth - In last week's Frame-by-Frame we saw the end of the road.  This week, we see the edge of the earth.
• Are Smartphones Killing Memories and Experiences? - I am not sure, what do you think?
• Amazing Hand-Drawn Pictures - Okay, so this isn't photography, but it is as good as photography.  Amazing!
• Portraits of Centurions - What a cool project!
• Forty-one Reasons to Date a Photographer - Last week we talked about why you shouldn't date a photographer.  Here are reasons you should do so.
• Photos from London's Abandoned Post Office Railway - I love photos like this.
• Before They Pass Away - The first photo won me over, and this so closely resembles a dream I have.
• Twenty Majestic Pictures of Tigers - I love the big cats, and though not my favorite, tigers are up there near the top.
• A Different Night Sky - Have you ever imagined what the night sky would look like if the planets were as close as the moon?
• Thumbs Up - Hilarious blogger photoshops guns out of movie scenes and replaces them with thumbs up.
• Pencils - Eighteen ingriguing pictures of pencils.
• Surreal Photos That Make You Look Twice - This artist is amazing!
• Fuji XM-1 - An interchangeable lens camera for the masses.
• GIMP 2.8.6 - An alternative to Photoshop?  I have used GIMP, and though impressed, it didn't replace Photoshop for me.  I will experiment again with this version.  It is free after all.
• Mobi SD - A wi-fi SD card that could change your ease of use with photography.
• Spice Up Your Photography - 6 Addictive Ways To Play Around With Color And Spice Up Your Photography.
• Why I don't Use Watermarks - One popular photographers reasoning for not using watermarks.
• Hands Tell our Life Stories - One of my favorite photos is of my grandma's hands.  Hands really do tell so much.
• Forty Hyper Realistic Artwork - One word: Unbelievable.

The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.

~Dorothea Lange - Photographer

Picture courtesy of Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_Lange)

This is the last of the Las Vegas stranger series.  Tyler was the exception to all the other strangers I photographed.  She was not down on her luck.  She wasn't homeless.  She wasn't destitute.  Tyler was waitressing at a pancake house type restaurant and was singing on the strip in the afternoons and evenings, hoping to be discovered.  She has found, unfortunately, that no one wants to talk to you if you aren't 21.  She had a great voice, and played well too.  I wish her the best of luck.

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