Several years ago I participated in a planning exercise with the Central Florida Regional Planning Council, Avon Park Air Force Range, Polk County, Osceola County, Highlands County and several local municipalities. The exercise was paid for by the Department of Defense and designed to protect (by buffer) the operations at Read more…
Video provided by my new EyeCord Camglasses, they are cool! Last week I had the opportunity to fly over Lake Hancock in Polk County in a helicopter. Lake Hancock is the headwaters to the Peace River and is an integral element to water storage in Polk County. While seeing the Read more…
International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) Handgun World Shoot XVII may still be more than 20 months away, but preparations are well underway to host competitors from around the world October 7-19, 2014. The Handgun World Shoot is the largest event conducted by the IPSC and only occurs every three years. Read more…
In order of their birth: 1980 1986 1989 Merry Christmas! Danny Kushmer
The Hollywood Departure of Wesley and Ashley began at the Historic Polk Theatre “Somewhere in Time”. The evening, filled with glitz & glam was star studded. Marilyn Monroe, Nancy Sinatra, Brad Pitt, & Tom Cruise just to name a few filled the theatre hoping for a chance to re-kindle their Read more…
About a year and a half ago, @ihearttampa brought me to the Wat Mongkolratanaram in East Tampa. I had no idea what to expect, I had never even heard of the place. In order to alleviate my concerns (you see, I’m a Baptist and I didn’t think I should go Read more…
All good tours start with a refreshment, right? After a little hydration we set out on the town. Most of the photos were shot using my point & shoot Nikon S6200. As we all know, photography is suggestive. I like to take photos of buildings and structures looking up. Over the Read more…
I have been around for a long-time, I’ve even been to New Orleans but never have I been on a ghost tour. Did we see any anomalies? You’ll just have to follow us on our journey throught the streets of St. Augustine. St. Augustine is the oldest city in the U.S. Read more…
Early August in St. Augustine ihearttampa and I sought out the Fountain of Youth. Fabled for years and believed to be real by Ponce de Leon, we set out on our journey. Along the way we encountered many diversions. The foliage in NW Florida is beautiful. We even ran across Read more…
The last time I was at Kennedy Space Center I was 13 and they had just completed the landing strip for the space shuttle. Well, that was then and this is now. First, let me thank @ihearttampa for providing an incredible stop on our vacation. For me, this was an Read more…
I have always been interested in photography and especially capturing fireworks but until recently all I ever really used was a point and shoot style camera. Normally, this type of camera doesn’t give you the best shots. I say normally because, on July 4th I set up to capture the Read more…
Hello Blogosphere! This, being my very first post to my blog I wanted to share how I plan to “self” educate myself in the art of digital photography. I recently purchased a Cannon T3i and am quite overwhelmed by all that it can do. Beginning this month (July 2012), I Read more…