Grandfather Mountain Hike

Posted on August 5, 2021August 10, 2021 by jrblack Leave a comment

Last weekend, The Boys (Brian, Dave and I) traveled to Linville NC area for a weekend of hiking. We drove out Friday afternoon and stopped at Peabody’s Wine & Beer Merchants in Boon, for a few brews and ale. If your into verities of beers, ales, lagers, porters, stouts and more… this place is for […]... Read More

Night-time Photography

Posted on May 20, 2020June 2, 2020 by jrblack Leave a comment

My previous phone was an LG G6. It was a great phone, and had a really good camera… but night-time or dark photos was a real challenge for it to say the least. With my Pixel 4 XL, I can now decent if now capture decent if not great looking photos at dusk even at […]... Read More

Pixel 4XL

Posted on November 30, 2019May 27, 2020 by jrblack Leave a comment

So, for the past 2 years my phone has been the LG G6, and it was a good phone. Loved it, it was snappy, took great photos and video, water resistant, all that good stuff. All 5 members of my family had one. 2 years before that it was the LG G4 that suffered the […]... Read More

Spring Break weekend 2018

Posted on April 2, 2018July 10, 2018 by jrblack Leave a comment

Spring Break has been different recently with Collin’s college class schedule not having break at the same time as Austin and Caitlin’s high school schedule and this year was no exception. But we squeezed in a weekend trip to Myrtle Beach. Besides relaxing and chilling with the family (with some cool breezy beach time) the […]... Read More

Nature Photography Sep–Nov 2017

Posted on November 20, 2017April 17, 2018 by jrblack Leave a comment

Time to post some more of my hobby pictures… taking pictures of random nature and wildlife. Looking through these pictures and pictures from my last Nature Photography seems to indicate I don’t get out much or my life is quite a routine. Our unofficial outdoor pets are the local tree frogs. This summer and […]... Read More

Photography-Swimming

Posted on January 19, 2017March 2, 2018 by Jim Leave a comment

I recently had the opportunity to photograph the Southwest High School Swim Team at a few swim meets. Photographing swimmers is quite challenging… well, for me it is. Often it is a dimly lit indoor pool with not a lot of space to move around to “get the shot”. There are parents watching and not […]... Read More

LG G4 Camera Review

Posted on December 3, 2015March 2, 2018 by Jim Leave a comment

I recently upgraded phone plans with a new LG G4 smart phone. It was a toss up between Samsung Galaxy S6 and the LG G4, but there was a sweet deal to save $200 off the phone price if you trade in a used smart phone. So, I have been quite impressed with the phone […]... Read More

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