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Good morning Did you see the eclipse? If you did, I hope you weren’t as underwhelmed as I was – we had a 94% occlusion here in the Seattle area, and my daughter and I
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Good morning I hope your summer is proving as wonderful as mine is here. At times like this, it is hard to think of living anywhere else in the world, but think about it, I
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A regular tripod is a wonderful tool that professional photographers are seldom seen without. But they are also cumbersome and take up space and weight in your suitcase, and during your days traveling around, they
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