A picture is worth a thousand words

Joe Long has spent his life time speaking the language of photography through his imagery.  From his early days in his high school camera club, studying photography with Fred Archer and Ansel Adams in Los Angeles, running a busy successful commercial photography studio in NYC for 25 years, to teaching and sharing the wonder of photography with students.  Tune into Talon's Tips and Tales on Friday July 21 at 11am MT on KMRD-FM 96.9 streaming at www.kmrd.fm/listen to hear Joe share his amazing journey in photography.
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Joe Long, Photographer
Missed Talon's Tips and Tales today?  A great chat with photographer Joe Long.  Click the play arrow to listen to the show.

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Talon's California Dreamin' show.  Click on the arrow to listen if you missed it!

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California Dreamin'

Sun, surf, music, and hamburgers.  What makes the Southern California beach scene unique?  What's the wave of the future for the Golden State?  Tune into Talon's Tips and Tales Friday July 14 at 11am MT on KMRD-FM 96.9 streaming live at www.kmrd.fm/listen as I share some travelin' stories and music from the place I was born and raised.

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What's in your frame?

As photographers, we are a bunch of individuals always on the move.  Lookin' here, lookin' there.  Lookin' for the interesting, lookin' for the unique.  What if you stopped, plunked your butt down in one place.  Just hung out.  What would you find in your frame?

You might notice these photographs are not the plains of New Mexico.  Yip...you noticed right.  Last week made a trip to California.  Up above the highways cruising through the airways.  A flight to the beach.  Travelin' none the less.

The beach is amazing environment.  You can sit and stare at the waves for hours on end.  Watch the continual parade of folks arriving or leaving.  After watching the waves for an undetermined amount of time, the thought came to mind of framing what was right in front of me.

Quickly the beach story began to develop within my frame.  The tide changed.  The light changed.  The people changed.  I was sitting in the same place.  Hadn't moved.

Next time you are out and about think about plunkin' it down and takin' in the world with your frame as it moves around and past you.  Might be a whole new perspective.

be strong, be safe, Talon

BTW:  The So.Cal. beach could not be a more perfect place to spend endless days with my beautiful wife Nancy.  As they say in California....way cool dude!