http://jimthompson.org/wp A clean, well-lighted blog. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:47:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I took the camera and tripod to the Pearland library, which has a decent view of “The Rig” at Pearland High School, where the city fireworks show was this year. My first ever attempt at shooting fireworks (I have made similar photos of lightning). The results are not too bad. ... http://jimthompson.org/wp/2008/07/04/pearland-independence-day-fireworks-2008/ Summer and I went to the barn this afternoon to take care of the horses. I grabbed my camera and snapped a few random shots. Except for the first and last photos, these were all shot at the barn or on the way there. Revelation   13,883   Pearland   Yet wave   Peeakboo   Color   Tradition   Rake   Scrounge   Decorated   Brothers   http://jimthompson.org/wp/2008/07/04/random-independence-day-photos/ Summer’s photos for Assignment: Houston were this photo and this one. (Summer does not allow reposting of her Flickr photos, so I cannot embed them here.) http://jimthompson.org/wp/2008/07/03/assignment-houston-summers-photos/ Over at Flickr is a photo group called Assignment Houston hosted by Houston-area photographer and blogger Laurie Ballesteros. Laurie is a friend, and when she found out that Summer and I have new Sony digital SLRs, she challenged us to become involved in her group. The premise of Assignment Houston ... http://jimthompson.org/wp/2008/06/29/assignment-houston/               http://jimthompson.org/wp/2008/06/28/random-photos/ As many of you probably know, Summer got her driver’s license last week. We’ve been letting her run errands for us around town, gradually letting her drive further from home as we get more comfortable with her ability to get out and back safely. Tonight we let her drive Bryn ... http://jimthompson.org/wp/2008/06/06/you-see-what-we-have-to-put-up-with-every-day-of-our-lives/ Kiplinger.com just publish its top-10 list of the Best Cities to Live, Work and Play: Our approach this year to picking the ten best cities in which to live and work was simple: Look for places with strong economies and abundant jobs, then demand reasonable living costs and plenty of fun ... http://jimthompson.org/wp/2008/06/01/our-better-than-fair-city/ I took Summer’s new camera to the barn to snap a few photos during Bryn’s riding lesson. Here’s a few of the good ones, in no particular order.             Coming soon: photos of Bryn actually riding. http://jimthompson.org/wp/2008/05/30/friday-afternoon-at-the-barn/ http://jimthompson.org/wp/2008/05/30/the-latest-big-corporate-merger/ A little late, but happy birthday to the best young photographer I know. These photos taken with Summer’s brand new Sony Alpha 300 digital SLR. She now owns the best camera in the house. http://jimthompson.org/wp/2008/05/25/happy-birthday-summer-3/