Back From Reno!

March is almost over and recently completed the family 'Spring Break' trip down to Reno, NV! Along with two other families we traveled over the cascades and through the forgotten lands of California (NE Part) down to Reno.

Will be working on some posts out to my other site www.timehlers.com and share some photos there and maybe some more here. Did one day trip over to Tahoe to see why they want to keep Tahoe Blue and it is very beautiful....keep up the good work. Kind of strange though on the Southern side there is like this mini-city of about 20,000 and tall resort buildings. I was under the impression that there might have been some small towns but nothing like that. It was okay, just not what I expected.

Reno is not quite jumping as it once may have been, but was still pretty clean and decent to spend a few days in. Some of the casino action seems to have dwindled, but I think they get bigger weekend traffic then mid-week in late march people like us. Should have brought the snowboard as there is at least one little ski are just outside of town in the Sierra's and looked good for some turns, but no gear and not wanting to rent, then no riding!


Well, the end of this and the end of March are here. Hope your first quarter of the year has been kickin'. Thanks for reading - Tim

Any News? Updates?

Again, here we are on a Sunday afternoon! The rain has stopped for a bit the sun is out and the winds are gusting into the 30's. I was going to ride the bike out on the road but didn't want to fight the winds or possible rain earlier so I locked it into the stationary trainer and spun for almost 50 minutes. Watched a little 'Paris-nice' on Versus and of course CBS to see who is in for the 'Big Dance'.

Saturday saw me take the trusty Pentax K10D and trade it in for a new Pentax K20D. Get a few more megapixels and some upgraded features and little bigger screen in the back. Overall a good swap and the folks at Focal Point Photography always take care of me. So now I need to browse through the manual and see how things function compared to the model that is no longer in the house!

Also got signed up on facebook so will use that as another way to get my photo work out. Hopefully will not spend to much time doing updates on that sight and answering other folks posts. Heck, I had one of my friends from back in Nebraska already go out and look at my smugmug stuff. That is a positive sign!

Well - I think I'm gonna end this one for now. Have a great week ahead and hope it is a positive one!

Tim

Some Changes and another Year older....

Another year has passed in continuum of my life. I have no complaints, well maybe none I need to talk about here or that I should bring up. But, it was another wonderful year and I look forward to another and many more!

Changes - not just my age but some things on the small business side. In order to cut some expenses I will no longer be having a generic site that gave information about me, had some photos, links, etc. Spending $200 a year for a static site didn't seem to be in the best interest at this point for my business.

I have several domains and will have them pointing to my Smugmug site which can also be accessed at http://www.timehlers.com/ for those who want to check out more photos and possibly purchase a few. This will be my focus to start up-loading photos to this site so there will be a lot more to look at. I will also be focusing on maintaining this blog a little more consistently to provide updates on things and something to while away some of my free time.

I will also be working on how to advertise services that I could provide to those that might be looking for a photographer. At the moment I am open to working with groups to shoot their event, etc. The basic cost is $60 for showing up and includes the first hour then $45/hour after that which would include shooting time and PC time if needed. I would place a cap on the amount of my charges and would work with those who have hired me. This is just a small thought on that, so if you know someone looking for a photographer, I would be happy to sit down and discuss matters with them! thanks!

Anyway, I guess I will go for now. We have changed into daylight savings time overnight so this week will be another adjustment working with a few extra daylight moments. Included in this posting is a Long Shot of a Blue Heron from a few weeks ago. I was resting my lens on a fence post in the country side and trying not have the Heron get spooked. I was probably about 100 - 125 yards on this shot so I still need to get a bigger lens. This was only a 70-200mm lens.

Have a great week! Tim