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  Eclipse Pictures   Enjoyed the eclipse from the front lawn of the Hampton Inn in Cornelia, GA. We had a little over 1 minute of total eclipse. When we arrived we had originally thought of attending one of several events, but they all seemed overcrowded and under resourced, so several of us at the hotel decided to stage our own event on the front lawn. Since we had our own resources, and after a slight scare from a cloud...

Just returned from a trip up the coast. Headed east to Nags Head and then North up through Virginia Beach, Chinkoteque, Ocean Beach, Rehoboth, back west through Annapolis and Washington DC, and finally over the mountains through Roanoke and home.     Just finished processing most of the pictures that I had taken on the 1800 mile trip. Probably the most frustrating was Washington DC. If you are headed there in the near...

I recently upgraded to Lightroom 6 and have found the upgrade to a worthwhile purchase. Overall the performance appears to be better and they have added some nice new features. Two of the new features include a Panorama Maker and an HDR process. Neither of these is up to the levels of some of the more advanced stand-alones or plug-in addons but if you want to quickly perform one of the functions during your workflow they do work...

Good Morning, I have posted the pictures from last Saturday and am in the process of putting together the selection and purchasing method. Selling pictures this way is a little different than the rest of my business which is by the job, not by the picture so my site is not set up to make this efficient – working on it but for the next couple of weeks we need to use what I consider a a less than optimum set-up. For MX421 Pictures –...

I specialize in event photography thus the name,  ‘Ocaid’ is the Gaelic word for ‘event’.  I have been a photographer for over 40 years and have been an event photographer for the past two years for several groups including the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce, the Davidson Players, the Huntersville Connection and other private parties. My goal is to provide you with unobtrusive photographic coverage of your...