Robert Swinson

B&W, black and white image of female torso reclining on a log with foliage behind. Fingertips appear underneath the slight arch in her back.

Torso and Finger Tips
#b&w, #photography, #nude, #torso, #reclining

Two generations visiting Walter Grace Vintage Cars and Guitars, Wynwood, Miami, Florida

Two generations visiting Walter Grace Vintage Cars and Guitars in Wynwood, Miami.

#Wynwood, #Miami, #B&W, #WalterGrace, #Photography, #Nikon, #F4s, #film

Graffiti covered sign

Wynnwood graffiti

Butterfly wall behind house

Welcome to Wynwood fence

Took a walk around Wynwood in Miami with a roll of B&W Tri-X film loaded in my Nikon F4s

#film, #photography, #Miami, #Wynwood, #Nikon

GPS map of my short ride from Lantana to downtown Lake Worth Beach

Nice day to me and around Lake Worth Beach downtown

#bicycle, #gps map, #runkeeper

Map of short bicycle ride around Lantana

Cold front decided this was a good time to blow in on a stiff breeze.

#bicycle, #map, #runkeeper

Looking back at the sand pump and Manalapan Beach across calm, clear waters while standing on the north jetty of the Boynton Inlet.

Beautiful beach day at Manalapan.
#beach, #Florida, #sand pump, #photography, #beach scape, #landscape

Shot by drone, a lone figure in the foreground walks along Manalapan beach which tapers into the distance with the sand ending at the Boynton Inlet sand pump. Clear, aqua colored water lies to the left while grassy dunes to the right of the image.

A lone figure walks along Manalapan beach, the sand tapers into the distance ending at the Boynton Inlet sand pump. Smooth, clear aqua colored ocean and grassy dunes to either side.
#scape, #drone, #photography, #Manalapan, #beach

A wide expanse of sky stretches above a wide landscape with clusters of trees on either side, framing a serene view of a river of grass. Clouds float gently amidst the open sky, adding a sense of calm and openness to the scene. Renderd in B&W

A wide expanse of sky stretches above a wide landscape with clusters of trees on either side, framing a serene view of a river of grass. Clouds float gently amidst the blue sky, adding a sense of calm and openness to the scene.
#photography, #B&W, #Florida, #Kissimmee

YouTube video by russallert The Story Behind For What It's Worth

Story behind the song.
It never really changes.

youtu.be/j9jG5rHb4tQ?...

From that point the battle was on.
Note: my 2nd wife was an office manager of a family practice and headed up the local office managers group

The selling point was that few people actually went to a doctor. Until that routine visit was covered. They inundated the family practices. And with that rush came the many things that had to be covered as those insurance companies had put few restrictions in place when they sold the health plans.

When HMO plans came out they sounded too good to be true. They promised $13/month to the doctors for every person that chose them as their primary. Out of that $13 the doctor would then cover many tests and referrals as needed.
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The ACA made some things better but was never to be a total rewrite of the system. Of course it was negotiated with insurance industries to maintain their profitability while controlling a few of the big complaints.

He should post a sign at his house advising firefighters and other responders that he has contracted with private emergency responders and their efforts are not needed.I suppose his guys will bring their own water for his property only.

Imagine in ‘88 when the computers were only 20-30 mhz and memory was 4-8 mb.
I tried to print a poster from and 8x10 scan to an E size electrostatic printer/plotter. Ran an entire weekend and never printed a single dot.

Computers, software and printers improved rapidly in speed and color.
Digital scanners and cameras were part of that development push.
When photo magazines bemoaned the $50k price tag of a high end digital camera commercial studios were ordering dozens. Along with the $1/4 million work stations.

A color bit mapped/raster image as we referred to them at that time.
Apple produced a grey scale flat bed scanner that would deliver a nice B&W image. Their laser writers could produce a nice print from that. But it would really bog down the computers and printers of that time.

Several of the “tools” in Photoshop are named after their analog predecessor. I.e. unshared mask.

I worked for Engineered Software in the mid 80s. We created PowerDraw, later PowerCadd, a drawing/drafting program for the Mac.

We were one of the first programs able to display a color photo image.

Why do we think that good paying blue collar job skills are covered in high school/trade school.
Anyone that’s had their car messed up by an under qualified mechanic, home construction gone wrong or frustration getting their electronic device or repair is paying the cost of our current systems.

Leaping model, Amy, against a background of brightly colored AI generated objects and rainbow color.

Leaping Amy

Spent some time learning abilities of new Photoshop tools including a some AI generated color overlays.

#photography, #AI, #artificial-Inteligence

A member of the band plays the bass fiddle for cloggers at Mabry's Mill

A local band plays the for cloggers at Mabry's Mill along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia.

A local band plays for cloggers at Mabry's Mill along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia.

A member of a local band plays the banjo for cloggers at Mabry's Mill along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia.

Early fall in 2001 along the Blue Ridge Parkway at Mabry's Mill. On any sunny Sunday they would come out and play a little clogging music for folks to try their skills on the makeshift dance floor.

#cloggers, #Mabry's Mill, #Blueridge Parkway, #Virginia, #film, #photography

Close up photographs of light bulb filaments.

Holidays are synonymous with light bulbs.

Saturday afternoon,
Downtown DeLand, FL

#photography, #streetphotography

Saturday afternoon,
Downtown DeLand, FL

#photography, #streetphotography

Downtown DeLand, Fl

Butterfly Enchanter, Aldo Muzzarelli #sculpture, #art

Venu 142 with motorcycle out front #motorcycle

Downtown DeLand, FL

Butterfly Enchanter, by Aldo Muzzarelli

Venue 142

#photography, #motorcycle, #DeLand, #art

Map of my bike ride.

The incoming cold front made for a nice ride today.
Overcast with little breeze and moderate temperatures.
#Runkeeper, #bicycle

The analysis would have to be much deeper than that. Excessively large cuts to any government program will cut that saved amount from the general economy as well as dumping any displaced federal employees into the unemployment rolls and become a drag on the general economy from that aspect.

Curved shrimp tails served on purple deviled eggs.

Memories of a past event.
Shrimp tails on purple deviled eggs.
#food

Sunset taken by drone. Looking at the Boynton Inlet sand pump and southern tip of Manalapan Beach

Sun setting over sand pump at Boynton Beach Jetty.
Taken from drone

Looking back at Manalapan Beach from the north jetty with the sand pump poised in wait, The Atlantic Ocean is relatively flat and crystal clear aqua color while a bright white cloud bank drifts through an otherwise clear blue sky.

If you can see this post a picture from your gallery
#photography, #beach