I Can Use Your Help With An MS Bike Ride This Weekend
This coming weekend I need your help with making my 10th (or so) MS Bike Ride a fundraising success. The MS Bike Ride (formerly the MS150) is a national effort Continue Reading →
Category: Not So Travel Related
Simply A Fountain
Description: How long have humans been making fountains? Channeling water for the simple enjoyment of hearing to crash into itself? Location: Los Angeles, California, USA, North America Photograph copyright Peter Continue Reading →
The Simple Joy Of Swimming
Learning to love swimming with the help of my wife. Continue Reading →
A Month Leaving My Phone At Home
Leaving a phone at home in favor of a smart watch and notebook is an excellent idea, but not for everyone. Continue Reading →
Ditching My Phone For A Watch And Notebook – One Week Experiment
I’m getting a little sick of my phone. Sick of my addiction to it and reliance on it. Sick enough to try this experiment for a week: Whenever I leave Continue Reading →
Do It For The Cookies Or Because There Is No Artificial Blood
Description: Look, I really don’t like needles, probably same as you. I can’t even watch a scene on TV where anything pierces the skin. And yet, I donate platelets (a Continue Reading →
Getting Ready For A Long Bike Ride
This coming weekend I will be lacing up my running shoes to go biking for a good cause; The National Multiple Sclerosis Society. It was over 25 years ago I Continue Reading →
How To Identify Birds Using An Apple Watch
Sometimes I leave my phone behind <GASP!>. If you have not been scared away by that shocking opening line, let me expound. While you might need you phone and the Continue Reading →
Backup Power Comparison: AlphaESS BlackBee 1000 vs Jackery Explorer 1000 Pro
Still being a tech geek at heart after leaving the industry over 14 years ago, I have been enjoying these new battery packs that have come out in the last Continue Reading →
Do You Love Your Photos?
If you love your photos, you should have two backup copies to ensure they never go away. Except if an asteroid smashes the planet. Bigger problems then. Barring that, keep Continue Reading →
Drone Backward Flying Timelapse/Hyperlapse Trick
I have a quick tip in this 2 minute video to help you create more accurate backward flying timelapse/hyperlapse drone videos with ease.
Aerial Footage That Sold In Quarter 1 Of 2021
For those curious about flying drones and making money…..I’m not fully onboard with releasing actual sales figures. BUT!! I will tell you what has sold in the first three months Continue Reading →
Freewell Light Pollution Reduction Filter Review
A company I have never heard of before, Freewell, makes some snazzy little filters for little cameras, like the DJI Osmo Pocket 2 I recently purchased. I happened upon their Continue Reading →
April 2021 Goals Check-In
Trying to keep myself accountable by making goals public, it’s time for a check-in with my goals for 2021. Here’s the original post and February’s progress report. 2021 Goals Book Continue Reading →
2021 Goal Tracking
As you may recall, I posted my 2021 Goals on this blog as a means of being somehow held accountable. Some of you had mentioned similar goals you were trying Continue Reading →
Studio Gear Up For Auction
It’s time to move out gear I’m not using much and that includes part of my studio setup. You will see everything up for auction below (and if you don’t, Continue Reading →
How To Devour 100 Books A Year
This is going to sound like a lofty goal: Devour 100 books in a year. Why devour and not simply read? Because I’ve found audiobooks are a great way to Continue Reading →
Change Your Dock, Be Less Distracted
I’ve been experimenting with getting more done with my photography and writing these last few months and am finding it is the little changes, when added up, that help a Continue Reading →
Deep Work And The Apps On Your Phone
Have you even been addicted to a self-help book and believe it is the answer to all your ills? Deep Work, by Cal Newport, is that book for me. It Continue Reading →
Life Without Notifications
Ah, the dramatic post title to pull you in. The short of it is I’m trying to live my life with less of those annoying notifications we all seem to Continue Reading →
Not Feeling It
Today was one of those days my creative industry friends will recognize well. I’m sure others will also understand to a larger extent. It’s a day of not feeling it. Continue Reading →
Building Relationships Works Better Than Receiving Sponsorship
I’m a freelancer and hungry for money. Raise your hand if you can relate. I need money because I’m hungry for food (only partially true these days as my wife Continue Reading →
Blog Update: HUGE Photos And A New Look
Hi Everyone, I’ve made some big updates to the look and feel of the blog and I want to give you a quick intro to help you get the most Continue Reading →
Learning To Share
I’m going through a phase. This phase can best be described as “Create Art, Share It”. While I still have capitalistic intents, they aren’t as strong as they used to Continue Reading →
Free 5×7″ Fine Art Prints For A Limited Time
A fresh batch of printer inks? A 25 count box of Moab Entrada Rag Bright Matte 190 5″x7″ paper? It’s time to play! Or, more precisely, run some test prints. Continue Reading →
A Reason To Run
Meet Sheri. Sheri, meet everyone on the Internet. I’m introducing you all to each other today because Sheri is the reason Sabrina and I are getting up way earlier on Continue Reading →
Pintrest, Lightroom 4 Beta And Changes
Howdy! First, Lightroom 4 Beta rocks. Well, maybe not rocks, maybe just thunders. Lightroom is a photo editing piece of software by Adobe and is the best parts of Photoshop Continue Reading →
Pep Talk: Look For Opportunity
I was an idiot. Again. This time I left behind all my memory cards but took my camera. Thinking the bag was properly packed, I spotted Mt. Baker very bright Continue Reading →
Swag Suggestions
Swag (n) – That free stuff you receive often at company events, conventions or on press trips. My living room floor was half covered in swag, not an easy feat Continue Reading →
Acme Made Camera Bag Giveaway
It’s time to spice things up a bit. Let’s hold a giveaway! The folks at Acme Made sent me a bag for review but it’s really not going to work Continue Reading →
First Impression: LowePro SlingShot 302 AW Camera Bag
LowePro sent me a SlingShot 302 AW camera bag to review on Digital Photography School, where I post regularly. Before I get the full review up there, I wanted to Continue Reading →
Return Of The Fun-Filled Summer Of Gelato Meetup Craziness! 2011 Edition
It’s back!! Even if Summer itself is nowhere to be seen at the moment, I still desire fine Italian gelato and the company of great Seattle area friends. And even Continue Reading →
The Fun-Filled Winter Of Gelato Meetup Craziness!
With the success of the Summer Gelato Meetups, Emily mentioned a desire to snarf even more gelato and was questioning her mental state. After all, it’s winter! Luckily I found Continue Reading →
How To Make A (Mostly) Safe Flaming Jack-O-Lantern
We had some fun the other night carving and flaming pumpkins. My friend Matt was kind enough to demonstrate his technique for making a proud pyromaniacal display this Halloween. Click Continue Reading →
Blog Update – New Look, Easier To Find Useful Stuff
Hello all my friendly, funly RSS and email readers. If you haven’t been to the actual The Carey Adventures website in a while, I wanted to invite you to pop Continue Reading →