Conflicts
As for the right to photograph others any age in a public with or with out their premission here is a quicky... gut google it and you will find hundreds of sites that says the same thing.
When I go to Mt P it is not to engage in disputes with anyone and what people think of me does matter.
All has not been fun and games.
In the last years I have met some on Mt. P. that I felt a connection with. After a time they heard some gossip that changed their feelings. Imagine that being influenced by the gossip of others who's source is hearsay INSTEAD OF THEIR PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of what they have seen and my direct communication with them.
In this one I was starting up the trail and took a couple of friends/family playing volley ball.
Under the tree overbeside the other was a group doing cheerleader stuff. (guess the intstuctor) came marching over in an attack about me taking pics of cheerleaders.
I returned the venom and then came a hero threatening and I asked him to follow me outside of town where there was just me and him (no takes)
I offered for her to look through the pics I had taken and find the pics she was talking about.. NO, wouldn't find the 'proofs' of my evil acts.
I returned the venom and then came a hero threatening and I asked him to follow me outside of town where there was just me and him (no takes)
I offered for her to look through the pics I had taken and find the pics she was talking about.. NO, wouldn't find the 'proofs' of my evil acts.
Later driving down 6th street in a car one of them yelled out some of the shit. They got stuck at the light and I went over to take pics of all of them, had prints made and took them to the police department.
I was taking pics of a tennis event, all of them and watching. This guy came over threating about me taking pics of his kid. (which of my many pics I didn't know),
As he kept his shit up, I invited him to follow me outside town where we could have a prayer meeting.. Cop came to listen to us squak.. nothing more became of that.
I thought don't wake sleeping monsters and hoped it would go away.. but
I thought don't wake sleeping monsters and hoped it would go away.. but
I know what gossipers say is between them or maybe in private messages. I thought about it and was ready
Driving down the street stopped at a light, this time woman behind me got out of her car and started the attack, I got in her face and told her to call the fucking cops, I know what they say is recorded and hoped she would say something I did or an innuendo to have her sued for defamation, and libel if I could find anyone who had a message with that assertion.
The cop came and I took multiple pic of her and the cop.
As for who's pic she was referring to I don't know. I was taking pics of lotss of people on that (most every ) night.
When I can get them to call the cops, I can find out who they are and where they live.
If I can find the pictures there was the event with the traveling book salesmen and gossip they heard.
The pics I took of the tatoo face guy just out of jail coming based on gossip they heard.
Beside these, I bet there are gobs of shit about me spreading like cancer.
I take pics of everything and when it is out my window. I don't know how many workers outside my house.
Another wild adventure in river city tonight Waiting on clouds doing a time lapse I was taking pics of others as usual Moving further back I was gonna do a panorama and this one came screaming old man taking pics of minors... old man ..me couldnt be 🙂
Offered to let her look through all the pics I had taken.. no she wouldnt have any of Other guy was sitting alone and offered a look for him for a withess.. no one would look at the evidence and kept on squacking
I told her to call the cops, she acted like she did but no show. In the past when the cops came I took pics of them and the cops
After she kept on taunting me I pulled up the camera n took 3 quick pics of em for show n tell
I guess they can sell pics of minors in Sexual exploitation Here she comes after me to make me leave .. wonder who might buy pics of her .
About 15 minutes before these 3 came up, two other pups came to talk to me. I had taken pics of each not together then and did a couple more before they left.
Thought of another time last year and there was a guy I know sitting over on the rock.. some guy came up with his dog , me panning around looking for things to take pics of, got pissed off acusing me of taking his pics, .. what the hell are peopel thinking
Any way that time when I handed him the camera go show me and there was no pic, all the steam went out of him.
Any way that time when I handed him the camera go show me and there was no pic, all the steam went out of him.
I think when others won't look to point out pics of them is because they know after they went off being an idiot, they dont want others to know they are an ass,|I have taken lots of candids and show people if they want me to post it so they can copy it.
I had with out knowledge took a pic of a married guy with some girl. In the past there were those who liked the photo and later had a conflict and I deleted it for them.
Malicious Gossipers
"That #$%!" takes pics of ...
Of course I take pictures of people of all ages and genders.
"That #$%!" takes pics of ...
Of course I take pictures of people of all ages and genders.
Their ramifications is nothing about taking photos but of some evil act.
Most who see the pics complement me and at times tell me I had taken pics of their kids, friends .. and are willing to be in one of my photos.
Through the years I have taken ### pics of strangers. Park dwellers all around taking little notice but in a blue moon, one begins to gossip. As it spreads someone calls the cops :)
No with verbal attacks came at the time I was taken pics but after they heard gossip.
None of the squawking heroes took up my request to get in their cars and follow me to a place where it was just them and me.
No with verbal attacks came at the time I was taken pics but after they heard gossip.
None of the squawking heroes took up my request to get in their cars and follow me to a place where it was just them and me.
It was great to find a couple mug shots and jail bird id cards :)
Few people are more aware of photos and videos then me.
To make it come out I flame the fire hoping what they say will be recorded on the cops cam, so I would have documentation to sue them for defamation.
When morons confronted me, I took pictures of them and when the cops came, I took pictures of them and the cops. (still have them).
I found the bonus: When calls are made it becomes a public record an enabled me to find out the name of the callers, where they live and do a criminal background on them. There was a period that I allowed myself to be bullied.
Anyone hearing negative comments or gossip (it may or may not be true) How would you know?
You will know how sincere that source is by asking them to put it in writing and sign it in front of a notary. Tell me when a copy is available.
You will know how sincere that source is by asking them to put it in writing and sign it in front of a notary. Tell me when a copy is available.
It would be great to check the type pics on my hard drives and websites I have visited then compare them with their own men :)
My girl/women connection since I started taking photos at the park... (after my wife died)
I see my kid a couple times a year n get hugs. One girl on Mt P with her pal, gave me a hug, a church lady (who hugs everyone) hugs, the day my wife died, her sister n niece gave me a hug.
After my wife died, I let her sister n nieces come and take anything they wanted out of the house.
I see my kid a couple times a year n get hugs. One girl on Mt P with her pal, gave me a hug, a church lady (who hugs everyone) hugs, the day my wife died, her sister n niece gave me a hug.
After my wife died, I let her sister n nieces come and take anything they wanted out of the house.
Other then these encounters, I haven't even held hands, or tried to date anyone at Mt. Pleasant.
After my wife died, the last encounter I had with any girl/woman was in the late 70's.
For over a decade I have lived alone except for my pup. There has never been one girl/woman inside of my house.
Why have I "abstained" .. not because of my virtue but none I find attractive is goofy enough to feel the same.
When someone believes another is doing something wrong, they record it. I have seen a couple pics that others had taken of me. As for other proofs, let them bring their cell phones or other media and show the message of my evil intent.
If someone can be a criminal or evil for what they are thinking.
When I was young I liked old cars, attractive girls, scifi movies, .. pizza.
The fact that I am older, none of that has changed and will not till I am sick or dead.
As for what I think compared to other 'good men' check their browser history.
As for my evil, since my wife died the only girl ever in my car with me has been my wife's niece.
No female of any age has been in my house. Outside the exception of a family that brought stuff as a present on Christmas.
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A park girl and her husband or the same girl and her mom to take my pup to the vet or take a glider I gave her.
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A park girl and her husband or the same girl and her mom to take my pup to the vet or take a glider I gave her.
I have got sympathy hugs frome a coulple women.
When there I never asked for anyones name because I knew what that mght lead to. Over the years there are a couple I kind of know. One family I talked to a few minutes at a time always nice.
The day I left the grave yard (brother.. last of the family)
When I reached the top, there they were and she asked me how I was.. And I walked over and gave her a hug (with her son n daughter in law standing beside her)
When I reached the top, there they were and she asked me how I was.. And I walked over and gave her a hug (with her son n daughter in law standing beside her)
I am an old man. Taking photos and getting pets for my pup is the only thing left in life that I have to look forward to.
These innuendos and malicious gossip are harmful.
People who once liked me and were friendly ceased to be.
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THE EARLY YEARS
I guess my first photo connection was when I ran the movie projector at General Sherman.
In high school I used a box camera, 120 film I think.
Fuzzy n cracked but a few remain.
I think it was 1964 that I was in boot camp. They had a dark room and there is where I got the photo bug.
I made a little dark room in a small space that the water pump was.
I might have made a couple hundred dollars in all my years but I have spent thousands.
I pretty well forgot it during a period of years. I gave all my film related photo things to a guy I met at Rising Park.
They invited me to their wedding.. only one I went to because I could take my pup.
My daughter was going to a wedding.. digital cameras coming out at that time... The thought I bought the other girls computers but she never asked for anything.. so I bought her a digital camera and one for my self so I could play too.
Later I bought a scanner that came with a copy of Micrographic Picture Publisher... that got me started on digital editing.
When I was married, I was content, never went anywhere n my wife loved to run..
Leukemia took her in 2010. My kid told me I should join facebook ... seeing lots of photos I thought about taking my Pup n camera on a photo safari for pets n pics.
When you like to do something, you wanna share it with others. I thought about posting the photos and giving links where people could copy them.
What I know about photos.. photographers much better than me create beautiful photos with great skill. They post them people praise the great art... then what..
If I take pics of people.. pets, something they love, they will share and visit the photo over and over.
* A few times I have taken photos at Hocking Hills and did this video. I only met one person there that I took pics of and saw her several times after that. The Kbear connection is another story.
When I was married, I was content, never went anywhere n my wife loved to run..
Leukemia took her in 2010. My kid told me I should join facebook ... seeing lots of photos I thought about taking my Pup n camera on a photo safari for pets n pics.
When you like to do something, you wanna share it with others. I thought about posting the photos and giving links where people could copy them.
What I know about photos.. photographers much better than me create beautiful photos with great skill. They post them people praise the great art... then what..
If I take pics of people.. pets, something they love, they will share and visit the photo over and over.
* A few times I have taken photos at Hocking Hills and did this video. I only met one person there that I took pics of and saw her several times after that. The Kbear connection is another story.
* PuppyDog playing with Kids in the park. (I saw one of them on Mt P this year and he told me he was one of em)
* For a period in 2017 a girl n her mom came up and talked to me. They were sitting beside me when I captured this sunset video.
I reversed it to look like a sunrise, put a couple clips of her in it and added music.
* My best sunset video I captured a plane flying over the sun.
I don't ask people's name, only a few times when they ask me.
I do talk to people on facebook about blogs, photos, shared interest. Anything I write in private messages ask them to show you :)
Facebook prompts you with pics to add people as fb pals. When I see Saint Bernard's, Mount Pleasant, photography and anyone who lives here or from here I click add add add
If I am taking pics on top and they know me.. it is not like we are strangers... to them.
I don't ask people's name, only a few times when they ask me.
I do talk to people on facebook about blogs, photos, shared interest. Anything I write in private messages ask them to show you :)
Facebook prompts you with pics to add people as fb pals. When I see Saint Bernard's, Mount Pleasant, photography and anyone who lives here or from here I click add add add
If I am taking pics on top and they know me.. it is not like we are strangers... to them.
I have asked 3 women (none from the park) to ride down to Hocking Hills to do pics with my pup .. no takers.
I don't go to any other parks or swimming pools to take photos.
I am old, but not dead. I still like cute girls but never remember them or anyone unless they see me in a gas station or grocery store and remind me.. maybe show me a pic I took of them on their phones.
I have taken graduation photos for a friend who asked me.
I don't go to any other parks or swimming pools to take photos.
I am old, but not dead. I still like cute girls but never remember them or anyone unless they see me in a gas station or grocery store and remind me.. maybe show me a pic I took of them on their phones.
I have taken graduation photos for a friend who asked me.
Working out in the basement.. the next photo thing to do bounces around my head.
I love photography and the idea of a network that would share live events in our community..
If you have actually connected with me, you know more personally than what you have or ever will hear about me.
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Most people does not know that Norman Rockwell photographed people first for his paintings. What might the gossipers turned that into.
Mt Pleasant is a magic place with friends, families, loves, puppies and beautiful scenery.. worthy of being photographed.
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Print duration
I have seen so many film prints fade, crack, turn brown. If chemicals are not fresh prints have a short time. I had prints made working in Egypt and they only lasted a couple years. They had a Kodak franchise and were required to follow strict processing but must not have.
I have seen so many film prints fade, crack, turn brown. If chemicals are not fresh prints have a short time. I had prints made working in Egypt and they only lasted a couple years. They had a Kodak franchise and were required to follow strict processing but must not have.
In 2020 someone came knocking on my door.. (no one ever comes here cept my kid) .. put something on and when I opened a man I did not know was there.
He enlightened me, he was a boy I took photos of 50 years ago and had a photo in a frame of us (I took with the timer). I took a pic of it.. still in great shape :)
If you have old prints that are important, you should scan them (not use a camera). If they are not in super bad shape people who edit images can restore them.
I had a few metal prints made. I don't know how long they will last.. but I hope longer than a tootsie roll .
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Taking pics of strangers is kind of like going to a place and asking a girl to dance. Most of the time they are froggy ( a few are offended) but keep on asking.
Looking through Instagram I saw a pic of someone who was a bit nasty... but they copied my pic and posted it removing who took it.
The pic it's self is part of the equation. A couple I took a pic and posted, got 2 likes. When they copied and posted it got 317 likes
Coping my pics.. on one Google map, I saw someone posting one of my photos. They were not a facebook friend so I don't know where they saw it... but that is great.
When people view my pics, they are sharing that instant of time when I took it
When people view my pics, they are sharing that instant of time when I took it
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Oh scream, call the cops that old man is taking our pictures.
Some special photos
I have taking pics of those young enough to still be in their mom's belly.
The youngest in the park.. By the pond I saw a guy taking a pic of his wife and new baby. The mom just got out of the hospital. Instead of gone home they first stopped at the park.
I asked em if I could take a pic of the whole family and used his phone camera. They were standing under trees with shadows and light spots streaming through.. so it would not have been great in quality.. but it was a pic of the family in the park on release from the hospital.
The oldest? There was a big family taking pics of each other and I thought.. but they don't have a pic of the whole bunch. I took it with their camera.. Just guessing but I would say the grandma was close to 80+
This year I took photos of the woman over 80 (was in the newspaper too) that they drove up the trail in a truck :)
Of course most are between teens and 40.. guessing.
Puppy love
This year I took photos of the woman over 80 (was in the newspaper too) that they drove up the trail in a truck :)
Of course most are between teens and 40.. guessing.
Puppy love
I have a 600mm lens and take pics of Mt. P. from the fairgrounds some times. They are not sharp with detail but pretty dramatic. I have captured lots of people sitting on the edge together but by the time I drive over and get on top they are gone.
I have captured several people in this spot, but this day I got up in time to give them one of my cards so they could find it.
When driving home I saw them again walking home holding hands.. I thought that would be a great pic to make a print of.. with the imagination of them having it on their wall for their grand children to see.
I have captured several people in this spot, but this day I got up in time to give them one of my cards so they could find it.
When driving home I saw them again walking home holding hands.. I thought that would be a great pic to make a print of.. with the imagination of them having it on their wall for their grand children to see.
Kid stuck on the face of Mt. Pleasant.
I was there when a guy was climbing around and got stuck... along came the cops and fire department.
I took a pic of the guy who got stuck and a great shot of the cops n fire guys leaning on the rail on Mt. P. ... (thinking a metal print of this would be cool to hang in the fire house .
I was there when a guy was climbing around and got stuck... along came the cops and fire department.
I took a pic of the guy who got stuck and a great shot of the cops n fire guys leaning on the rail on Mt. P. ... (thinking a metal print of this would be cool to hang in the fire house .
Wedding with two friends.
At the gazebo there was a couple and just two of their friends when they were getting married.. so I asked em if I could do some pics for them.. thinking these might be keepers for them.
At the gazebo there was a couple and just two of their friends when they were getting married.. so I asked em if I could do some pics for them.. thinking these might be keepers for them.
Kids in ski masks
I only did a few videos... in 2012 the first snow was on and I was looking for something to take a pic of. I saw some kids walking around who wanted to pet PuppyDog... I asked if they were afraid of big dogs... No .. so I turned her loose and did a snow video that I placed on youtube .. they had ski masks on. This year (2021) a guy with his girlfriend? walked over and told me I had taken their photos.. I like this pic I took then because it is a then and now .. what becomes of those I have taken photos of.
OUTSIDE OF RISING PARK
People I have met and taken pics of outside the park.
Two different guys who came to help me cut down my trees, here and at Old Man's Cave
A high school girl who came back to Mt. P. a couple times and let me play photographer. When her n her mom was talking to me while I was doing a sunset video .. I added her in a couple clips. She came to take Kookie, I took their pic and this year (2021) I got to take a pic of the high school girl, a mom with two babies walking up the trail with her hubby
A guy in Speedway came over and showed me a photo I had taken of them??? and I took a photo of him petting Kookie in the truck.
I have taken photos of several hundred people on Mt. P. When I meet others out of the park, I have not taken photos of any of them.
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The helicopter that landed in the park.
Not knowing what was going on when I got to the park, the streets were blocked. I took pics of the copter flying in and leaving, the flowers and memories left there.
A running girl that I had taken pics of before was there and I took a pic of her with the copter in the background. When I found out what happened, I deleted that photo.
A running girl that I had taken pics of before was there and I took a pic of her with the copter in the background. When I found out what happened, I deleted that photo.
My most famous subject.
The notable year.. 1976, Amanda High School was having a banquet and they asked me to take photos.
The honored guest... Flippo the Clown .. tickled me.
Not just about photos but seeing all the people wanted to get a pic with him..
The notable year.. 1976, Amanda High School was having a banquet and they asked me to take photos.
The honored guest... Flippo the Clown .. tickled me.
Not just about photos but seeing all the people wanted to get a pic with him..
Anchor Hocking Warehouse
No one had phones or little cameras then. I was an Ironworker helping build the big warehouse on the west side.. the very first part of it.
It was not anchored right.. something happened and a big section crumbled to the ground (a friend of mine rode it down).
I got the job of photographing everything and making enlargements in my dark room.
No one had phones or little cameras then. I was an Ironworker helping build the big warehouse on the west side.. the very first part of it.
It was not anchored right.. something happened and a big section crumbled to the ground (a friend of mine rode it down).
I got the job of photographing everything and making enlargements in my dark room.
OSU accident.
I think it was at OSU, the building fell and killed 3 Ironworkers and so who did they call ... well
It was on the news live showing the crane lifting the beam off one of them.
The brother of one of them was a pal. This one sticks in my mind because I was supposed to get one of those jobs bolting up.
Dispatch ...
I think it was at OSU, the building fell and killed 3 Ironworkers and so who did they call ... well
It was on the news live showing the crane lifting the beam off one of them.
The brother of one of them was a pal. This one sticks in my mind because I was supposed to get one of those jobs bolting up.
Dispatch ...
I was only on one other job when one Ironworker fell about 50' from me and was killed.
Several others fell when I was there but only injured.
I did banquet pics and took pics at East Anchor Hocking when they were lifting a giant conveyer? Some liked those so well they asked me to make photo albums for them :)
Since then that plant has been demolished.. the best laid plans of mice n men.
The limb that got away.
Memories pop up and I think jot them down so I can put it in my notes.
There are lots of times there was a great shot but I did not think of it until too late.
Coming from the park, turning down Broad Street, just before the school a giant limb came crashing down about 50' in front of me n PuppyDog... Thinking just a little further I would have been dead or 2 foot tall.
Wish I took a pic of that .. more than once.
Invisible Pyramids :)
There have been times I had the chance to take a unique pic and just didn't think of it at time.
Before the public had cell phones I had a job in Egypt.. Alexandria, Cairo.. the Red Sea.. I was on building projects.
Invisible Pyramids :)
There have been times I had the chance to take a unique pic and just didn't think of it at time.
Before the public had cell phones I had a job in Egypt.. Alexandria, Cairo.. the Red Sea.. I was on building projects.
While there I never went to any of the famous sites. Before returning home, I had to wait for a day? before that flight happened.
Thinking hmmm.. I called a cab and had him take me to the Pyramids.. I don't remember anyone being there but there were a whole lot of chairs for some event.
There were big chunks of stones crumbling off the blocks. I picked up a couple to put in my pocket, bought some little gold figures and had them made into necklaces for my girls when I got home... guess tourist do goofy things like that.
Thinking about photos I have taken as I write this, there I was in Egypt, at the Pyramids and didn't take pictures of em.
No pics of "one of the wonders of the world' but a whole bunch of pictures of buildings, trucks and donkeys :)
How many others regret not taking photos when a great scene was right in front of them ?
Before digital
My favorite photo adventures.. doing a wedding at the end of the reception the bride asked me to go with em to the nursing home to get pics with her grandma :)
A girl I grew up with had a neighbor who wanted a family photo. I just went to their house and took a pic of em in front of a big pine tree. A couple weeks later (I think) the dad died suddenly and I gave them the negatives and had a print made for them.
My favorite photo adventures.. doing a wedding at the end of the reception the bride asked me to go with em to the nursing home to get pics with her grandma :)
A girl I grew up with had a neighbor who wanted a family photo. I just went to their house and took a pic of em in front of a big pine tree. A couple weeks later (I think) the dad died suddenly and I gave them the negatives and had a print made for them.
Capturing park dwellers n sunsets.
I am still kind of healthy for my age and make it to town a few times a month...
I live on a hill but can not see the sunset because of the trees.
When I see an orange glow filtering through the trees and I don't have the gumption to move... I think of the sunsets I have missed and can never get em back.
I am still kind of healthy for my age and make it to town a few times a month...
I live on a hill but can not see the sunset because of the trees.
When I see an orange glow filtering through the trees and I don't have the gumption to move... I think of the sunsets I have missed and can never get em back.
I guess it is like a football game.. see one game.. now I can't wait to see another... so it is with photos.
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SHARING WHAT YOU LOVE.
I have no interest in fishing, hunting, hanging out in bars or going to where they are preparing a rocket ship to haven after you die :)
If you like to bowl, play board games.. if you like to sing... you go to places where you can share your 'talent' with others.
If you like to bowl, play board games.. if you like to sing... you go to places where you can share your 'talent' with others.
(In some cases if you can't sing very well, you can sing karaoke in a bar, the drunker people are, the better you can sing )
Lots of my pics are not that great but I capture photos that might not have been taken. When people come to Mt. P just to be in a cool place with other, they don't always think about getting a good photo.. n I ask them.. or if I see them try to lay their phone cameras on a rock and use the self timer... I ask em to do a pic for them. Sometimes with their cameras and with mine if I can.
Lots of my pics are not that great but I capture photos that might not have been taken. When people come to Mt. P just to be in a cool place with other, they don't always think about getting a good photo.. n I ask them.. or if I see them try to lay their phone cameras on a rock and use the self timer... I ask em to do a pic for them. Sometimes with their cameras and with mine if I can.
Hoping to share pics I take , I had 'business cards' printed and give to them those I took pics of (when I think1 of it)
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Photos I take are posted on one of my public blogs for the world to see :)
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I don't figure it will happen but I want to create a video, moon moving over Mt P, sun coming up behind it, time lapse clouds with it in the background, then the sun setting.
120 box camera to a 35mm Zeiss . In the day it was a top brand camera and most of expensive cameras today have Zeiss lenses.
Similar to this is what I carried in my bolt bag working on the iron.. always looking for something to take photos of.
Similar to this is what I carried in my bolt bag working on the iron.. always looking for something to take photos of.
Just heard a horse n buggy trot by, should have had the camera.. :)
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Lancaster Animal Shelter is super close to Mt. Pleasant.
Need a hiking pal :)
If you love dogs too, the shelter is super close to Rising park.Here are photos of pups that are up for adoption :)
