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The Flying Horse

The Flying Horse
Flying Horse - Bandera Texas
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A Great Place in the Hill Country

Ask anyone in the Hill Country where to find the Cowboy Capital of the World and they will say Bandera Texas. It’s a small town with a beautiful nineteenth century courthouse and a cast of ‘The Bronco Buster’ by Remington in the middle of town. A few blocks South is the Flying Horse. At least that’s what it looks like to me.

There are plenty of things to do and see in town. Small shops, restaurants and bars are scattered along Main Street. Just remember this is ranching country so the barbecue is excellent and is always beef. Vegetarians won’t starve there is plenty variety for every taste.

Not All Cowboys Ride Horses

The Flying HorseThe hill country in is a great place to ride so Bandera is filled with motorcycles on the weekends.The annual bike rally each spring attracts thousands of riders. The municipal park North of town turns in a huge campground for the better part of a week. There are plenty of beautiful machines and noise but everyone is always friendly.

Don’t like camping and hotels too tame?  Dude Ranch

Free Calendars for the New Year

We are pleased to announce the first photo calendar downloads for 2020. This marks the third series of photo calendars from PhotoTrice.  We hope you enjoy them and don’t forget to tell your friends. 

The calendars are created as secured PDF documents for print or online display. Two date formats are available, North America version with weeks starting on Sunday or World version with weeks starting on Monday. You may distribute them freely as long as the original PhotoTrice logo, website information and copyright notice remain intact.

  • North American calendars have weeks starting on Sunday.
  • International calendars have weeks starting on Monday

Free Photo Calendar Downloads

Download this photo calendar using the links below. They are completely free with no signup  or personal information required. The calendars are published as secured PDF documents that may be printed or displayed as desired.

 

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Emotional Seeing

The one constant of online photography forums is that people are always ready to tell you how to make good photographs. There is sage advice literally at your fingertips. So many experts and all are hanging out on amateur photography sites. Are they experts? Not so much. They all seem to have read the same photography fundamentals manual. That must count for something.

Just to be clear I’m not an expert, only a seeker of knowledge. My chops as a non-professional photographer are meager. My advice about ‘how to do photography’ is worth absolutely nothing. Actually I do know one thing. When someone sees a photograph for the first time they form an instant opinion of the image. That immediate evaluation has something to do with emotion and nothing at all to do with technical details. That comes later.

As every good marketer will tell you the emotional hook is what keeps people interested in something long enough to consider other possibilities. Unfortunately for those of us who are trying to learn photography informally, the internet gurus don’t get it. They know the formula and nothing else matters.

Are there any options for the unfortunate autodidact wannabe photographer? Yes, there are. My poor advice is to learn a few fundamentals then go on about making the images you find interesting. As I warned earlier my advice is worth absolutely nothing.

If you persist in making photographs for long enough you will either get better or quit. I’m still on the knife edge myself.