Well, the holiday season is over and the photos are back from the lab.  As you look over your Holiday pictures you may start to wonder, "Why don't my pictures look like a shoot from W magazine?"  I'm here to tell you in order to get interesting pictures you must start do do something different.  I will describe in this article a few quick easy tips anyone can follow to make your holiday pics more interesting, more beautiful, and more fun to look at again and again.   A major reason so many holiday pictures look the same is because everybody is doing the same thing:  They are documenting...

The other weekend I went to a Traveling carnival in Austin Texas.  I am pretty sure this is the same carnival that has come through town a couple of times a year every year since 1979.  After all, one of the rides is still called Disco Fever.  That's a bit dated, don'tcha think?  This is not sponsored by the city, county or anybody.  They just set up in the same empty lot on the side of Ben White Blvd by IH 35 year after year.  Old School, classic. I love how innocent children are.  Their enjoyment is enthusiastic and total.  While I enjoyed the carnival for it's ironic value, for the memories...