Jay Gaulard

Macro Photography – What Do I Need?

Back when I first began getting interested in photography, I had a few ideas. I knew I was interested in really wide angle photographs, some video and especially up-close macro shots. What I understand they call “Macro Photography.” It all seemed a bit daunting to me – the various technique, the natural talent and all […]

Google Penguin : A Primer

Something happened on the night of April 24 and since that night, I’ve been searching Google about every six hours for the term “Google Penguin.” I use the search tools on the left hand side of the results page. I click “Past 24 Hours” and “Past Hour.” I’ve also done searches for the phrase “Google […]

First Fiction Semi-Short Story

For the past few weeks, I’ve been working on a story that was originally intended to be short. You know, a short story. A story that was short in my mind, but that turned out to be much longer as time wore on. I’m not done with it by any means. I’m probably about half […]

Mother Robin Feeding Her Little Baby Robins

We had a very special treat yesterday. We discovered a nice Robin’s nest right outside the living room window. It’s situated in a Burning Bush and has three little baby Robins sitting in it waiting for their food. I would say my camera equipment came in very handy yesterday. The minute I saw my National […]

Flower Photos

I took the camera on a field trip through the front lawn this afternoon. The sun was shining and many flowers were in bloom. As you will see, the bees were out in full effect. I managed to capture one doing what he does. There’s also an orange cat in there for good measure. I’ll […]

Close-Up Photographs Of the Fiddlehead Fern

A few days ago, I was walking around the property when I spotted a few Fiddlehead Ferns ready to pop. I made a note to self: Go inside and grab the camera for some close-up shots of these guys. They won’t last long like this. Of course and like usual, I got caught up taking […]

Close-Up Photographs Of Bailey’s Gold

If you’ve read my post on the Fiddlehead Fern, you’ll know where I was about two minutes before taking these photos of a Bailey’s Gold plant. Or otherwise known as Sedum Floriferum or Weihenstephaner Gold. For the sake of this post, we’ll simply call the plant Bailey’s Gold. At this point of this morning’s endeavor, […]

Google Penguin : Was I Hit?

I think this is of a good place as any to begin my running commentary of Google Penguin. Since it is, well, the beginning. I read a great post this morning on how to decipher whether your rankings were affected by Google Penguin, Google Panda, both or neither. In general, when I read posts like […]

Google Penguin : I’ve Isolated Which Keywords Were Affected

The moment I felt something funny the night of April 23, I quickly checked my Google Analytics account. I couldn’t see much because of the lag, but the next day, I discovered something terrible. One of my most important and “in season” websites was losing it’s rankings. A different website had been affected by something […]

Inspiring Examples Of Macro Photography

Since the topic de jour is macro photography, I felt it apropos that I suggest a few examples of the most inspiring macro photography one can find. Now, please remind yourself that your own photography should be your inspiration, but if you need a small dose of someone else’s, take a look at these: 1. […]