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My parents collected photos. Mostly family relatives and friends... no too many landmarks or scenic views. They were attached to pages in albums with names, dates and sometimes marked with the locations or occasions.

Most of the photos were glued to the pages and others were attached with small 'corner holders' so it was easy to remove and read the information on the back, usually written in pencil.

When we moved from New York to Miami, the albums were kept in a tweed suitcase in a storage room in the back of the house and only a few photos were in the living room on display. Sadly that part of the house was an addition before my parents bought the place and an undetected the roof leak damaged a portion of the photos stored there.

Sifting through moldy pages stuck together, I salvaged as much as I could. They were moved to a storage shed and when I sold the place, they were moved into plastic bins and are on my screened in back porch.

I have 2 cousins who retired from New York and moved to Florida, both a few miles from me. During WWII, my dad was in the navy and their dad was in the air force. At one point, the brothers met up and I've got 2 photos of the meeting. Not sure of the location and exact date, it's believed to be the only photos of them together in uniform!

I high-res scanned the photos and emailed them to my cousins who were 'blown away' by this, as their father was shot-down on a mission in Europe and a POW for several years.

A niece contacted me last night asking if I had photos of her father. Yes, of course and also one of her aunt she often stayed with. I'm not sure how a torn portrait of the woman came into my possession, but I scanned it and fully restored the digital image. I'll send those out later today.

Years ago, some of the old photos were scanned and copied to hard drives and backed up on portable drives. I'm taking a few days off this week and should be able to get more photos scanned and uploaded to my collection.

My ex-wife did some part-time modeling and met a clothing designer who invented a dress that could be worn in several different configurations. He gave the dress to her and as far as I know, it's the only one of it's kind. He claimed to have a patent on it. She's not interested in keeping the studio shots or the dress, both are in my collection. I'm sure the designer has passed on some time ago and there isn't anyone to confirm the history of the dress... I'm sure when the time is right, that dress may make another appearance.

I witnessed the birth of my grand daughter and took photos. This Christmas, I put a few of them on a thumb drive and brought to the party. She's 12 years old now and we played them on a laptop to the enjoyment of guests there.

My mother once showed me a photo of her father (my grandfather) driving a 1939 Packard. That's one of the photos I'll be looking for when I start digitizing another batch. Why? Because I'm the keeper of old photos.

A case of unrequited love. Two losts souls in time. Reunited by Reiki Candle Magick. My collection of Japanese paranormal photos. Appeared in the flames of my lighted candle. During my Reiki Candle Magick Ritual. My Filipino client's pastlife reading. She is the young queen of Yamatai(Wa, ancientJapan) late Yayoi period (c. 1,000 BCE – c. 300 CE).General Yazuku(my client's Japanese groom, present time) falls in love with the young queen. But not allowed pursue her. Inari. A spirit with a magatama & japanese kanji. A magatama amulet. Love token by General Yazuku to the young queen. Which was lost in time. Buried in their land(Japan) where there mansion was built. A series of spirit writing in japanese kanji.Kekkonshiki No Hi(shinto) wedding offering .About wedding requirements. Restless ghost that cause the paranormal disturbance in their household. Offering was done. The groom's 2 girlfriend are dumped. My client's wedding pushed through. CASE CLOSED.

Recent photos of haunted house(8/11/22, Virginia, U.S.A) interior from my remote paranormal investigation.The staircase in the photo is the highest in ectoplasmic & supernatural manifestations.(Disclaimer. Whatever you feel during reading this blog. By staring at the 1st photo like difficulty of breathing & skin itchiness is not my responsibility)
Base on my remote energy reading. I experienced difficulty of breathing. Someone died here. Unrested , earth bound spirit. Who needs to cross over. They are in danger because it demands a human life. No seance is allowed in this paranormal investigation. The ghost will take over the weakest family member to reenact death. Readers when you stare at the photo. CAN YOU FEEL DIFFICULTY OF BREATHING TOO? * Photo is cropped. Identities withheld. Confirmed by my American contact through a third party person. My location is Pasay City, Philippines.Here is another photo. Along with our chat threads via fb messenger. My conclusion. The house is really infested by ghosts and unclean spirits(skin is itchy when there are unclean spirits). I can sense mafia activity & violent unrecorded deaths. Spiritual house cleansing is required. NAMES & EXACT ADDRESS ARE CONFIDENTIAL CASE CLOSED.

I have collected a few paranormal photos during my work .
Captured via smartphone during paranormal investigation & ritual, unedited.Here are a few that are not confidential.
Ghost of an old man. Demons. They tried smashing my head. During a curse removal ritual. Jinn/ GenieEmbracing fairy couple.

You can find out more about me via my vision at 2ndshot.photos/Help

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A week ago I presented a dozen photos to my local photo club to rave reviews.
All 12 were taken the day after Halloween.
Here's 4 of those for your viewing pleasure.

The far shore of a local lake;



This dead tree was modified for Halloween and was quite impressive at about 40 feet tall;


I walked along a stream off of the lake and saw this
for you to.....reflect upon. :)



This was a couple in an inflatable canoe with another lake shore as a foliage backdrop;



Happy Trails to you.

Here are 5 of the 12 photos that I presented last week in my photo club.
They loved them. Perhaps you might enjoy one of them too.
All were taken with my Canon T6i and a Sigma 50 to 500 mm lens.

The first 3 are somewhat difficult. They are of a flying hummingbird feeding from a flower.
They were at a huge garden, where there were literally thousands of flowers.
So, one has little idea as to when the bird would appear, or which flower the bird would feed from. In addition one needs to choose a very high shutter speed (these were taken at 1/3200 of a second) and thus a high ISO ( = 3200).







The next one was of a Monarch Butterfly.
However, while I was just about to press the shutter button, I noticed (something?)
out of the corner of my eye to the right of the butterfly.
So, I shifted the camera a bit to the right to include it in the picture.
I was very happy that the butterfly turned out very well and the other
tiny insect turned out well enough to at least get a look at it.
However, I still don't know what the heck that tiny insect is.



Lastly, I went to a jazz festival last month. Got right up front, center stage and met
a couple of the band leaders. One a female singer and the other one a terrific guitarist,
that I own several CDs of. His name is Mark Whitfield.

While I was taking photos, I sat right next to the guy the festival hired to take photos of the
event. I asked him if he was familiar with Mark Whitfield. He was not. I told him, that I had
never seen him in person, but I owned several of his CDs and that he is an excellent guitarist.

We both took hundreds of photos of each band. After Mark Winfield's band was done, the other photographer commented to me, "Man, he just gave us his all." I said, "Yeah. But the challenge with him, as I saw it, was that whenever he plays, he plays with his eyes closed." He responded with, "Well, I took a lot of photos of him. I'm sure I got several with his eyes open."

I then saw him go through all 84 photos he took of Mark, and not a single one had him with his eyes open. Because I noticed the challenge early on during his set, I got 11 photos of him with his eyes open. While I got plenty of his eyes closed while playing, I intentionally waited to the exact moment that he opened his eyes, to get several of those too, giving options for perhaps a CD cover. I did hand Mark my business card after the concert.

What the other photographer said next, made absolutely no sense. He said, "Well, we just looked at the JPEG photos. Some of the RAW ones probably have his eyes open."
I did not reply, because the RAW and the JPEG photos are exactly the same photos,
simultaneously stored onto the same memory card, except the way the image is stored is different.
I just let him 'save face' (pun intended).

Here's one of the photos of Mark, with his eyes & mouth open.



And here's a short little taste of some of his solo guitar work;

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