<b>Sorry about the glare.</b><br>This shows why I've never been a TV journalist and why I'm more comfortable on the back end of the camera. I could have used different lighting, a different camera angle, or severe cropping to eliminate the glare, but sometimes it's better to accentuate the negative.<br>Take Stroh's beer for example (please). Long ago the company's ad campaign was based on being "fire brewed". There was no advantage to fire brewing, but Stroh's couldn't afford to replace the old system with a more modern one.<br>Instead of looking at me, look at some of the photos that I've posted here. <b>EnJoy!</b><br>And for occasional columns about digital photography, visit <a href="http://www.techbyter.com/">TechByter WorldWide</a>. http://billblinn.smugmug.com/photos/175358343_HcNLK-Ti.jpg http://billblinn.smugmug.com/ 2009-09-19T12:04:04Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Via-Colori-2009/9688781_iwKef">Via Colori 2009</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Via-Colori-2009/9688781_iwKef" title="Via Colori 2009"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Via-Colori-2009/WFBViaColoriDSC005920090919043/654597147_acBNs-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Via Colori 2009" title="Via Colori 2009" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-19T12:04:04Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Arts-and-Crafts/Via-Colori-2009/9688781_iwKef <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Other/Ohio-State-Fair-2009/9123207_LZoTT">Ohio State Fair 2009</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Other/Ohio-State-Fair-2009/9123207_LZoTT" title="Ohio State Fair 2009"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Other/Ohio-State-Fair-2009/Ohio-State-Fair-20090801-001/608069261_Ei3N7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="110" alt="Ohio State Fair 2009" title="Ohio State Fair 2009" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-08-01T09:34:36Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Other/Ohio-State-Fair-2009/9123207_LZoTT <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Travel/Amish-Country/9031120_xTy3r">Amish Country</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Travel/Amish-Country/9031120_xTy3r" title="Amish Country"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Travel/Amish-Country/Amish-Country-20090724-3054/600872131_XUjMe-Th.jpg" width="150" height="49" alt="Amish Country" title="Amish Country" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-24T11:57:28Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Travel/Amish-Country/9031120_xTy3r <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Behind-the-Scenes-at-the/8640427_6pqCA">Behind the Scenes at the Columbus Zoo</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Behind-the-Scenes-at-the/8640427_6pqCA" title="Behind the Scenes at the Columbus Zoo"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Behind-the-Scenes-at-the/Columbus-Zoo-20090621-2953-103/570123133_AfBMQ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Behind the Scenes at the Columbus Zoo" title="Behind the Scenes at the Columbus Zoo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-22T07:51:32Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Behind-the-Scenes-at-the/8640427_6pqCA <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Columbus-Zoo-March-2009/8394763_jETaL">Columbus Zoo - March 2009</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Columbus-Zoo-March-2009/8394763_jETaL" title="Columbus Zoo - March 2009"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Columbus-Zoo-March-2009/Columbus-Zoo-20090531-2721-047/551019410_aqnBT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Columbus Zoo - March 2009" title="Columbus Zoo - March 2009" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-05-31T04:58:52Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Columbus-Zoo-March-2009/8394763_jETaL <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Politics/Obama-Rally-Ohio-Statehouse/6443342_Pv7qh">Obama Rally Ohio Statehouse Nov 2, 2008</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Politics/Obama-Rally-Ohio-Statehouse/6443342_Pv7qh" title="Obama Rally Ohio Statehouse Nov 2, 2008"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Politics/Obama-Rally-Ohio-Statehouse/1PreRallyKSB0811010102750001/408335964_R9Pq9-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Obama Rally Ohio Statehouse Nov 2, 2008" title="Obama Rally Ohio Statehouse Nov 2, 2008" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-11-02T06:09:31Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Politics/Obama-Rally-Ohio-Statehouse/6443342_Pv7qh <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Nature/Coffman-Park-Dublin/6305164_aK2KA">Coffman Park - Dublin</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Nature/Coffman-Park-Dublin/6305164_aK2KA" title="Coffman Park - Dublin"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Nature/Coffman-Park-Dublin/CoffmanPark08101922240001/397631443_7MeiA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Coffman Park - Dublin" title="Coffman Park - Dublin" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-10-19T07:08:17Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Nature/Coffman-Park-Dublin/6305164_aK2KA <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Nature/Fall-2008-at-Columbus-Metro/6212005_iq2K4">Fall 2008 at Columbus Metro Parks</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Nature/Fall-2008-at-Columbus-Metro/6212005_iq2K4" title="Fall 2008 at Columbus Metro Parks"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Nature/Fall-2008-at-Columbus-Metro/SharonWoods08101120500025/391670355_JptyK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Fall 2008 at Columbus Metro Parks" title="Fall 2008 at Columbus Metro Parks" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-10-13T01:43:52Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Nature/Fall-2008-at-Columbus-Metro/6212005_iq2K4 <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Art/ViaColori-2008-in-Columbus/5963128_uNiuB">ViaColori 2008 in Columbus</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Art/ViaColori-2008-in-Columbus/5963128_uNiuB" title="ViaColori 2008 in Columbus"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Art/ViaColori-2008-in-Columbus/BlinnViaColori08091320170110PS/371913098_Dcqyu-Th.jpg" width="126" height="150" alt="ViaColori 2008 in Columbus" title="ViaColori 2008 in Columbus" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-13T13:08:19Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Art/ViaColori-2008-in-Columbus/5963128_uNiuB <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Columbus-Zoo-Labor-Day-2008/5854458_GpLVn">Columbus Zoo - Labor Day 2008</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Columbus-Zoo-Labor-Day-2008/5854458_GpLVn" title="Columbus Zoo - Labor Day 2008"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Columbus-Zoo-Labor-Day-2008/ColumbusZoo20080901-9/363394394_jRTB3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Columbus Zoo - Labor Day 2008" title="Columbus Zoo - Labor Day 2008" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-01T04:56:34Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Columbus-Zoo-Labor-Day-2008/5854458_GpLVn <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Politics/Barack-Obama-in-Central-Ohio/5838269_RE6ZS">Barack Obama in Central Ohio</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Politics/Barack-Obama-in-Central-Ohio/5838269_RE6ZS" title="Barack Obama in Central Ohio"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Politics/Barack-Obama-in-Central-Ohio/ObamaHope/362473625_d7Hoh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="50" alt="Barack Obama in Central Ohio" title="Barack Obama in Central Ohio" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-08-31T02:02:54Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Politics/Barack-Obama-in-Central-Ohio/5838269_RE6ZS <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Columbus-Zoo-Spring-2008/4906009_UDdUo">Columbus Zoo Spring 2008</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Columbus-Zoo-Spring-2008/4906009_UDdUo" title="Columbus Zoo Spring 2008"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Columbus-Zoo-Spring-2008/ColumbusZoo01/292903040_b7BCu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Columbus Zoo Spring 2008" title="Columbus Zoo Spring 2008" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-05-10T08:18:40Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Columbus-Zoo-Spring-2008/4906009_UDdUo <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Weather/Central-Ohio-Comes-to-a-Halt/4477984_gt2eu">Central Ohio Comes to a Halt (March 8, 2008)</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Weather/Central-Ohio-Comes-to-a-Halt/4477984_gt2eu" title="Central Ohio Comes to a Halt (March 8, 2008)"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Weather/Central-Ohio-Comes-to-a-Halt/GWD08/263660338_Yhz7S-Th.jpg" width="150" height="94" alt="Central Ohio Comes to a Halt (March 8, 2008)" title="Central Ohio Comes to a Halt (March 8, 2008)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-03-09T00:29:26Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Weather/Central-Ohio-Comes-to-a-Halt/4477984_gt2eu <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbus-Franklin-Park/4155868_Jwk98">Columbus: Franklin Park Conservatory (Jan 2008)</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbus-Franklin-Park/4155868_Jwk98" title="Columbus: Franklin Park Conservatory (Jan 2008)"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbus-Franklin-Park/DSC1369/242596827_yyXnz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Columbus: Franklin Park Conservatory (Jan 2008)" title="Columbus: Franklin Park Conservatory (Jan 2008)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-01-12T08:55:38Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbus-Franklin-Park/4155868_Jwk98 <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Weddings/Tori-and-Marks-wedding/3686458_qPkrf">Tori and Mark's wedding</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Weddings/Tori-and-Marks-wedding/3686458_qPkrf" title="Tori and Mark's wedding"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Weddings/Tori-and-Marks-wedding/Test2DSC1002/210928154_6XUXY-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Tori and Mark's wedding" title="Tori and Mark's wedding" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-11-10T08:01:12Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Weddings/Tori-and-Marks-wedding/3686458_qPkrf <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Nature/Olentangy-Bike-Trail/3461985_f3yoo">Olentangy Bike Trail</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Nature/Olentangy-Bike-Trail/3461985_f3yoo" title="Olentangy Bike Trail"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Nature/Olentangy-Bike-Trail/BikeTrail01/194578112_bwPHk-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Olentangy Bike Trail" title="Olentangy Bike Trail" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-09-11T08:53:42Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Nature/Olentangy-Bike-Trail/3461985_f3yoo <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Nature/Highbanks-2007/3323085_pctMu">Highbanks 2007</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Nature/Highbanks-2007/3323085_pctMu" title="Highbanks 2007"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Nature/Highbanks-2007/DSC0364/184926146_iNkTh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Highbanks 2007" title="Highbanks 2007" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-08-17T07:51:39Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Nature/Highbanks-2007/3323085_pctMu <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Pets/Kitties-Ive-Had-the-Good/3189588_MhejQ">Kitties I've Had the Good Fortune to Know</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Pets/Kitties-Ive-Had-the-Good/3189588_MhejQ" title="Kitties I've Had the Good Fortune to Know"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Pets/Kitties-Ive-Had-the-Good/PC251199/175660854_niStB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Kitties I've Had the Good Fortune to Know" title="Kitties I've Had the Good Fortune to Know" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-07-22T04:06:05Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Pets/Kitties-Ive-Had-the-Good/3189588_MhejQ <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/History/Ohio-Bicentennial-Wagon-Train/3190718_4Supx">Ohio Bicentennial Wagon Train - June 2003</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/History/Ohio-Bicentennial-Wagon-Train/3190718_4Supx" title="Ohio Bicentennial Wagon Train - June 2003"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/History/Ohio-Bicentennial-Wagon-Train/DSC1560/175747123_WcMds-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Ohio Bicentennial Wagon Train - June 2003" title="Ohio Bicentennial Wagon Train - June 2003" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-07-22T03:37:17Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/History/Ohio-Bicentennial-Wagon-Train/3190718_4Supx <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Travel/Hocking-Hills-July-2006/3187036_EbUQJ">Hocking Hills - July 2006</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Travel/Hocking-Hills-July-2006/3187036_EbUQJ" title="Hocking Hills - July 2006"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Travel/Hocking-Hills-July-2006/DSC8132/175478308_HepTy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Hocking Hills - July 2006" title="Hocking Hills - July 2006" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-07-21T08:29:00Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Travel/Hocking-Hills-July-2006/3187036_EbUQJ <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-City-2002/3185776_jiEPy">New York City-2002</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-City-2002/3185776_jiEPy" title="New York City-2002"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-City-2002/DSCN0292/175394172_xG4uG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="New York City-2002" title="New York City-2002" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-07-21T02:42:24Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Travel/New-York-City-2002/3185776_jiEPy <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Travel/Balboa-Park-2003/3185702_CqP7P">Balboa Park 2003</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Travel/Balboa-Park-2003/3185702_CqP7P" title="Balboa Park 2003"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Travel/Balboa-Park-2003/DSC1169/175389780_5rMYy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Balboa Park 2003" title="Balboa Park 2003" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-07-21T02:20:21Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Travel/Balboa-Park-2003/3185702_CqP7P <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Columbus-Zoo-December-2006/3185369_tDJmm">Columbus Zoo - December 2006</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Columbus-Zoo-December-2006/3185369_tDJmm" title="Columbus Zoo - December 2006"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Columbus-Zoo-December-2006/DSCF0576a/175380015_ZoKA6-Th.jpg" width="150" height="121" alt="Columbus Zoo - December 2006" title="Columbus Zoo - December 2006" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-07-21T01:57:11Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Columbus-Zoo-December-2006/3185369_tDJmm <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Columbus-Zoo-July-2007/3185242_Y4VbD">Columbus Zoo - July 2007</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Columbus-Zoo-July-2007/3185242_Y4VbD" title="Columbus Zoo - July 2007"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Columbus-Zoo-July-2007/DSC0081/175361469_R8PNS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Columbus Zoo - July 2007" title="Columbus Zoo - July 2007" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-07-21T00:31:40Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Zoos/Columbus-Zoo-July-2007/3185242_Y4VbD <p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com">Bill Blinn</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Events/Big-Bugs-at-Inniswood/3153596_JjfcK">Big Bugs at Inniswood</a>'</p><p><a href="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Events/Big-Bugs-at-Inniswood/3153596_JjfcK" title="Big Bugs at Inniswood"><img src="http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Events/Big-Bugs-at-Inniswood/DSC0102/173186802_tZF48-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Big Bugs at Inniswood" title="Big Bugs at Inniswood" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-07-15T03:53:59Z Bill Blinn http://billblinn.smugmug.com http://billblinn.smugmug.com/Events/Big-Bugs-at-Inniswood/3153596_JjfcK