Kelsey H. from Lexington, NC puts on her game face as she gets ready to compete with her Ford 941 tractor.

Some of you probably think I’ve been lazy and not keeping up the site…and that could be partially true. However, I have been posting pictures, but mostly on my Facebook page. However, I have uploaded a ton of recent photos here (4 pages), and have more on the way.

I also took another trip to the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad last weekend, so more pics and video from that later in the week..

This is the conclusion to the article series, this week we explore those diabolical creations designed to take your best photos from you and make them their own.

Part II
You may think that a Photo Contest is a really good thing…you get a prize and everyone gets to see your best work. However, you could be completely wrong…
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I thought I would pen up this article to help some of you who may not be aware…there are companies out there who want to get free use out of your photos and videos. This may not bother some of you that much…but read on to see what they can do with your work, without even telling you about it!

Part I
First off, we’ll start with the online social media sites…
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Here’s a lot of the best shots, set to music.  Enjoy!

Photographer Jim Goldstein does an annual best picture blog project, and this year I found out about it about 2 hours before the deadline! So…I managed to upload what I considered my best pics from 2012. Not necessarily the ones that *I* considered the best, but the ones that I thought other people liked a lot, some based on Facebook input, others just guesses…

So here they are…my pics for the best photos that I took in 2012. Which is your favorite? Or is there one that I should have included?

Note: Be sure to click on the pictures to see the full images.

I have decided to start doing calendars, and you can get them direct from here!

This year I am doing two calendars, in extremely limited run, one of them Steam locomotives and the other one Barns of Lincoln County (NC). You can see all the pictures on the Locomotives calendars here and the Barns Calendar here. Cost of the calendars is $12 plus shipping.

You can contact me from the ‘About’ page or my Facebook page

Monroe, NC has been doing an annual airshow with classic WWII aircraft for the last six years, this year we went to see it and it was really great! Nice day, cool temps, and some great aircraft!

The photos are here…hopefully I’ll get a video up of both this and the Shaw AFB airshow soon!

Carl Franz works with the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad to get a fall photo special going using freight cars. It’s a great day out, and great photo opportunities with a nice vintage locomotive pulling some vintage freight cars.

Photos are here, and the video is here.

Went to photograph and video the Iron City truck and tractor pulls in Blacksburg, SC. Had a good weekend, and got some great pics. Nice new facility, and with almost 50 vehicles showing up for the pulls, there was a lot of action!

The photos for the pulls are here, video will be up later this week.

Had a great weekend trip to St. Louis to see the Norfolk Southern employee steam excursions. Met some great people (hello to Butch, Steve, Frisco Gary, Bob, Jim T and others), had some excellent weather, and my Nikon went over 10,000 photos!

Photos are here, and the video is here.