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roger brandt, zen pirate
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wow, 10 months since a journal update!  there have been many changes in my life since then.  for one, i am no longer employed by anyone; i was let go at the end of September.  i have been trying to make it on my photography since then, relying on meager print sales and the occasional gig.  if you were ever thinking about buying a print from me, i could sure use it!  to that end, i now have a shop on etsy called The Lotus Garden.  www.etsy.com/shop/TheLotusGard… those of you in europe, you can find my work on ArtFlakes. www.artflakes.com/en/profiles/… if you want to buy direct from dA, let me know and i will make it available.  i am still doing volunteer work for the St. Louis Zoo; i have three shots in their 2012 calendar and a couple of my pictures are scheduled to be displayed (in large banner form) at Lambert Field (St. Louis' international airport) to promote the zoo to tourists.  
you may have noticed on my profile page that i now have a twitter account, TheZenPirate.  look for tech news, photography tips, zen wisdom, and stuff that interests me.  Also present on facebook, both as myself and The Lotus Garden.  
my newest social obsession is klout.  if you are a member, please visit and give me some +K!  currently my score is only 38, but i would love to push it up over 50.  while i am shamelessly promoting myself, i will go ahead and add a plug for the Original Quotes Challenge.  vote for my design! fav.me/d4ycykb

there is a great force in the universe affecting your destiny, and it is you.

some selections from my favorites:
:thumb299296804:   Camera shy by kayaksailor  :thumb296647720:
Bird 118 by jeppy1982     Wild Roo by TVD-Photography
Early morning by nooreva   Siblings by spike83   Glacier NP by Pecetta
:thumb281124944:   Redbeard31 Ram by HouseofChabrier  :thumb279356741:

A word about thanks.
after spending an hour one morning thanking people, i came to the realization that i just didn't have time to keep doing this. it was taking away from my time to look at other artists and to work on my own art. as a result, i will no longer be thanking people when they add my pictures to their favorites. please don't take this to mean that i don't appreciate your support! i most certainly do, but i would rather take a look at your work than spend time sending you a note. i try to at least go to the home page of those that add my shots, although sometimes i just get too far behind. i will respond to comments to the best of my ability, but probably not to thanks for adding your work to my favorites. thank you for understanding, and thanks for visiting!

:iconbigcats: :iconcats-paw: :iconwildlifephotography: :iconnaturpics-club: :iconphotolovers: :iconzoo-photographers: :iconbirds-club:
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greetings all!  i have started to offer a new option on my print site: digital downloads for personal use.  over the years i have had requests to use my shots as desktops, as i am sure a lot of others have.  i limit downloads on dA to 1024 pixels max on an edge, but these days a lot of displays have higher resolution than that.  in light of that you can now go to zenpiratephoto.smugmug.com to get a hi-res version.  these are for personal non-commercial use only.  both "printmarked" and "clean" versions are available.  since i have never offered this before, i took a guess about how to set the prices.  if anyone visits, please let me know if they are priced too high, or even too low.  also, if you see a picture on dA that isn't on my print site and you want a download, just let me know and i will make sure it is available.
~roger

A word about thanks.
after spending an hour one morning thanking people, i came to the realization that i just didn't have time to keep doing this. it was taking away from my time to look at other artists and to work on my own art. as a result, i will no longer be thanking people when they add my pictures to their favorites. please don't take this to mean that i don't appreciate your support! i most certainly do, but i would rather take a look at your work than spend time sending you a note. i try to at least go to the home page of those that add my shots, although sometimes i just get too far behind. i will respond to comments to the best of my ability, but probably not to thanks for adding your work to my favorites. thank you for understanding, and thanks for visiting!

:iconbigcats: :iconcats-paw: :iconwildlifephotography: :iconnaturpics-club: :iconphotolovers: :iconzoo-photographers: :iconbirds-club:
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DDeluge

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i woke up saturday morning to find over 500 messages, and i knew something was up.  turns out i got my first DD!  many thanks to :iconrezzanatakol: for suggesting hh1 by redbeard31 by sunday i had over 2000 messages and the count kept climbing!  i started answering comments last night but had to put off the rest until today because i just got too sleepy.  i am overwhelmed at the response.  normally i thank everyone who adds me to their watch list and visit their page, but with 89 new watchers over the weekend it is just too much, so thank you all!!
of course today i will be featuring :iconrezzanatakol: a fine photographer from Turkey

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some words of wisdom about observation:

there are three classes of people.  those who see; those who see when they are shown; those who do not see.
     ~leonardo da vinci

the foolish reject what they see, not what they think; the wise reject what they think, not what they see.
     ~huang-po

A word about thanks.
after spending an hour one morning thanking people, i came to the realization that i just didn't have time to keep doing this. it was taking away from my time to look at other artists and to work on my own art. as a result, i will no longer be thanking people when they add my pictures to their favorites. please don't take this to mean that i don't appreciate your support! i most certainly do, but i would rather take a look at your work than spend time sending you a note. i try to at least go to the home page of those that add my shots, although sometimes i just get too far behind. i will respond to comments to the best of my ability, but probably not to thanks for adding your work to my favorites. thank you for understanding, and thanks for visiting!

:iconbigcats: :iconcats-paw: :iconwildlifephotography: :iconnaturpics-club: :iconphotolovers: :iconzoo-photographers: :iconbirds-club:
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... and round on both ends!  that's right, redbeard is coming to ohio!!  i will be at hocking hills state park on june 28 and 29, and would love to meet some local deviants (especially :iconsooper-deviant: ).  hoping to get plenty of waterfall shots, and someone that knows the area would be helpful indeed!  not much else to report right now, so here are a few of my favorites, followed by some words of wisdom.

:thumb206426221:   King Amur by MonsterBrand  
After burner by kayaksailor   When Water Meets Color by BenHeine   Cheetah 33 by jeppy1982
Maned Wolf II by TVD-Photography   wasp by Sam2103  :thumb210414623:

"When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what i did at work.  I told her i worked at the college - that my job was to teach people how to draw.  She stared back at me, incredulous, and said, 'You mean they forget?'" ~ Howard Ikemoto

"The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention." ~ Julia Margaret Cameron

"Four rules for life: Show up. Pay attention. Tell the truth. Don't be attached to the results." ~ Angeles Arrien

"Only in the present do things happen." ~ Jorge Luis Borges

"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts." ~ Earl Weaver

A word about thanks.
after spending an hour one morning thanking people, i came to the realization that i just didn't have time to keep doing this. it was taking away from my time to look at other artists and to work on my own art. as a result, i will no longer be thanking people when they add my pictures to their favorites. please don't take this to mean that i don't appreciate your support! i most certainly do, but i would rather take a look at your work than spend time sending you a note. i try to at least go to the home page of those that add my shots, although sometimes i just get too far behind. i will respond to comments to the best of my ability, but probably not to thanks for adding your work to my favorites. thank you for understanding, and thanks for visiting!

:iconbigcats: :iconcats-paw: :iconwildlifephotography: :iconnaturpics-club: :iconphotolovers: :iconzoo-photographers: :iconbirds-club:
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Ahoy mates!  redbeard is setting sail for the bahamas this weekend!  i'll be doing my pillaging from the Majesty of the Seas, a Royal Caribbean ship.  looking forward to lots of shots of beaches and ocean as opposed to snow and rivers.  i'll give a full update sometime after my return (you know how i am about journal posts), but you can be certain there will be plenty of pics real soon.  i also bought a video camera for the trip, so i may have some new youtube posts as well.  
quote of the day: "to each his reach, and if i don't cop it ain't mine to have." ~ Parliament (Chocolate City)

some of my recent favorites:

Amur Leopard 35 by jeppy1982   Happy Family by In-the-picture   Lynx Love by TVD-Photography
Gorilla 1 by SplitSecondStudio   040211 Chimpanzee 1 by InsaneGelfling  :thumb195912828:
Autumn Sunset by DarkMoon17  :thumb194071138:   Bandon by Pecetta
Black Bow by jenniferstuber   The Falkirk Wheel glows by kharashov   Great Blue Heron by sametimenxtyr

A word about thanks.
after spending an hour one morning thanking people, i came to the realization that i just didn't have time to keep doing this. it was taking away from my time to look at other artists and to work on my own art. as a result, i will no longer be thanking people when they add my pictures to their favorites. please don't take this to mean that i don't appreciate your support! i most certainly do, but i would rather take a look at your work than spend time sending you a note. i try to at least go to the home page of those that add my shots, although sometimes i just get too far behind. i will respond to comments to the best of my ability, but probably not to thanks for adding your work to my favorites. thank you for understanding, and thanks for visiting!

:iconbigcats: :iconcats-paw: :iconwildlifephotography: :iconnaturpics-club: :iconphotolovers: :iconzoo-photographers: :iconbirds-club:
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