Van Camping And Photography

I've been following a couple photographers on YouTube lately: Thomas Heaton and Henry Turner. Both are landscape specialists and both work in England. They are similar in that they travel around in vans that have been converted into campers specifically for photographers. I also know Scott Erb and Donna Dufault who travel the US in their own camper van. The only time I ever did anything like that was when I rented an larger camper vehicle and headed up to Acadia for a week-long visit with my brother and a couple friends. It was an adventure but we had room to sleep four. These folks have smaller vans and so creature comfort is a bit more difficult to manage.

Heaton and Turner have similar styles in their YouTube offerings. Both are professional landscape photographers and both have weekly YouTube podcasts...

Football, when it doesn't matter, can still hurt

Yesterday, the Pats played well enough to win against the top level Bills. The result affects the Pats' draft position going into the new season. Had they lost, they'd have had first pick. Who doesn't want that.. As they won, they drop to fourth. That hurts.

I can't help wonder if the Bills did that intentionally. It sure seemed so, giving up in the fourth quarter, not being at all competitive. If you aren't familiar with this situation, many top teams rest their good players, saving them for the playoff round that's about to start. That actually makes sense. But, teams are supposed to be competitive throughout the season, and that includes the last game. Yesterday, the Bills - not so much.

I occurs to me that this is a good time for a rules change. How about this. Whatever complement of players you chose for your last half must be the same players that play the first half of the first playoff game.

That sounds fair and competitive to me.

FWIW - congrats the the Pats for playing hard, if only for pride. Had they also not been competitive, maybe they'd lose as everyone expected, and maybe they'd have that first round draft. If only...

2024 - My Year In Review

• January - meh
• February - meh
• March - meh
• April - meh
• May - meh
• June - meh
• July - meh
• August - meh
• September - meh
• October - meh
• November - WTF!!!
• December - no really, WTF!!!