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Painting lines on the roads can be pretty boring. Miles and miles of straight...

I’ve carved a few pumpkins in my time and usually they are just filled...

Things that don’t keep moving, freeze up. They rust in place. There is no...

The Theosophists (Madam Blavatsky and her buddies) were proponents of automatic writing. Supposedly higher...

Budding is a form a sexual reproduction where a new organism is produced from...

He is too suspicious. Too ordinary. Too casual. You know he’s a spy. He...

When is walking the dogs a whole body workout? When they weigh about 150...

I thought they were just regular mushrooms, toadstools. Little did I suspect their psychoactive...

Bins and bins of tightly wrapped, colored chunks of teeth rotting, carbohydrates and flavor...

Everyone knows about the Eye of Horus . It’s on our dollar bills. It’s...

How do mermaids breathe? Are they like lungfish, coming up for air? Or do...

Frank is a former NSA/CIA/FBI/IOU agent. He specialized in alternative surveillance methods. During the...

Not all couch potatoes sit in dimly lit rooms eating chips in stained sweatshirts....

When it rains and you are outside, you get wet, unless you are prepared...

Tomatoes, (tomatl in Nathuati) come to us from South and Central America where the...

I sometimes wonder why there seem to be a lot of artists in Frenchtown....

Flamingoes are a lovely bird. Especially pink ones. I can’t think of many pink...

There are some places on Earth where gravity is light. They are just tiny...

This just showed up, painted on the side of a building. At first I...

This is not how I would do it. Hell no. No one gets a...

It used to be easy, when hay bales were small. You could tuck them...

If you’ve ever worked construction or even done a home project on something above...

It is marshmallow season in PA. They are ripe and ready. There are several...

We know we have a problem with weapons. There are too many and they...

The tension is palpable. The focus fierce. The stones are arrayed on the board...

Wertzels are fairly common in Pennsylvania forests. You can hear them calling at dusk,...

When you are deeply reverent about two things you can merge them. Blend them...

Not sure if this a modern N95 plague beak. Maybe. These masks didn’t offer...

Now this is nice to see. It took way too long to come up...

It wasn’t the first pandemic, but it was a big one. The precursor to...

It’s an entrance. A tight fit for most, even for the residents. The mailbox...

We usually think of old farmers in bib overalls wearing John Deer caps. Maybe...

The notorious tomato hornworm is not well regarded amongst gardeners. Many of them are...

Not “on” first. We know that was Who. Instead who was here first? It...

Mail has gotten slow. Too slow for many of us who got used a...

They must have had t-shirts made for a family reunion or something. Although they...

People in this area are often surprisingly warm and welcoming, opening their hearts to...

It’s well know that we have an infrastructure problem in this country. Roads, airports,...

It’s being formalize. The Church of Zuckerberg is holding regular services, now, where followers...

Are demons naturally chiseled or do they work out? Maybe it’s their work environment....

Be a potato. A spud. An earth fruit. The brain often tells us to...

To think that some animals would even think of encroaching on our turf. They...

It makes worlds spin, rotate and collide. It attracts and repels. Everyone knows how...

Block it. Let in the O2 and the N2 but not the bad stuff....

This must be a non-judgemental zone. No calling strikes or outs. There must be...

I thought he was a parking ticket provider, generously leaving love notes for people...

Left keep people rushing. Gating on tail, no. Sign by is explained everything.

If you are going to do an excavation you need to call for a...

They don’t need the money. I’ve never tipped a cow or even tried. It’s...

I don’t see a cell phone, an earbud or a second person across the...

What happens when you put on 3D glasses in a 3D world? Is it...

I don’t hate fishing. I just don’t think I like it. It has a...

I’m definitely getting some messages, here. I’m pretty sure it is intentional, on purpose,...

They may not be “perpetual” perpetual motion machines but they seem that way. They...

It must take nerves of steel and an unbending will to dive off of...

The NJ Pinelands are interesting. Except for rapidly encroaching development along the edges the...

Celebrating the period in our history when the United States had 15 states. It...

It’s a funny word if you keep saying it. All words are funny that...

And proud of it. I wonder if they rent the rat or own it....

There should be more caution signs about turtles. I’ve never had one jump in...

This road has inspired a thousand songs of lament and sadness. It is tucked...

Eat 109 pounds of meat in one hour and win $2000. You can bring...

People are generally pretty generous and giving. If we have plenty of what we...

We live in a world of service. Many people recognizing needs and fulfilling them....

Americans excel at some things. Leading the world and being so far out in...

Offices can be highly efficient. Heated, cooled, networked, centralized, hierarchical, governed and moderated. Most...

A pile of picture machines. Aluminum, brass and glass with maybe an old mercury...

I pass this sign every day and thought maybe for a joke, someone painted...

Seeing is believing. So I believe what I see. Looks right to me.

One day I was gazing out my studio window overlooking the great metropolis of...

Do you read the Bible? A lot of people do. Jehovah’s Witnesses think you...

We can’t really be carbon free. We’re mostly made out of carbon. If we...

Based on my extensive research it appears that every college campus has a unicycle...

Riding is so much more fun when you have a partner. Someone with whom...

It’s a Franklin Mail Burner. Benjamin Franklin invented it. It makes for a great...

It stalks us from the canopy. Dropping down and latching onto our backs as...

The world can be a dangerous place. You wouldn’t think that getting close to...

How do you stay sunny on a rainy day? Get some blues skies. “Blue...

How would you like to have a potential sales force of 2.5 million people?...

Faster than a speeding locomotive? Maybe. (Trains don’t go very fast around here). Definitely...

People travel great distances to visit the standing stones of Columcille. To feel it,...

It’s an oak apple, but I thought oaks have acorns. They are called acorn...

There’s more than one kind of house painter. You can paint a house, or...

It needs an antennae. Maybe one of those trees would work. Then we could...

Gasoline is volatile and so is the price. Every day thousands of gas stations...

I like being attracted by roadside attractions. I stop and turn around a lot...

I feel like I’ ve seen this guy before. I don’t know where. He...

Masking started slowly. Very early in the pandemic I saw someone in the city...

Musicians love good acoustics. Paul Winter is famous for playing his sax in locations...

They are a little like cats. You can’t herd them. When you take them...

I love this color of blue. It’s a treat to see patches of it...

I like Earth Day. I remember when it started and think it is a...

Pat has a thriving business washing windows throughout Frenchtown and other locations. He is...

Most posters in found hanging waiting rooms are painfully generic. A lot of times...

I came across a field of nothing but fragments. Pieces left behind following multiple...

A few cups of delicious coffee at the counter of a classic diner. Plain...

Google doesn’t let us know when the Google Street car will be cruising our...

It was curious to see a bike rider walking his rig down the road,...

Tiny can be famous. The White Manna diner in Hackensack (built in 1946) has...

You see it all the time. Big iron balls piled next to a cannon....

Easter is observed around the world. It coincides with spring (at least in the...

He’s an OCR Street Minister preaching next to the highway in Flemington. That’s a...

It’s a little strange to share the grocery aisles with a rolling, six foot-three,...

Not much was happening one cloudy, late November Day in Slatington. It was Thanksgiving....

EZ PASS was founded about 34 years ago so we could simply sail through...

Shadows offered up a little throwback to TV of the 1950s and 60s when...

I’ve noticed that trash collectors are leery of people who emerge from the darkness...

Black skies are not very common. Except at night. (They are pretty common at...

An abandoned self-car wash, a big puddle and a bright white fence on a...

It’s a fragile outfit for a baby. One stumble or bump could cause multiple...

Some of the more interesting items being stocked at the Sunbeam General Store. There...

There is something satisfying about walking in the middle of the road. You own...

It’s a sign behind a sign. Somebody is telling someone something. I wondered if...

It’s become a traditional way to celebrate various events, movements and causes in Frenchtown....

Or is it matching sneakers? Nice coordination, either way. Some people have style. What...

Where do you go to get a head? School. That’s where the learning is....

This is the most comfortable bike I’ve seen. Totally laid back. Maybe you could...

If you put too many toys (or other stuff) in your bed there is...

As I rounded a corner one night, I spied a white figure emerging from...

No, it’s not a zombie wandering about in the daylight. It’s withdraw and push....

Tom retired from his engineering work and decided to tackle the Appalachian trail. Being...

Did you ever feel like someone was looking into your head and determining what...

Plow it, push it, heave it, and blow away. One thing about snow is...

Here is a salute to parking lot cowboys, who chase down the strays and...

February can be mild or cold year to year but the sun is always...

It was a foggy, late fall morning. The sun creating beams of light through...

Cool blue and warm amber. The magic moment comes each morning and evening when...

This photo should be in black and white making it a bit timeless. It...

If you have a sidewalk it’s a ritual. The white stuff falls from the...

I’m always up for a good night shot when it’s snowing and was out...

Every year around December I drive by a Christmas wonderland in our upper Bucks,...

I’m always up for a dog photo. It seems this is the decade of...

One building, two owners, two homes. I feel like this was Photoshopped. Someone cleverly...

The coffee’s not cold. It’s nice and hot. The only thing hot outside on...

I was rolling down 611 in Nockamixon, PA, one autumn day and there besides...

It started with a Facebook message. A friend sent me a post about a...

Photography is a powerful medium. Good images influence the way people think and act....

Debbie Schaeffer, owner of Mrs G Appliances in Lawrenceville knows how to tell her...

Do your photos have punch? “Marketing is the difficult work of telling a story...

Hearing people.  

B-roll is the term used for video and film footage that isn’t part of...

Being seen means being noticed, even if it is just for a moment. We...

When I search restaurants online I’m presented with an abundance of food photos, some...

What does a sound engineer look like? This is Chuma Nwokike whose business it...

Need a tank? Just call.

If you are in business, whether your own business or part of a larger...

Every year I invite photographers to be part of the Summer on the Delaware...

The 4H used to be part of the larger Flemington Fair which was the...

The owner of Galassos Pizza, Joe Galasso, watches as firefighters dowse the smokey remains...

Freelancers don’t work for anyone. Freelancers works for anyone. A gig is a gig....

  OK, yeah, so it was 1982 in the photo office of the Fort...

Just by it’s nature, showing up on Google is good advertising. This is especially...

Every month my Meetup Group, Frenchtown Photography Meetup, gets together in the studio to...

Being found on-line by potential clients and customers is the ultimate goal of digital...

Does anyone like filling out time sheets and the struggle to keep jobs within...

Which perspective is better. yours or mine? When I produce content about my business,...

You do not need to teach kids to be mindful, to know life as...

It can be easy to think the whole world is going down hill if...

One of my clients came up with an interesting idea. Instead of a static...

The Hunterdon Places Photo Project shoot, April 21 and 22nd, has resulted in a...

Compressing a file will reduce the file size while keeping the dimensions and resolution...

If you have a Google account you can create your own custom maps and...

They may hear what you are saying, but are they listening?  Is it just...

Bridget Wingert had a vision to create a local paper in the early 2000’s...

Hunterdon Places is a photo project open to all photographers:  kids and adults, amateurs...

Brokaw Photography is pleased to offer five thoroughly enjoyable  photo workshops at its studio...

When it’s satisfying, it feels good.  If it feels good, it’s fun. Even when it’s...

I photograph fairly often for Hunterdon County at its special events and I especially...

“About Videos” on a your website, if done well, can be a great way...

What are you looking at? What’s got your attention? We are often told to...

It was a good weekend in Frenchtown.  Six businesses: a computer service business, three...

Locations matter when having events. People need to know where you are. Brokaw Photography...

Have you taken your brain for a walk today? If you’ve ever had  dogs...

The Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce celebrated business leaders in the county at its...

The Board of Directors for the Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce Foundation gathered at...

Life accelerates as we grow.  The Hunterdon Harmonizers, who are launching yet another production...

Johnny Haritos is a Frenchtown based artist, best know for his drawings of rock...

While shooting some food photos for a local restaurant I was asked if I...

Sometimes. Yes? They say “work is work” and it is, of course, but if...

Marketing is all about engaging the viewer.  The vast majority of what we encounter...

Trees Water Stone is a collaborative art event celebrating Solstice in Frenchtown. The intent...

Vince Papale “walked on” to the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1970s and made history. ...

Really cold brew at BioStorage, part of a facility at Rutgers University where they...

Geotagging is fairly easy and is required in order to embed a photo on...

It’s often harder than it looks to coordinate teams, even when everyone is doing...

Frenchtown 150 is underway.  This collaborative photo project is a comprehensive visual and on-line spatial...

It was an interesting evening at the NJPAC with 2017 New Jersey gubernatorial candidates,...

Dr. Dan Cohen, “Dental Care 4 Kids” understands his patients.    They are less...

It’s a bumper year for nuts (acorns and hickories, too.).  The trees are fruitful...

Fall is definitely prime time for getting outdoor family photos.  The air is crisp,...

Habitat for Humanity of Raritan Valley held a wonderful fundraising gala at Basking Ridge...

I wanted to share this great website, called the Photographers Ephemeris.  It easily shows...

Brokaw Photography is pleased to offer a series of thoroughly enjoyable Saturday morning beginner...

Every year I enjoy photographing the newest class of the Leadership Hunterdon program. Leadership...

Happy Equinox. About equal day and night today as we continue to spiral and...

What’s for sale here? On the surface, it’s a funky looking squash.  Taken just...

Recognize wisdom when you hear it. During the past couple months, I did video...

Monkey see, monkey do?  Maybe not such bad advice, depending on what the monkeys...

Harry starts every week with total focus.  Of course, he has his krypton glasses...

Sometimes it’s a bare-knuckle climb to the top, one finger grip at a time.

Frenchtown enjoyed two simultaneous events Labor Day Weekend that perfectly exemplified the envision-plan-implement process....

Often it’s the simplest images that can be the most memorable and most fun....

I came across a group of young athletes early in the morning making their...

As part of a video for the Hunterdon County of Chamber Foundation I had...

In the beginning when we first begin learning to shoot straight, there were those...

Here comes the moon.  Standing in front of the sun and casting us into...

Is it “showroom,”  “show room,” or “show showroom?” In this case I think I’ll...

A company is a team of people working together.  The question is, “What are...

It’s Friday.  It’s August. It’s still summer. The boss is on vacation…. Have another...

While on assignment shooting footage and stills at the Historic Red Mill in Clinton,...

Mushrooms are funny organisms.  Most of the time they are invisible to us growing...

Branding an event is as important as branding your business.  What’s it all about?...

Shooting groups is an art in itself.  Imagine corralling 5, 10, 20 or more...

Mondays are always invigorating, especially after a great weekend.  But I confess, I don’t...

Headshots can be fun.  All it takes is some imagination and a willingness to...

There are many times when we have a full plate in front of us...

What is the size limit for Delaware dogfish?

It’s the peak of summer and time for many to hibernate inside in the...

The Delaware River is not exactly known for its coral reefs and sunken treasure...

Creating macro botanical images for scientific stock is one of my specialites.  I have...

Executive portraits can be more than a nice PR photo showing great dental work....

There are photo opportunities all around us, every day,  unlimited ways we can market...

Street photography is very popular, pretty much always has been since folks like Henri...

A refreshing swim is, well, refreshing.  A vigorous swim is invigorating.  Diving in headfirst...