When I’m taking shots of the family, I’m trying to be aware of what’s going on in the subject…are they looking at the camera, smiling,…
By Marty
It was 1999. We were looking for a home and knew exactly what we wanted. A mid-century, concrete block, terrazzo floor-laden home. Our realtor found…
By Marty
It never fails. You take a group shot and something (someone) always ruins it. They blink. They look away. A rabbit ear here, a nose…
By Marty
This post is about organizing. From a person whose desk looks like a paper truck collided with an armored car. An armored car that only…
By Marty
Ahhh… the big game is coming soon. Who’s it gonna be? The Tigers vs. the Sabres? I don’t care. Those aren’t even football teams. I…
By Marty
This is my favorite time of year. For two reasons only. I get to spend even more time with my family. My holiday wish list…
By Marty
It’s filter week here at Dadand. First I’m changing oil filters, now I’m applying photo filters. During my first few years of using Photoshop, it…
By Marty
We use to say “Oil” like “Earl.” As in… “There’s earl in them thar hills.” Black gold. Texas Tea. And then the Clampetts pull into…
By Marty
Living in a town that is driven by travel and tourism, I notice two things are frequently happening around me—people taking photos, and people asking…
By Marty
Waaay back in this post, I built a small deck on the front of my house. Concealed in a planting bed, the deck offers us…
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Or simply “Tiling Your Patio Floor.” Or more realistically, “One Weekend of Tiling Turns into Three Weeks on a Hot Patio.” I’m gonna fix the…
By Marty
I wrestled with the title of this post. It could also be called… “Faking a Short Depth of Field in your photos” or “Photographing your…
By Marty
We’ve been Photoshopped. Errr… Photoshop Elemented. You’ve heard the infamous software noun used as a verb lately—mostly when they refer to fashion mag covers and…
By Marty
Hello spring slash summer. And spring slash summer for many means camping. And somehow I’ve been camping like three times in the past two months…
By Marty
Project Popup Camper: Countertops Okay, I got some work done on Project Popup. For those of you who forget, go here. For those of you…
By Marty
I put laminate floors in two rooms of our home about six or seven years ago. I was remodeling our master bedroom, which desperately needed…
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We review the Philips Norelco Bodygroom. I said it somewhere else here on dadand.com that my typical approach to grooming has been “minimalist…actually, borderline survivalist.”…
By Marty
Yup. Pete is old. In fact, today he is another year older. Everyone say Happy Birthday to Pete. I’ve been saying Happy Birthday to Pete…
By Marty
Father’s Day is almost here and I’m being asked if there’s anything I’d like… And I ALWAYS want the hand made cards, drawings, popsicle-stick things…
By Marty
As purveyors of fine pants, and promoters of XY chromosomes everywhere, the peeps at Dockers® partnered with Dadand to “Wear the Pants.” Pete and Marty…
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I was fascinated with PT-109. The boat. The stories. Infamously chopped in half by a Japanese destroyer while on patrol in the Solomon Islands—and the…
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