Free Stock Photo Sites with Unique and useful content

Being in the Free Stock Photo Niche for years, I've come across many sites offering free stock photos. Half of them are just flikr search engines that produce the same content from site to site. Others are aggregates using the API of many sites to create their own content. However, there are some very useful ones that have their own content and are very useful for projects of all sorts. I only look for sites with CC0 Licenses so this list will only have sites whose photos are CC0 or public (...)

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Lens I use and/or recommend for Nikon FX Cameras.

Here are the Amazon links for the lenses mentioned in the video:

1. Nikon D750 with 24-120mm lens -- Great Kit Lens for D750 Camera.

2. Nikon D750 with 24-70mm Lens. - Nikon D750 with better lens

3. Nikon 70-200 Portrait Lens. -- Great sharpness and zoom range for portraits.

4. Nikon 50mm Prime. -- Basic 50mm Prime lens.

5. Tamron 90mm Macro lens. -- For shooting insects and still life.

6. Nikon 600mm Wildlife lens --- Wildlife lens for those who have infinite amounts of cash.

7. Nikon 80-400mm Wildlife lens. -- Wildlife for those on a more modest budget.

8. Nikon 650-2600mm Lens -- Cheap super telephoto lens for basically shooting the moon.

9. Rokinon 14mm Ultra wide angle -- Great for landscape and astrophotography

10. Rokinon 24mm. -- Great f/1.4 lens for astrophotography.

Any questions, e-mail me.

Buffalo Trace and Maker's Mark Distilleries

Took a four day trip to Kentucky and Nashville lately and the first stops were Whiskey Distilleries. One at Buffalo Trace and One at Makers Mark. The Buffalo Trace one was free and the Maker's Mark one was $12. Both had tastings at the end. Buffalo Trace had a impressive showcase: (...)

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Painted Canyon at Night

On my last night back, I slept at the rest stop at Painted Canyon in North Dakota. It was a late moonset but the stars were beautiful as was and landscape of painted Canyon. (...)

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Elkhorn Mountains

Upon leaving Helena, my last stop was the Elkhorn Mountains and the ghost town that is located there. The ghost town is the remains of a old late 1800s mining town. It is also the trailhead to Elkhorn and Crow's Peak. Here is the frat house of Elkhorn: And another cabin. (...)

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Helena

After driving through the NWT, Alberta, and Montana for two days, I finally came to the town of Helena. Helena is on the border of where the Rocky Mountains Meet the Badlands of Eastern Montana and has great scenery. If you go there I suggest you climb Mount Helena and Mount Ascension. View from Mount Helena: (...)

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Driving to Helena

Its a 1900km drive from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories to Helena, Montana and there some good scenery on the way. Here what it looked like right before I cross the Alberta/Montana Border. And after I crossed it was just as great: As get closer to Helena, it gets more mountainous.

More on the Ingraham Trail

The Ingraham Trail is 70km long and has many scenic spots. The two I want to discuss are Prelude Lake and Cameron Falls. Prelude Lake is a large lake that is still frozen at the end of may and has great overlooks from the nature trail. (...)

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Finally exploring Yellowknife

After several days on the road, I finally come to Yellowknife, the Capital of the Northwest Territories, where in June, the sun never sets. Some things you'll want to see in Yellowknife are the legislative building and the Prince of wales Northern Heritage Center.

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Landscape, Great Slave Lake, and scenery of the Northwest Territories

In the land of the midnight sun, it never gets darker than twilight. It is a land of lakes, swamps, and waterfalls.

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