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  • Weekend Photo Outing

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    Just a guy with a weird antenna-looking thing on his back (360 camera on a stick), a drone, and a big-ass camera shooting photos and video of mundane stuff around town.

    Weekend Photo Outing
  • Caribou’s Power Plant and Boring Childhood Car Rides

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    The site stands out in my mind as being almost iconic. I grew up in Van Buren, a small town near the Canadian border. We often traveled south to Caribou and Presque Isle to shop at Ames, Service Merchandise and the Aroostook Centre Mall — the mall was a bigger deal then — and maybe…

    Caribou’s Power Plant and Boring Childhood Car Rides
  • Caribou in 50mm

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    Today I decided to wander around town for a bit and take some photos with my 50mm prime lens. I have several lenses but only one prime lens. All the rest are zoom lenses of varying focal lengths — everything from 10mm to 250mm. The prime lens offers a much sharper image at the expense…

    Caribou in 50mm
  • Walkin’ ‘Round ‘Bou

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    Honestly I had never heard anyone call this town “‘Bou” until Kim posted it on Facebook yesterday. It’s kind of a cute name for this town. Anyway, Kim and I went for a walk with Jeannie around Caribou yesterday. We started off at the park near Collins Pond (is it still called a “pond” since…

    Walkin’ ‘Round ‘Bou
  • Caribou Stream

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    I took a few minutes during my lunch break a few days ago to snap some photos of Caribou Stream and the Main Street bridge that goes over it. Caribou Stream crosses Main Street and runs by Water Street, one of the oldest streets in Caribou.

    Caribou Stream
  • Walking Around Presque Isle

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    In my youth (early twenties) I spent quite a lot of time wandering aimlessly around Caribou and surrounding towns with my first digital camera. I was also a wanna-be writer in those days and would compose a lengthy blog article to chronicle my adventure (here’s an example). In those early days, I took more photos…

    Walking Around Presque Isle