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My name is Mark Casebeer; I am a retired Michigan based photographer. My blog, It's "MY" Time Photography features stories about my retirement adventures. I hope you enjoy my blog. Please signup for my blog, and you will receive every post in your mailbox.
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February 26, 2021
The Big Freeze
As most of you already know, Texas had one of its worst cold spells in history. We thought, how cold could it possibly get in Southern Texas?
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February 07 2021
Reddish Egret
It seems like every time I go out to do some photography in the Rockport area I see a bird that I've never photographed. Today was no different.
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January 31 2021
Tricolored Herons
Our RV park is located just off business 35 between Rockport and Aransas. It's about six miles from each town. Traveling the two-lane 35 towards Rockport, there is water everywhere.
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January 24 2021
Bent Oaks Rookery
In Rockport, Bent Oaks Rookery Park is a fantastic place to see some beautiful birds in the Coastal Bend. The park is an 8.8-acre property along Broadway Street and Little Bay.
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January 17 2021
Sunrise Silhouettes
I got up early and headed to the Big Tree area, hoping to photograph some Whooping Cranes in flight. As I arrived, it was about an hour before sunrise, and you could see the stars, so I could tell it was going to be a clear morning.
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January 14 2021
Majestic Oak Resort
After some cold and rainy weather, the sun finally came out today. The temperatures warmed up to the low seventies, which felt great. A group of campers took the opportunity to play some music outside of the clubhouse.
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January 10, 2021
Whooping Cranes
At approximately 58", the endangered Whooping Crane is the tallest North American bird. Along with the Sandhill Crane, at 48", it is one of only two crane species found in North America.
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January 02, 2021
Rockport Texas
My wife Eileen retired at the close of 2020, and we're on our first adventure. After Christmas with our family, we loaded up our RV and headed Southwest to Rockport TX, for the winter.
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December 22, 2020
Favorite Sunset & Sunsets
As 2020 comes to a close, I like to look back at the pictures I took throughout the year. It was hard to narrow down to my top 12 as I kept over 500 sunset/sunrise pictures. These are my favorites. What is your favorite?
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November 08, 2020
Migration Swing
As the fall colors are fading, the waterfowl migration is in full swing. I went out to a couple of my favorite spots this week.
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November 01, 2020
Reflections
As fall starts to fade, I thought I'd take the last trip with some color to the bird sanctuary and take just reflections.
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October 23, 2020
Sandhill Silhouettes
I've wanted to visit the wetland area close to my house to try photographing some Sandhill Silhouettes—the weather forecasted a partly cloudy sunrise, perfect!
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October 18, 2020
Fall Flyers
I've been having problems with my X-T3 camera and after sending it in for repairs twice I think they finally fixed the issue. I took a short trip to the Bird Sanctuary to test it out.
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October 11, 2020
Fall Color Tour
We decided to take a long weekend and booked a spot at Indigo Bluffs RV Park close to Empire, MI. The trip was also a test to see how our Labrador Retriever would do traveling.
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September 26, 2020
Gilmore Museum
On Saturday, Gilmore Museum had a Jeep and Trucks show. It was a beautiful morning, and although I own a Jeep, I couldn't resist riding my Harley to the show.
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September 18, 2020
Cement City Bike Night
We took a ride to Cement City to the Artesian Wells Sports Bar for there Thursday bike night. It's a nice ride; it was sunny and a chilly, felt a little bit like fall.
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August 26, 2020
Fuji X100v
I just purchased the Fuji X100V camera to complement my primary Fuji XT-3 camera. It's a smaller camera with a fixed 35mm F2 lens.
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August 15, 2020
Season of the Cranes
t's a sign of seasons change as Sandhill Cranes are filling some of the fields looking for food. I've been watching one fresh-cut area near my house for about a week.
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July 22, 2020
Bohm Country
Randy Vallance invited me to take photos at the Bohm Theater in Albion, MI. for Bohm Country. Randys been a long-time supporter of the theater and was doing a live-streamed video for the Bohms Facebook page.
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July 18, 2020
Black Hills of South Dakota
We took our first long trip with our motorhome to the Black Hills of South Dakota. We also took two of our grandsons.
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June 21, 2020
Springport Michigan Raceway
My Brother-in-law, David Rombaugh, has been a racing fan and raced stock cars for years. It's been a few years since David raced, but his son Kyle started racing.
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June 14, 2020
Summer Sunsets
My favorite photographer is Dan Bailey. He's a professional photographer that shoots Fujifilm. Dan's a little different than most photographers I follow.
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June 3, 2020
Great Smoky Mountains
Our first trip with our new motorhome to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. What a beautiful area!
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May 14, 2020
Shooting from a blind
My son-in-law Rusty invited me to shoot in a blind at his father's house. It's a beautiful piece of property north of Battle Creek.
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May 06, 2020
Duck, Geese & Swans Oh My
I've been busy working on getting the dock and boats in the water. Everything is ready for summer; now all we need is the sun and warmer temperatures to get the water to warm up.
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April 29, 2020
Backyard birds
I was on our deck grilling some chicken, and a few Yellow-rumped Warblers kept flying from branch to branch in our sycamore tree and landed on the deck railing.
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April 23, 2020
I need a walk!
I don't know about you, but I'm getting stir crazy! We're not used to spending so much time at home, and some fresh air and a walk in the woods would do me some good.
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April 17, 2020
Spring is in the air?
Spring in Michigan! Warmer weather, Robins are plentiful, Sandhill Cranes are migrating back to their summer habitat, trees are starting to bud.
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April 2, 2020
The Covid-19 Challenge!
The challenge is to simulate what photographers had to deal with during the analog film days.
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March 25, 2020
The Covid-19 Blues
Thank you, Fuji X Passion, for the opportunity to share my passion. I hope you enjoyed my article and stay safe.
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March 09, 2020
Practice Practice Practice
Spring is in the air and it's time to start shooting more wildlife. On a beautiful sunny morning, I packed up my gear I went to the bird sanctuary.
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March 03, 2020
The Bohm 5th Anniversary
We attended the 5th anniversary show in Albion at the Bohm Theater Monday night. The Chris Canas Band was the headliner.
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February 19, 2020
Snow Day
On Presidents Day my daughters Sarah and Kelly brought their kids (plus 2 cousins) to our house to go sliding.
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February 01, 2020
Ice, Wine, Beer, & Blues
What a fun weekend in Marshall, MI. Friday night the downtown was buzzing with people looking at the ice sculptures.
January 27, 2020
Chili Cook-Off
I attended the 2020 Blues Jam and Chili Cook-Off last night to support the Haven. Great turnout, music, and lot's tasty Chili.
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January 8, 2020
Harper Blues at the Bohm
On Monday I attended the CD release party for Harper and Midwest Kind new CD, Rise Up, at the Bohm Theater in Albion, MI.
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January 03, 2020
2019 Favorite's
After years of shooting Canon, in 2019 I switched to a lighter mirrorless Fujifilm camera. It’s been one of the best decisions I've ever made.
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December 30, 2019
Laith Al-Saadi
Laith 2016 Voice finalist played to a sold-out show at the Franke Center for the Arts. I've followed Laith and seen him and his three-piece band many times.
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December 22, 2019
Winter Flyers
As the temperature warmed up I decided to go to my favorite local birding site, the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary.
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December 06, 2019
Sunsets
Living at the lake we get to see the sunset almost every night. It's something I never get tired of watching. It changes every evening, from each hour to just minutes.
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November 22, 2019
Season of the Cranes
If you've followed my blog in the past you know Sandhill Cranes are one of my favorite birds. I wonder why do they migrate back so early?
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November 22, 2019
Migrating Waterfowl
I got up on Sunday and to my surprise it was sunny. I looked online and the weather channel forecasted it to stay that way until early afternoon.
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November 15, 2019
Bald Eagles Return
I woke up early Monday morning to the first blast of winter. November 11th! Come on, it's too early for this type of weather! Oh, it is Michigan.
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October 18, 2019
MSU Bird Sanctuary
I've always enjoyed visiting the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, especially in the fall. The forecast was cool and sunny so I had some breakfast and headed out to the sanctuary.
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November 01, 2019
Black & Blues
I went to the Franke Center for the Arts in Marshall to see blues legend Jimmy Thackery. Guitarist, Thackery has been a driving force in blues for over 45 years.
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