A central Texas track meet.  Kinetic waiting. First up:   "Live fast and die quicker."   As Americans we seem to think th...

Wham.  Opened my e-mail folder this morning and had a raft of e-mails (a gaggle?) either congratulating me on the arrival of the second boo...

   My favorite street shooting combo.  D300+35mm 1.8 The tool and the intention.  Why do I like some cameras and why do others leave me...

Ben Tuck.  Post Swim.  Nikon 50mm 1.2 ais. My first camera was a Canon QL17 which sported a reasonably good 40mm lens.  It was soon re...

I have some friends who claim to have lost half their money in the collapse of the stock market. I try in vain to remind them that it's ...

This is a photograph of me flying a kite at the Zilker Park Kite Festival in Austin, Texas.  ©2009 Ben Tuck. The last week seemed to be a tr...

Don't know what it is about Sundays but all the bloggers and columnist seem to set this day aside for their pet rants about stuff that b...