Author: LudwigKeck

A pleasant thank-you

There is nothing better than an unexpected “thank-you” It was in the late 1950s, I was still taking a couple courses to finish up my engineering degree and had taken a job with a small company. For lunch the company president, most of the sales staff and the engineering department, usually about six or eight…… Continue reading A pleasant thank-you

Harbingers

Spring is coming! Here in the South it is daffodils that are the early harbingers of spring. They are up all over, including in our front and back yard. I like to photograph them, they are gorgeous and fun. As I was walking around with my smartphone a bit of color showed up next to…… Continue reading Harbingers

Street Photography

… My Way It was about a year ago that the 2021 program calendar for the Peachtree Corners Phtography Club was firmed up. There were several presentations assigned to me. Little did I know at the time that the year would shape up with many troubles and difficulties, an annus horribilis. A couple of the…… Continue reading Street Photography

Joro Spider

Hereabouts we are just overrun with Joro spiders. They are everywhere. This one decided to string its web between bushes across the walk to our front door. Day before yesterday the web was destroyed when we had some workmen working on the house. The spider quickly strung its web on one of the bushes. When…… Continue reading Joro Spider

Rankin’ ramblin’

My friends are hard to please Not that I aim my photography and café art toward pleasing my friends. My work is strictly for my own fun. I enjoy doing photography, both before the click and after. Café art is a fun activity for me. Many hours are spend on these endeavors – some might…… Continue reading Rankin’ ramblin’

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Fun at twilight

Evening concerts on our Town Green offer challenging light and interesting sights – just what I like for twilight photography. It is my custom when arriving on the site to take a quick photo then chimp and check the settings and exposure. Camera in aperture priority at f/4 with auto-ISO and shutter set to 1/125…… Continue reading Fun at twilight

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If at first …

… well then, keep trying Circumstances had me spending many days in and around Emory University Hospital recently. I only had my iPhone with me, no “big” camera, but that was not a serious limitation. It provides a wide view angle and good resolution, the photos are quite acceptable. The pedestrian bridge over Clifton Road…… Continue reading If at first …

Blogging with my phone

For years I have been using my laptop or my desktop computer for all my blogging. The WordPress app on my phone went unused. Well, the day has come to see how blogging from the phone can work. Some of the fancy stuff at the end of my posts will not be possible here. Maybe…… Continue reading Blogging with my phone

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Remodeling

The year 2021 is starting with a major project of remodeling my sites. I had started last year but did not get very far. This time the work is proceeding better. The past few days this site was down and inaccessible. There was a major move in progress. Domain name registration was moved to a…… Continue reading Remodeling

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Finishing Up

A half-year long challenge Back in July, that was in the middle of that horrid year 2020 when you couldn’t do any traveling or much else, I succumbed and accepted one of those chain-letter challenges. It came from a respected colleague and looked intriguing at first. So I decided to go along. It was simple…… Continue reading Finishing Up

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Testing my Updates

It wont surprise my friends that I have once again spent more that my allowance on updating my photo editing tools to the latest versions. And now for a quick check to make sure everything is working. My toolbox now contains – in order in which they tend to be used: ► Microsoft Photo Gallery…… Continue reading Testing my Updates

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Count to Four

Things were going pretty well on the development of the online exhibition that the Peachtree Corners Photography Club was getting ready. I was working “the strings behind the curtain”. Photographers were uploading their entries. I assembled the photos in an online OneDrive folder for the judges. We already had over eighty entries. The judges asked…… Continue reading Count to Four

Bragging a bit

Well, actually I am bragging a lot, as there is much to brag about. The online Peachtree Corners Magazine, in an article on an evening concert at the Town Center, included a number of my photos alongside photos by the award-wining photojournalist Jason Getz. https://livinginpeachtreecorners.com/2020/entertainment/texas-flood-concert-photo-gallery/ There is more. They also used one of my photos…… Continue reading Bragging a bit

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Evening Event Photography

In photography we cherish the “golden hour” and the “blue hour”, the short period before and after sunset when the light changes to soft warm and then to gentle cool. This is, of course, also the time when many outdoor events take place such as concerts, fairs, and many public get-togethers. It has been one…… Continue reading Evening Event Photography

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Tagging

Old Fort Jackson

The Beauty of a Tool that Works Well It started innocently enough. A friend issued a challenge to post ten photos from past travels without comments or explanations. I did so. But then I just couldn’t let it go. No explanation, no comment seemed like shortchanging the few friends who would see my posts. So…… Continue reading Tagging

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Welcome

It is a delight to see new friends and followers here. This blog rarely gets more than fifty views per month. Yes, it’s a rate day when more than a solitary visitor comes by. This blog is a bit out of the way, it isn’t publicized, few know about it. Yet it is just a…… Continue reading Welcome

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Brunswick Stew and Cornbread

With the ongoing pandemic our routines have really changed. I limit my visits to grocery stores and try to get through as fast as possible. Although stores seemed to be stocked fairly well these days, there are still shortages. My shopping list is rarely completed and so I pick up what I can find. That…… Continue reading Brunswick Stew and Cornbread

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Face Masks

It had to come to this … Having to endure the lock-down of the pandemic isn’t enough. Every day another story of some huckster trying to take advantage of the situation. They saying goes, “when you have lemons, make lemonade”. So what is an artist to do? Hiding in the studio is not enough. So,…… Continue reading Face Masks

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Photo to Cafe Art

One journey from camera to cafe art As my friends here know, I love creating “cafe art” from photos. It occurred to me that the journey of an image from the camera to my gallery site may make an interesting story. Sometimes I have nothing special in mind and just start playing around. The results…… Continue reading Photo to Cafe Art

Changes are Coming

Here They Come

Changes – they are a coming! Here They Come Yep, the new decade is here and it is time to re-organize, redo, improve, simplify and whatever it takes to remake Cafe Ludwig into a new experience. It will take some time to adapt to the new tools, requirements, and expectations. Bear with me, it may…… Continue reading Changes are Coming

Buried Treasure

After weeks of hot weather the air felt pleasant. We had just finished lunch and the suggestion came up to visit Mills Creek Nature Center. The AJC had a story about it, and we had heard about this gem of a nature park before. It seemed like a fine place for a “serene”, to use…… Continue reading Buried Treasure

Ramble – June 2019

The dictionary says: ramble – noun – a leisurely excursion for pleasure. synonyms: walk · hike · trek · wander · stroll · saunter · amble · roam · traipse · jaunt Photo by James Stone, Tytan Pictures This, then, should be a pleasurable stroll through some interesting topics. It didn’t work out that way…… Continue reading Ramble – June 2019

On This Date

On this date, January 12, 2014 It used to be that Google Photos prepared “reminiscences”, putting together a little album of images uploaded on a day years prior. Those albums could be shared. The sharing does not seem to work any more, hence this post. It was a cold, wintry, but bright day at McDaniel…… Continue reading On This Date

Once Upon a Time

A long, long, time ago there was a tool for preparing blog posts called “Windows Live Writer”. It had some fabulous features. You could do something like this: Demo-1 VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL Or this: Demo-1 VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL Alas, those days are long forgotten. No longer can these things be done.…… Continue reading Once Upon a Time

An Era Ends

Here, at the end of 2018, we are “blessed” with a revolutionary change from WordPress. Along with WordPress 5 comes the new “block” editor. The fanfares have sounded for many months. The unveiling shows an astonishing lack of understanding of the needs of users. The many superlative adjectives of ease and speed are empty promises.…… Continue reading An Era Ends

Interview

Aircraft Engine

Interview by Our Arts Magazine Thrill, oh rapture, Fame! I have been interviewed by Our Arts Magazine. The article was published July 27, 2017. Interview Article Below here are the images used in the article – just for fun here. Go read the article.  

Holiday Boutique

Holiday Shop

Holiday Shop For the shopping pleasure of my friends I have “rented” a site over on my CloudLadder.net business for a holiday boutique. It is just a temporary shop, here for the holidays.  The CloudLadder.net site is one that I use for demonstrating ideas to customers and prospective customers, so it is only used for…… Continue reading Holiday Boutique

Gumbo

You-Name-It Gumbo I call it that because it uses just about every ingredient you can name Ingredients 1/2 cup olive oil 1/2 cup flour 1 large onion 5 stalks celery (+/- depending on size) 5 – 6 cloves garlic 1 green pepper 2 large carrots 1 can tomatoes (Italian style with basil, oregano, garlic) 1…… Continue reading Gumbo

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Change Happens

It started here, in this out-of-the way, hard-to-get-to corner of the internet. A bit more than a year ago my curiosity led me to sign up for Blogging 101 at the WordPress Blogging University. You can see the badge and link in the sidebar at the right. That in turn led me to participate in…… Continue reading Change Happens

First Impression

The First Impression of a Photograph There is that saying that “you don’t get a second chance to make a first impression” and we are all aware of the importance of making a good first impression. In social encounters our future relationships are shaped by those first impressions. In our world, where everything and everybody…… Continue reading First Impression

Photo Walk

A Photo Walk in Midtown Atlanta Saturday, August 27, 2016, presented a rare treat. I had a chance to meet a blogging friend, Norm Frampton. We had only exchanged online messages and emails before. This was a first time in-person meeting. A short photo walk and dinner with Norm and a local friend, David, was…… Continue reading Photo Walk

Celebrating “Hover Fly”

Facebook reminded me that is was just two years ago when “Hover Fly”, my cafe art image of a little eponymous creature on a yellow flower, was an honored participant in an exhibit at the Rectory in Norcross, Georgia. Here some views from that cherished event. After the exhibition “Hover Fly” was on display at…… Continue reading Celebrating “Hover Fly”

Cafe Art and Photopainting

As far back as I can remember I have always been fond of dabbling, drawing, painting, and doodling. Photography has also been my hobby. When the technology became available to combine both, of course, I could not resist. What resulted from my early efforts I could hardly call art. It didn’t seem that any of…… Continue reading Cafe Art and Photopainting

Growing my Audience

Hardly a day goes by without at least one message in a spam folder that offers sure-fire ways of increasing my readership. Some want to sell me Twitter followers, others offer Facebook friends. It isn’t just those no-name fly-by-nights, but the biggies do it too. Witness Facebook pushing its own advertising. Why for just $5…… Continue reading Growing my Audience

My past two months

If you scroll down to see the prior post you get an idea of why I have been totally quiet her for so long. I helped get the “Peach Blossom Artists” onto the Internet. The “Peach Blossom Artisan Market”. Oh, you have to visit the site I built: Peach Blossom Artists. More to come as…… Continue reading My past two months