Category: Blog

Concerns About AI-Generated Fake Human Profiles (Meta & Beyond)

January 4, 2025January 4, 2025 lonniebruton

Imagine a world where the person you engage with online—someone who seems to share your interests and values—is nothing more than a sophisticated AI designed to influence your opinions. This is no longer science fiction. These bots could build trusting relationships with individuals, subtly implant ideas, and even report perceived crimes to authorities. The implications…

Blog, Tech

Wrapping Up 2024: My Evolving Photography Workflow and Backup Strategy

December 22, 2024January 24, 2025 lonniebruton

As the year winds down, I find myself returning to a familiar tradition: tidying up my workflow and organizing my files. Since diving back into photography a couple of years ago, I’ve embraced the learning curve, making plenty of mistakes and figuring things out along the way. This year, I want to share my current…

Blog, Tech

Thunderstorms, Airplanes, and Tacos: A Day at the Frontiers In Flight Airshow

August 28, 2024January 24, 2025 lonniebruton

Last Saturday, August 24th, I embarked on an adventure from Tulsa to Wichita, Kansas, with the goal of capturing some incredible aerial action at the Frontiers In Flight Airshow. The drive itself was a sight to behold—storm clouds loomed in the distance, putting on their own performance as they slowly dissipated, leaving behind clear skies…

Blog, Photography

What I learned in 2023 and what’s coming in 2024…

January 11, 2024January 24, 2025 lonniebruton

I have not posted an update to this blog in quite a while. I have been keeping myself very busy with learning to shoot film and to process it at home. I plan to do some kind of writeup about that journey in the near future. So, what have I been up to? Mostly I’ve…

Blog, Film, Photography

It’s always in threes. Why do I do this?

November 8, 2023January 24, 2025 lonniebruton

I have been told my entire life that death moves in groups of three and in my experience that seems to hold fairly true. During the pandemic I lost a friend, and my brother-in-law lost his father and uncle which in a weird indirect way was the catalyst that led to me returning to photography….

Blog, Photography

Happy Sunday, Have an update!

November 5, 2023January 24, 2025 lonniebruton

So, I’ve done a pretty shitty job at posting any updates to this blog the past couple of weeks. But fear not, I have been active and taking photographs, so I did not give up on my passions or anything like that! I have been spending a lot of time posting and interacting with people…

Blog, Photography, Zoo Photos

A Sober Oktoberfest, New Glass, and other such nonsense.

October 24, 2023January 24, 2025 lonniebruton

Another year, another Oktoberfest celebration under my belt. I believe that this was my 18th trip out to the river west park for beer and brats. This year would be a little bit different. I decided against alcohol this year as it would mean either not taking one of my medications for the day or…

Blog, Photography

Blue Skies, Oktoberfest bound…

October 21, 2023January 24, 2025 lonniebruton

I was worried that my medical condition would prevent me from getting out to Oktoberfest, but so far *knock on wood* I’m having a semi pain free day. Getting ready to head out and hopefully this time the shuttles are not backed up for hours. *Knock on wood again* Anyhow I wanted to share this…

Blog, Photography

Is this photographer cursed?

October 20, 2023January 24, 2025 lonniebruton

I’m really starting to think that I’m going to end up mostly a car photographer. It’s a pretty easy subject to work with as the cars just look good and all I do is press the button. I’ve been wanting to push myself and learn new styles and new techniques and I’ve been to a…

Blog, Photography

A quiet stroll around downtown Tulsa

October 19, 2023January 24, 2025 lonniebruton

I was given a free ticket to attend Oktoberfest Tulsa’s corporate night tonight and I was pretty stoked to get to take my film camera out and try to capture some cool shots with the 800T film. However, that was not to be. I was working from home today, so I waited until about 4:30…

Blog, Photography