A walk across campus, an off-beat table for lunch – both brought sights of students in various stages of their day.

There are so many family members and friends who served, I’ll never be able to say thank you to all of them. But my dad, my cousin Jimmy and my uncle George deserve a mention. As do the folks who went through the Military Photojournalism Program at Syracuse while I was there.

I feel like I was deceived, there were none to be found.

We had Atlanta Journal Constitution columns Kyle Wingfield on campus to talk to students and faculty. Some good observations about the issues the AJC is facing but, as with so many, he’s not sure what the answers are.

It feels like it has been raining here forever, makes you want to turn it into letters. G is for Go Away.

Earlier this year, I switched over from the Micro 4/3 system to a simple, fixed lens Fuji X100T. The simplicity of its controls, the lack of interchangeable or zoomable lenses, it has brought me back to forcing myself to move. Add in a sensor that just knocks my socks off and I’ve been perfectly content to use it as my walkabout camera.

But later this month I’ll be wandering the streets of Chicago, chaperoning 70 high school kids and doing my duty as official photographer. The little Fuji works great for some things, but I was looking at needing the flexibility of the big Canon bodies and lenses. Unless … I stumbled across a stupid deal on a Fuji body with a pair of zoom lenses. Same sensor, same circuitry as my walkabout but with optional glass.

I’ve had the kit on my desk for a week but haven’t really taken it out. The rain cleared a bit this afternoon so I walked the back 40 to start learning it.

The last Friday night out with the marching band. It poured just before we boarded the buses, but they played in just a heavy mist.