RonTheTurtleman

A friend of mine just asked me why I don't just post all my photography on Facebook. 1: Facebook automatically reduces the quality of any posted photograph by something around 90%. 2: Anyone can get on DA or go to my DA gallery and do a word search to find pictures of topics they are interested in.  My photographs aren't just for people I know. 3: Speaking of which, there is the boredom factor.  Only a minority of my friends are interested in Route 66, turtles, abandoned farm houses.  My stream of photographs would quickly become tedious and they would soon tune me out. I'm sure there are other reasons than those (feel free to remind me o

I have some pictures of the Schowengerdt Memorial Christian Church in my gallery. I didn't have much information about the church, but recently I received a note from the great-great-granddaughter of the city's founder, John W. Schowengerdt. The note reads as follows: My father, Richard Schowengerdt, just passed away in Dec. of 2021 so now the property with the old church on it belongs to me but I am going to sign it over to an old family friend who lives in Bellflower (I am 67 years-old and I live in So. California). My great-great-Grandfather donated several plots around town for the construction of churches, for any and all denominations the people desired; I have no idea what the original denomination of this particular old church was but whatever you discovered is probably correct. Sincerely, Maria Schowengerdt www.mtschowengerdt.com

A friend of mine just asked me why I don't just post all my photography on Facebook. 1: Facebook automatically reduces the quality of any posted photograph by something around 90%. 2: Anyone can get on DA or go to my DA gallery and do a word search to find pictures of topics they are interested in.  My photographs aren't just for people I know. 3: Speaking of which, there is the boredom factor.  Only a minority of my friends are interested in Route 66, turtles, abandoned farm houses.  My stream of photographs would quickly become tedious and they would soon tune me out. I'm sure there are other reasons than those (feel free to remind me o