Why didn’t anyone tell me…

I took the kids hiking on the fourth, which for you who don’t know me well means an 8 year old, a 4 year old, and a 1 year old. We went to the bay area hiker web site and picked a hike, and off we went. 2 miles was the projected loop and we [...]

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I, like countless others before me, have found a need for the occasional HDR photo. Mine was showing off a particular piece of furniture with a lit lamp on top. But, I, having no desire to drop $100 for dedicated HDR software, was in a pinch. There are countless faking efforts, but then I remembered [...]

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I don’t consider myself a knowledgeable photographer. I’m experienced in a casual way, yes, I’m stubborn perhaps, I guess I lean to one edge or the other of photography, but I didn’t exactly get how much I do actually know. For instance.
I went to a meeting with someone presenting information on multi-flash shoots, specifically mobile [...]

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I have a perfectly good car, my camera is in great condition, my lens
collection is already too big, and yet, while I wait on installers to
finish locking up my computers at work, I’ve been looking at the new
BMWs, the new D3, the lenses that are better than mine, and so on.
What’s wrong with us humans [...]

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One day I should do a D2x love and hate list. Remind me about that.

Today can be that day. I love a lot of things about my Nikon D2x, but there are a couple things I could wish were different. And just to be different, I’m going to set about it in Con-Pro order, because [...]

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The lens is back, and it’s good as new.
First of all, this is why I bought a Nikon camera and lens instead of a Sony or other “consumer grade” plastic shell camera. When I had originally bought a Sony DSC-D700 at its original abominable price, it was a wonder. It was fun! But it was [...]

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I was posting pictures of my mom coming for vacation and had a couple pictures that were looking quite flat. I know a few things about color management and I’ve been slowly giving up on Safari, switching in Firefox for most of its duties. Well, I saw the red flowers from the Schulz Museum and [...]

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My mom is in town, which means I’m spending a good deal of time behind the camera for family related pics. I noticed a couple things about the images I took over the last two day-trips that people might find amusing.
1. I take a lot more pictures (by volume). More than I expected to take. [...]

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Going back through the Jeeves books, and I seem to always pick the wrong order. I should find a list that gets them right so I can appreciate the reappearing characters.

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I’m flattered to say (whether I should be or not) that I was accepted into the Photoshelter Collection, which is their premium stock collection from people mainly more able than me. I like my photographs, which those of you that know me well will understand, and I’m excited that maybe this will give me another [...]

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