Archive for September, 2008

Photography for Fun?

September 4, 2008 5 Comments

As I started a new job here in Colorado, I was actually quite excited to do so, because a fair portion of it includes some photography portrait work, event photography, and a lot of publishing in catalogs, brochures, and marketing materials. As a hobbyist photographer for going on 4 years now, I would guess that ...

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What’s This Returns again…

September 3, 2008 7 Comments

Last week, I missed the 9th edition of “What’s This?”.  On Wednesday the rather long previous day left me without the time to prepare for it, and on Thursday I was wrapped up in the Firmware Upgrade posting, that the weekly “What’s This?” just plain slipped my mind – like Denny Crane from Boston Legal, ...

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Updating Your Firmware

September 2, 2008 No Comments

A few days ago I shared the story of how an IS lens on my beloved 40D was producing some odd noises and the resulting diagnosis was to update my firmware. Rather than do so immediately (as is usually the case for me), I decided to hold off and share it as a video tutorial ...

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Just a quickie…

September 1, 2008 4 Comments

Went out this evening and caught a few nice ones.  I’ll upload to the Flickr photo stream tomorrow evening with the weekly tutorial (upgrading your firmware – make sure you tune in for that – raw recording, no re-takes allowed!).  But, in the mean time, here’s a teaser pic (probably the best one from the ...

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Happy Labor Day

September 1, 2008 No Comments

For all those in the U.S.A., especially those who have the day off: Happy Labor Day!  Go out and shoot! For everyone else: Go out and shoot anyway! Today was a family day and I did take an hour towards sunset to go out and see what I could see through the lens.  Got a ...

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Cleaning Your Sensor (revisited)

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Consuming Versus Creating Content

Let’s face it – we have a lot to keep up on these days. On top of managing...