As promised from yesterday, here is the assembly line of computes I unboxed: And then here’s the boxes that I consolidated all the accouterments into: Thankfully, the laptops didn’t come in today, so we had a brief respite. Monday’s gonna…
Month: March 2009
Unboxing strategies…
The folks over at This Week in Photography (aka TWIP) had a post earlier this week that gave a suggested checklist to follow when unboxing new gear. As you all know how much a fan of checklists I am, I…
News and Updates
Just a few little tidbits for everyone today: The “Name Your Dream Assignment” is in full swing – you can describe your ideal dream photo assignment and with enough votes (it’s entirely a popularity contest) you could win $50,ooo toward…
News, Artists, and Inspiration
Welcome to the show notes for week #17 of Learning Digital Photography. Here’s the show notes for this week’s podcast… First off, I’ve done some further tweaking to give a little more consistency and structure to the show for your…
DST Blues
Yep, the ole Spring Forward/Fall back bug bit us this past weekend. On top of that, a rather late night on Saturday has re-doubled its effect on me today. Since I am an admitted night owl, the mornings did not…
Is 12 enough?
An interesting news story came my way today over on CNet where Akira Watanabe, manager of Olympus Imaging’s SLR planning department said that most needs of most people can be met with a 12MP camera. The full story is here,…
Go soak your gear!
It pays to review your web traffic periodically because I just learned a way that your bathtub can be used for photography! Not only is it a good place to mellow out after a stressful shoot, but it also makes…
Setting bracketing exposures – shutter priority
As promised yesterday, today I will be talking about bracketing your exposures based on shutter priority. After a couple comments yesterday that it seemed unusual to bracket on aperture rather than shutter speed, I felt that in this companion post…
Setting bracketing exposures – aperture priority
Over the past few years, I’ve had several people ask me how to set bracketing exposures on camera bodies for multiple exposures. When I say multiple exposures here, I am talking in excess of 3 shots. The reason for this…
Monthly Poll – Twitter and Blogging
I was talking with a friend on Twitter last night, and despite the etiquette against chatting back and forth repeatedly, we had quite a lively discussion on the subject of using Twitter to promote/market/advertise your blog. Rather than regale the…