Month: November 2009

The Best Lens on the Planet!

Imagine the following lens: Can capture wide angle panoramas Can capture detail as close as one inch away. Can capture detail as far away as 300 feet in most cases. Can adjust to extreme low light scenarios in an instant…

Happy Thanksgiving

While the rest of the world thinks of this as Thursday, here in the USA today is called “Thanksgiving”, and it’s a day where Americans far and wide take some time to stop and take a moment of pause to…

And the Winner Is…

With the November giveaway deadline behind us, it was time to look at all the submissions and pick a winner from the set of entries.  Without further ado, the winner of the November Contest/Giveaway is: The theme for the contest…

More from MPix

Before getting to the new video from Mpix, just once question:  Did you see what they are doing at Photoshop User TV?  To kick off the new season, new format, and new set, they are giving away a super cool…

How Low Can You Go?

In episode #34 of Learning Digital Photography, we  look at the subject of low light photography.  In these shooting circumstances, you often need to drop your shutter speed pretty low, while shooting with apertures that are relatively open, and high…

Ten for 25!

In keeping with the impending Giftmas (yes, I am spelling that right, and thanks to Yankeefoxtrot  on Twitter for the name), and hopefully in time for your holiday shopping, I have assembled a cornucopia of items to share with you…

DALPUG

No, this isn’t spam, the blog has not been hacked, and I am not speaking in tongues here.  DALPUG refers to the Denver Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop Users Group.  Started relatively recently by a guy I know named Brian Reyman,…

Software Review: Apple iPhoto

As much as we glow and sing the praises of Photoshop and Lightroom, native photo editors that are included in Operating Systems are often overlooked as alternatives for photo editing and management.  This is primarily because… well, let’s face it,…

Freaky Friday Follow-up

After a freaky Friday yesterday filled with podcast-associated technical difficulties including broken URL’s, missing media, and quieter than normal audio, the idea of writing a blog post for the day completely slipped my mind.  So, the awaited hardware review for…