exploring nature’s infinite connections
I am going through a lot of my photo archive during this crazy pandemic AND finally getting around to spending some time with some tools I previously invested in. I have had Topaz Labs plugins for a long time. In general, they have always seemed like a pretty good...
I am pretty sure any photographer has been on the receiving end of this question from relatives or friends. Quite frankly, it is an easy question and a hard question to answer at the same time. So briefly, here are some of my thoughts on both. The Easy...
I recently received an email reminder that my cloud backup subscription at CrashPlan was about to expire. Wow, my initial 2 years subscription has flown by. I started looking into cloud backups back then. My previous offsite storage method was to store a hard...
With some recent print orders, I stumbled upon this image in my archives. When I saw what camera I made it with, it made me think of an interesting contrast of the times in DSLRs and the complete flip in what people chose to complain about. It was made close to 8...
Unless you have been comfortably tucked away yesterday reading one of those old fashioned, bound paper things or simply refused to listen to any one of 10,000 different media sources - you probably know that Apple unveiled their latest gizmo today called the iPad. ...
I have read a lot of articles and writeups about folks who advocate shooting only RAW file formats and those who shoot JPEGs only. For the most part, I say - to each his own. It doesn't really matter to me what others shoot with. There is one aspect however,...
Well, I am now less than 2 weeks away from heading off on my first trip to Alaska. I surprise myself I haven't mentioned it before here, but I have been so swamped with so many other things. I will be photographing for a few days just outside Denali National Park,...
Point & shoot cameras have always been a bit of a double-edged sword with me. I love them for their convenience and portability, but always felt at a disadvantage in using them for "serious" photography. I realize that this is a bit of a predujicial judgement...
Having switched over to digital capture now for a number of years, I have certainly learned a lot about the pluses - as well as the minuses. As much as the benefits are nice to drool over, in many ways I miss the simpler days. I never used to worry about backing up my...