I have three prints in the Land and Sea show at the Coast Collective Gallery. The show will be running from August 6-23 2009. I won’t be able to attend the opening reception on August 8, but I will be there August 23 when the show closes with a Clothesline event at which I will have more prints to see.
Print Gallery Created
It’s been really quiet on this website, but I’ve been quite busy photographically this past year. I suppose the big news would be a purchase of a 24″ z3100 HP printer. So I’ve been busy taking pictures and printing them. Mostly I’ve been showing them at the Victoria Camera Club. This summer I joined the Coast Collective gallery as an associate member. So I’m also showing prints in various shows there.
New Hard Disks
Now that I’ve got my new camera I’ve been struggling with what to do with all those digital files. A couple of weeks ago I ordered a couple of 500GB SATA drives from cdw.ca because they have warehouses in Canada. I had a mixed experience getting them installed. But the shipping was fast.
SmugMug Private Galleries
I haven’t taken full advantage of SmugMug yet, in fact I’ve hardly used it until lately. But I’m still planning on getting some photos loaded. In the meantime I was getting some use out of SmugMug by using it to post photos for review. But I can’t say the upload process is painless.
Tadpoles and Caterpilars
Our kids are raising some caterpillars and tadpoles. A great time to try out my macro lens.
Planes, boats, and geese
This time I remembered to bring my memory card. I also brought along a spare 2gb backup card I purchased on the spur of the moment. The weather was cooperative (it wasn’t raining). In fact, with late afternoon sun mostly peeking through the clouds it was pretty good.
Note to self: get a spare memory card.
I had always planned to get a spare memory card. But I thought that a 2gb card would do me fine for a couple of months. Even with RAW+large JPEG files at something like 25mb per shot, you can fit a lot of shots on a 2gb card. Enough anyway for the kind of shooting I do, close to home, or at least close to a car where I could have a laptop if needed.
First Impression
Well, it’s finally here, my new 1Ds Mark II. The two week estimate turned into three actual. But it’s here and it’s paid for and I can try out some new photos.
New Camera – Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Well, I finally did it. I put down a deposit for a new DSLR. I’ve got mixed feelings about this. It’s a lot of money and I’m just getting started. But by buying the top of the line Canon DSLR I know that the camera won’t let me down.
Become a photo consumer
Wil Wheaton has this to say about creativity:
Stephen King, in his fantastic book On Writing, said that if writers don’t make the time to read, they shouldn’t even attempt to make the time to write. I used to say something similar about actors or anyone who wants to work in the film industry: if you can’t get out to see movies, and if you’re not going to watch TV, you’re going to have a really hard time being creative in those mediums.
Naturally this applies also to photographers. If you want to take better photographs, you have to look at photographs.