Category: Articles
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Print Gallery Created
Read more: Print Gallery CreatedIt’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…
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New Hard Disks
Read more: New Hard DisksNow 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.
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SmugMug Private Galleries
Read more: SmugMug Private GalleriesI 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.
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Tadpoles and Caterpilars
Read more: Tadpoles and CaterpilarsOur kids are raising some caterpilars and tadpoles. A great time to try out my macro lens. Results could be better, but it was fun.
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Planes, boats, and geese
Read more: Planes, boats, and geeseMy next photo outing was a little more successful. I returned with some pictures and learned that a pro memory card is probably worth while. So is shooting in RAW.
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Note to self: get a spare memory card.
Read more: Note to self: get a spare memory card.I had always planned on getting a spare memory card. After today a spare memory card I can leave in my camera bag just went to the top of my “to buy” list.
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First Impression
Read more: First ImpressionMy new Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II finally arrived yesterday. I’ve only had time to unpack it and take a few snaps, but it’s awfully nice.
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New Camera – Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Read more: New Camera – Canon EOS-1Ds Mark IIMy thoughts on spending $12,000 to order the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, a couple of basic camera lenses and a flash.
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Become a photo consumer
Read more: Become a photo consumerIf you want to be a better photographer, you should take the time to actually look at the images and photographs that others have created.
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A Little Encouragement
Read more: A Little EncouragementI’m starting to do some online research into stock photography and found this interesting site. Too bad it looks like Bahar Gidwani is shutting down DIMdump. But there’s lots of good stuff, like this post about pricing models that got me thinking that the limited download smugmug pricing options I mentioned in my last post…