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  1. Rant of the Week: Video on DSLRs - What's the big fuss all about?

    by , 03-17-2012 at 05:36 PM

    **WARNING: IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOUR OR GO AROUND IN LIFE WITH A PICKLE UP YOUR BUTT, PLEASE DON'T READ OR COMMENT IN MY BLOG! NONE OF THE ENTRIES ARE MEANT AS PERSONAL ATTACKS BUT RATHER ARE MADE WITH A GOOD MEASURE OF "TONGUE IN CHEEK" STYLE OF EXPRESSION. THESE ARE SIMPLY MY PERSONAL THOUGHTS ON VARIOUS ISSUES
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  • Thoughts About Project 365

    by , 01-01-2012 at 05:13 PM
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    2011 was the first year I participated in Project 365. I finished it and it's a nice feeling. As I look back over the year and the photos I selected as my POTD, I realized how much I've grown, how much photography is a joyous part of my daily life, and how much more there is to experiment ...
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  • Holiday Lighting using HDR

    by , 01-09-2011 at 09:19 PM
    Happy New Year!

    This winter I've been experimenting with Photomatix Pro 4.0. It does remarkable things, but I learned how important it is to have a good image bracket to begin with. Dark centers in lightbulb highlights bugged me for awhile until I learned how to avoid them by making sure the most underexposed image had no blowouts anywhere. ...
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  • Nikon at CES 2011

    by , 01-08-2011 at 07:37 PM
    I was lucky enough to get to meet with Nikon at CES 2011 in their private meeting room. Unlike Canon, Nikon didn't have a show floor booth. I thought maybe they would be able to tell me a little about what's the come, like replacements for the D700 and D3 (D800, D4), or the mirrorless camera system. Unfortunately they couldn't tell me anything. I ...
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  • Winter Photography - Perils and Pitfalls!

    by , 12-26-2010 at 06:36 PM
    I saw the Weekly Challenge and thought, "I can do that", entered my photo and thought no more about it until I read the rules (properly) and saw that I was supposed to have taken the photograph actually during the week of the competition! Silly me, but I have an excuse. It's this unseasonal British Winter, that's what it must be that has ...

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