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I got suckered into photographing the "Feast with the Beasts" event at the Toledo Zoo next Friday. It's $250 a person 5 course meal sold-out fundraising event for the zoo. Yup, I volunteered, but that's pretty much how the zoo operates. No biggy there. I have no interest in going...

May 15th was a special day this year. I've been married to my lovely wife for 17 years now! Our 3 day anniversary party started at High Noon last Friday with 70,000 of our closest friends attending!

I'm in the planning stages of planning a hike down the Grand Canyon. (See what I did there?) :rolleyes: My reasoning is that it is there, so it must be done. Oh, plus the fact if I don't do it soon, it won't be able to be done. I'm not getting younger. With a planned descent of April-May...

If this hasn't hit the national media, it's about to. There's nothing but local news going right now, nonstop since this morning when we all woke up. Toledo is currently under a "Do Not Drink" the water order. Earlier this morning it also included a do not bath/shower/touch order, but that...

Pulled the trigger on a P7800 this morning. Couldn't resist. Last Monday I finally decided on this one. I shop around on line all over the place. Hit Amazon first and saw it for $373.94 sold by J&R Music and Computer World. (A very legit company). Then went to B&H, Adorama, they both had...

Any tractor people out there? I just got done plowing my driveway with my 'ole Toro Wheelhorse. It's from the time when Toro had just purchased wheelhorse, so it's not a true wheelhorse, but it's not as bad as the newer ones. I think it's time to step up to a sub-compact. The little 18hp...

Having just finished up my Project 365 for last year, I've decided to take on a Project 12 for this year! Rough, I know, no need to remind me. :highly_amused: Having shot over ten thousand photos last year, most of which were about learning what different settings would do to the photo, I've...

The day I've been waiting for, has finally arrived. Somebody asked me to shoot a wedding tonight. I've been prepared for this though. Had a whole sappy "You really want someone who knows what they're doing on such a special day. blah blah blah" reply all worked out in my head. What I wasn't...

HAHA! Just Kidding. Loved that article though. :eagerness: Seriously though, supposedly my niece is coming over tomorrow for "A Professional Photoshoot Session" (Why do adults lie to kids all the time?) Anyway, this is what I'm dealing with. I guess. Photo by crazy sister-in-law. :) Yes...

Found this chart and printed it out on photo paper. Set it at a 45 degree angle. Set the camera to AF-S, single point, and wide open. Focused on the 6, and here's what I got. Looks like it actually focused on the 1. Is that what's called back focusing? Now I go into the settings and...

At first, I thought my computer was trippin' out. But no matter what url for nikonites I put in the browser, it always wound up at a facebook error page that looked like this; Then I thought it was the nikonite website, cause it had nikonite.com in the VERY long facebook url. Then I had...

Just a tiny problem though.If there's a "New Like Received" and you click on it from the Notifications while you're in the "Products" tab page thing. You know... This thing: It's linking you to a page that has double http:'s Like this: Thus, Page not found error. Just thought you'd like...

Whoever said we can't be spontaneous, I now get the last laugh! :p In 2014, we're forgoing the normal Disney Cruise, Rentin' an RV and headed to Yellowstone, via Mt. Rushmore, Pipestone National Monument, and anything else we can find in the 14 days we'll be gone. Oh, and then down to Grand...

Day 001 9 Minutes and 21 seconds into the first day of the year! (Way past my bedtime!)

Does anyone use any type of FTP sync to backup their files? I have an offsite web server with unlimited storage and bandwidth. Thought I'd use that to backup photos and other files. Of course I always look at the open source programs available. I think I'm going to try out ftpBox first and...

So I'm trying to train my eyes on what to look for in pictures. I've probably been through a thousand different portraits online tonight. My eyes are going bonkers. I think I have some harsh lighting here. Thoughts?

This thread will hopefully document my trip through learning my new D7000. There appears to be one, maybe two options on this camera. I'll be learning for years to come with this camera! So enough jibber jabber. After reading through Darrel Young's Mastering the D7000 book, off I went for a...

Just ordered it seconds ago from B&H! Now I have to wait the dreaded wait. In the meantime, I guess I'll go find the manual and start reading!

I've been saving my pennies and I'm over halfway to my 2k mark! Tryin' to get rid of most of my credit cards at the same time, so it's been fun! Three kids in college. Ugh... So I'm starting to solidify my list, and that's been a rough road. I am stuck on a D7000 though, so you won't be able...

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