Peter Phun on June 11th, 2009

There is a disturbing trend I’m spotting as more and more hobbyists turn to their new found passion/talents for digital photography.
Corporations like camera manufacturers, airlines and other high profile companies offer a meager prize and then in bury in the fine print or legalese somewhere that by entering this contest you hereby agree:

to grant the [...]

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Peter Phun on May 24th, 2009

When I started this blog, I had no purpose and direction.
Not that I have one now.
At least I know that I’m getting subscribers.
I just check feedburner’s stats and I actually have 100 people subscribing.
That in itself is nothing significant but I want to thank you all for the feedback. 
It’s nice to have people who disagree [...]

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Peter Phun on May 15th, 2009

Obviously I can’t count. Picking up where I left off from the Top 10 Mistakes of Beginning Photographers

Knowing your camera well, even if it’s a point-and-shoot model, allows you more control than you might expect. I intentionally under-exposed this backlit shot of my kids walking on a seawall in Klamath, California to get a silhouette.

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Peter Phun on April 9th, 2009

CT (short for chicken thief) is at least 17 years old. He doesn’t see and hear as well as he used to. He sleeps in my garage. My wife saw CT’s roommate a couple days back. She said the rodent is big.
She also said she and the rat bolted in opposite directions when [...]

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