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Internet & Technology, Photography

Eye-Fi Review

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Two posts back, I mentioned Eye-Fi as a possible solution for digital photographers who have a “wait problem.”

It is inevitable, we get so used to the immediate nature of digital photography.

I’m sure I’m not alone.

As soon as we are done taking pictures, we’d like for those images to get to our computers ready to edit by the time we sit down.

Not everyone using a digital camera wants to edit their pictures.

Some may just want to shoot, upload to an online sharing website.

And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Continue reading Eye-Fi Review →

Assignment, Photography, Tutorials

Summertime at San Diego Natural History Museum

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Dino in HDR—While inside San Diego Natural History Museum,  I bracketed as I captured about 7 images to create this totally unrealistic image using Photomatix Pro. See the scene captured normally by my Canon 40D with 17-35 f2.8 L lens. ISO 400 f6.3 shutter speed between 1/10 sec and 0.3 seconds.

It’s nice to get away for a few days especially when it’s an easy 2 hour drive to San Diego.

You can always count on the numerous museums at Balboa Park to have exhibits that provide hours of amusement.

Actually, with so many other museums to choose from, it’s actually tough to decide.

We opted for the San Diego Natural History Museum.

“Dinosaurs” and “All That Glitters” are currently on exhibit. Continue reading Summertime at San Diego Natural History Museum →

Photography

Features I love on my camera

Canon G11 hand held facing me self-portrait

For the quintessential narcissist– The articulating LCD on my Powershot G11 was turned around to face me while I snapped this self-portrait of my students Hank and Jacqui on a recent field trip. Shutter speed was kind of low, that’s why the image isn’t exactly very sharp.

This isn’t a prediction.

Eventually everyone will be able to take a decent picture and no, their lives won’t have to depend on it either.

I say this with utmost sincerity and with as straight-a-face as I can muster.

We’re almost there, you know. Continue reading Features I love on my camera →

Internet & Technology, Photography

Is digital photography making me lazy?

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36 exposures only–You’ve got to make them all count, right? It’s been at least 12 years maybe more since I loaded my Nikon F3.

I can’t picture myself loading film into a camera, finding inspiration and going out to capture images worthy of printing in a traditional darkroom these days.

The convenience and immediacy of digital photography has a way of doing that.

I’m actually getting worse. Now, not only am I lazy, I’m also impatient.

Finding my card reader, taking the memory card out of my camera is even too taking too long.

Previously, if seeing my pictures almost instantly after I take them was sufficient, now I want them to appear on my computer as well. Continue reading Is digital photography making me lazy? →