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Internet & Technology, Photography

Adding storage capacity to your computer

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A couple posts back I mentioned how my hard drives were filling up fast.

So who’s responsible for chewing up that all that capacity?

One of my students is shooting with a Canon 5D Mark II. Luckily I don’t think he’s set his camera to shoot at Large jpeg settings.

Another who uses the Nikon D300 sends files of 7.4 MB each.

I’ve since added a 1TB hard drive in the final bay of my MacPro.

I also bought a cheapie dock from BlacX. It’s nothing fancy really. Just a way to connect the drive I removed for use via USB 2.0.

I haven’t added a eSATA controller card for the PCI-Express slot. When that happens, I’ll of course be using the much faster eSATA connector.

Modern day computer users all develop a “wait problem” sooner or later. Some even develop the other kind of weight problem too.
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Assignment, Photography, Tutorials

An Engagement Portrait with Katie & Ryan in Riverside

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Ryan and Katie at the end of our 2-hour photo session appears to have forgotten about us lurking in the background.

Katie and Ryan drove an hour and half from San Diego over the weekend to meet with me.

Brave souls they are to trust a complete stranger whom they’ve never met to do an engagement portrait.

I just spoke to Katie over the phone. One of my former students Jayme who’s doing extremely well in her photography business, was the intermediary.

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Photography

Wedding Photography–Professionals vs Part-timers

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A wedding photographer skillfully backpedals as her clients walk down the aisle for the 1st time as a couple at the Edwards Mansion in Redlands, CA

Spend enough time  online and I’m sure you’ll notice the number of wedding and portrait photographers has increased exponentially because of the affordability of digital SLRs, the relatively-easy learning curve of photoshop and ease of setting up a website.

What this has done is enable some photography enthusiasts or hobbyists to make a some extra income shooting weddings on their weekends.

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Photography, Tutorials

Photographing Lunch

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A couple of posts back I mentioned a still life assignment I gave my beginning photography students.

Some might say this is way too tough one for folks who are starting out.

That’s true, but I think in attempting this, they will learn quite a bit.

Personally, I’m learning not to do any type of photography with food on an empty stomach. Sort of like, “Never go grocery shopping on an empty stomach?” Continue reading Photographing Lunch →