Many years ago, I used a program called iPhoto on my little iMac to keep track of my nascent collection of digital photographs. One of the best features of iPhoto was its ability to create high quality printed matter from my picture.…
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It was June 10, 2010. I was a Yerba Buena Center for the annual WWDC Beer Bash with OK Go performing on stage. I got a chance to meet Bill Atkinson, the inventor of MacPaint, QuickDraw, and Hypercard. He’s a legend in the Mac community.…
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At the Arlington Museum of Art today are three current exhibitions. If you have not been downtown lately, now would be a good time.
mumentous: the upsizing of a texas tradition
home & heritage: recognizing diversity
from steer to street art: a photographic journey through the lone star state
Five years ago I bought a piece of kit to add to my camera. Since then it has been a near permanent fixture on whatever digital EOS camera I had at the time. The Canon GP-E2 is a simple GPS transceiver that attaches to your Canon camera on the hot shoe.…
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My first camera was a Kodak Instamatic 100. By the time I got the camera in 1978, it had been on the market for 15 years. It used Kodak 126 film and peanut flash bulbs. By this time flash cubes had already come on the market.…
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I had a funny experience last week. I drove up to Whistler Mountain, the site of the 2010 Winter Olympics. The weather was cold. I was told it was about 5ÂșC. I was looking out over the valley and taking some pictures.…
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If you use the iPad camera connection kit you can import your pictures onto your iPad. This presents a problem when you get home to find that you have pictures on your iPad and on the memory stick. You would not want to import your pictures twice.…
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I took a walk on the peninsula and took a few snapshots. I have a few more to upload shortly. The pictures are of the Golden Gate and of some houses on Baker Beach. I also took some pictures of the Palace of fine art and Pier 39.…
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I recently bought a polarizing filter for my camera and finally got a chance to try it out. I was immediately impressed with the results. I still need to do more experimentation with it bit I think It will serve my needs.…
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I recently switched from iPhoto to Aperture to manage images on my computer. The experience has been mixed. I am really not happy with the performance. I’m hoping that will get better. Another annoyance it the fact that importing images from my iPhone does not prompt me to delete those images off the phone like it does for my camera.…
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Photoshop is not always the right tool when it comes to manipulating images. If I want to crop a photo and take out the red-eye, iPhoto is very convenient for that. If I want to remove a person or telephone pole from a picture, then I need Photoshop.…
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I heard Scott Bourne talking on TWIP about HDR. I had heard about Photomatix before on Digg but did not see how it could be relevant form my novice skills. After listening to Scott’s podcast I decided to try it out for myself.…
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I have been looking for a nice day pack for a while. I have been using the same MEI day pack since 1986. I have had to replace the shoulder straps on it once already and they are due to be replaced again.…
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