| Subcribe via RSS
I’m really fascinated by photos on Flickr marked “HDR” which stands for “High Dynamic Range” imaging. I have not spent enough time figuring out how it is done yet, but the photos are wonderful. Wikipedia has an introduction and links to sources for more information. I’ll be researching!
Tags: del.icio.us, flickrYesterday I needed to ship back a gift for repair to the manufacturer that happens to be in Canada. I packed up the gift, printed my label and headed off to the U.S. Post office.
After waiting in line, the nice lady behind the counter apologetically explained that Canada requires labels to be typed in ALL CAPS. Canada also requires a form that explains what is in the box in addition to the shipping form that the U.S. Post Office requires and the third form that U.S. Customs requires (no hazardous materials or food, etc.)
After all of that, I find out that for my $23, it will be delivered to the company in 6-10 weeks. I walked out.
Five minutes later, I walked into UPS (with the same box) and the guy behind the counter typed up the packing slip on the computer from my nice and neat label, then printed it, I signed it, paid my $17 and walked out a few minutes later.
The package will be in the repair shop on Friday afternoon.
Tags: online shoppingThe new spell check feature in Firefox 2.0 is wonderful! Like Jay Small writes in his blog, this feature has been a welcomed addition to the software from the discussions around our office too.
I noticed yesterday that some of my favorite plug-ins are now being upgraded for the new version. Yeah!
Tags: firefox
Howard Owens, a friend of mine who is much more experienced in this whole social networking and marketing business than I am, told me, “The best way to market your house is to put it in your blog“. Here goes…
Please, please, please buy my house in wonderful Birmingham, AL so I can get all of my “stuff” (and Tracy and my dog and my piano) to Fairport, NY.
I’ll leave a can of Country Time Lemonade in the cupboard and if you ask nicely, a few white rocking chairs might stay on the porch.
Tags: searchYesterday was Halloween and I didn’t get any candy, but UPS delivered an early birthday package from my wife. The box came from B&H Photo Video and contained a wide-angle Nikon zoom lens. Wow! This gift is now the highest priced item in my arsenal of photo equipment!
My last camera was a Holga and I bought it for $22. I’ve been told, and I’ve been repeating, that back in the 1940’s Holgas sold for $2 at five and dime stores as toy cameras.
I decided last year I wanted to move up from the plastic camera, and get away from dealing with loading medium format film and dealing with electrical tape in the dark. (The tape is used to stop the light leaks). It was time to go digital.
My digital camera bag is filling up one piece at a time. It now includes:
Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR ED-IF 17-35mm 1:28D lens
Nikon AF ED NIKKOR 50mm 1.8 lens
Nikon SB 800 speedlight (wireless flash)
Nikon MB-D200 Multi Power Battery Pack (vertical grip)
I’ve been posting photos to flickr.com but I’ve slowed down a little since I started using Apple’s Aperture because I still have two books to finish reading on what I’m doing. Adobe Photoshop and Apple’s iPhoto were working just fine before. (The recent photos all look desaturated and flat coming out of the new program).
I’m also recording RAW files, because I heard that is what Sports Illustrated does and figure they know what they are doing. Right? The RAW files on this camera are 15 Mb each, so my little 2 Gb card only holds 120 images at a time now.
I have two more items on my camera wish list. I would like to save up for a Nikon 105 mm f/1.8 micro, a Nikon 400 mm f/2.8 and a Nikon 70-200 mm f/2.8 VR zoom lens. Oops, that was three things!
Now that I think about it, while I’m at it, I may need an extra body to hold one of those new pieces of glass and probably a mono-pod!
Tags: apple, flickr, nikon, software