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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

A Bigger Problem than Bit Rot

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In the computer world, many people worry about "bit rot" (data erosion) when it comes to archiving old data.  And that's a go...
Saturday, May 2, 2009

Fast Image Selection: Take off your Glasses

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 Here is a technique I learned many years ago to help me quickly select my “keeper” pictures from hundreds of images shot in the field, thin...
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Friday, May 1, 2009

How to shoot a bust

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I had the honor of photographing the work of Sandra Shaw, a talented bronze sculptist who was preparing for a museum opening and needed “hea...
Wednesday, April 1, 2009

The Importance of Fill-Flash

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This is probably old-hat to most of you, but when it comes to situations where the camera sees the subject very differently from your eye, I...
Saturday, January 3, 2009

Mirror Lockup Returns

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This is a historic moment, ladies and gentlemen, for the same marketing team that brought us the lack of a popup flash on the A900 has also ...
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Friday, January 2, 2009

A Mime is a Terrible Thing to Waste

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Reader Zulia Arbon, a Tajikistan citizen who's been living in China for 7 years, writes in with this question:  "You took quite a ...
Thursday, January 1, 2009

Sony's New Wireless Flash Protocol

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With the introduction of the HVL-F58AM flash, Sony has completely revamped the wireless flash protocols -- the time between pre-flash and e...
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

File Systems for New Hard Drives

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The Alpha 900's large files will eventually take its toll on every owner's data storage strategy.  (Really, it's a good problem ...
Tuesday, December 2, 2008

The Greatest Gift for your Parents

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I don't know about you, but in my experience as we get older the snapshots we take of our families become increasingly precious.  (Even...
Monday, December 1, 2008

Lighting for Wine Bottles and Glass

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How did I take this shot of a wine bottle and glass (below) using no fancy equipment other than a single off-camera wireless flash?...
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Finding the Subject when Shooting Fall Foliage

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A week before the Boston Seminar (which was a lot of fun, as always), Carol and I took a road trip to Vermont and New Hampshire, to "wa...
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