Archive for January, 2006

Well, I’m not sure if two page tutorial will lead to “breathtaking” but it may help you get to “good”. It’s not groundbreaking or anything, but if you’ve ever futzed around with panoramic pictures with littke luck, take a look. It’s a quick read.

You probably already know this, but there’s a recall for certain lots of the battery for the Nikon D100, D70, and D50. Something about it burning up and melting. I guess that would be bad. Although, then I would have an excuse to get a fancy new Nikon D200. Ken Rockwell as all the info.
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SyncSpeed writes about a 20″ LCD monitor, and yes, it has great resolution, but come on, 20″?? If you need room to work with Photoshop and have all the menus open AND have Picture-in-picture so you can watch the latest episode of LOST, check out Winbooks 32″ widescreen WXGA monitor with built-in tuner. Yeah, you’d [...]

Got a new monitor at work. It’s a Dell 2001FP. Some of you may know I haven’t held Dell in the highest regard this past year (Maybe I’ll get around to writing about that later), but I wasn’t holding my breath. But after using for the last two weeks, I found it to be, well, [...]

Here’s your chance to be seen in National Geographic!
Beginning on February 20,2006, National Geographic will be featuring reader’s photos in the magazine and on their web-site.
The first 3-months will feature photos from their photo-camps, but after that, they will be publishing your photos in the magazine. Who knows, maybe they’ll start a new hiring process [...]

I have on good word that PANCOR Lens Cleaning Fluid is the best there is. I’m thinking of buying a bottle and seeing if it’s as good as advertised.
Anyone out there ever use this stuff? Leave a comment with your thoughts.

With a camera, a simple backdrop, soft daylight and minimal Photoshop skills, anyone can take great headshots in a flash. In this three-part article, learn how to set up the shot, work with your model, and polish the final shots using Photoshop.

This month’s Smithsonian Magazine has a good article written by Ronald E.Ostman and Harry Littell about a woman (Lois Barden) who found a crate of old-glass plate photos (Cir. 1900) in a toolshed. They turn out to be from a Photographer (William T. Clarke) and a Place that are no longer with us. The article [...]