We’ve whole-heartedly accepted the Photo a Day Challenge that Stephanie at I Speak Film put out to her readers. And since she had just posted about Rembrandt Light, I’ve been meaning to try out her suggestions on a subject. So in the spirit of “two great tastes that taste great together,” I present… [...]

Ok, so Picture-of-the-Day is a real thing. For the next month, I’ll take and post (yikes!) a picture every day. I can’t promise they’ll all be great, but I’ll do my best. Please join me in this cool project. It’s no easy task to take out the camera and make a [...]

There are two ways to make digital black & white images. The first is to use the settings on your digital camera. The second is to use Photoshop to desaturate your image. There are benefits and drawbacks to both techniques and they are equally easy.

Captain’s-Log-Day2,Stardate 2006. Spotted a flying AlienBee at the outer reaches of the FlowerBed Nebula.
Asked SooLoose to get out the D70s with the deadly-sharp 105mm Micro.
Prevailing workload and laziness precluded the use of a tripod, so it was taken hand-held while laying in the grass.
Since yesterday’s mission was a wine-cooler, today’s was “Getting a Buzz On”.
Captured [...]

Oh my gosh, I did it! I was so nervous to press the SEND button for my Amazon order, but I did it. My Nikon D70s is on its way. Phewwwww. I suffer terribly from buyers remorse. Terribly! I had been staring at that Shopping Cart on Amazon for [...]

Oh my gosh, I did it!  I was so nervous to press the SEND button for my Amazon order, but I did it.  My Nikon D70s is on its way.  Phewwwww.  I suffer terribly from buyers remorse.  Terribly!  I had been staring at that Shopping Cart on Amazon for 3 days but couldn’t bring myself [...]

Now that Stephanie’s started it, and Sync-speed’s dropped the gauntlet, I guess I’ll see what happens with this Picture-a-Day challenge.. O.K. sync-speed. Here’s a photo I shot today at dinnertime while testing my new R1 Nikon iTTL flash. Taken with my D70s with the built-in flash in commander-mode. As you can see, they have iTTL [...]

So, I was watching the luge competition the other night. As I have no particular interest in the luge, I decided to count the cameras NBC used to cover this one event. It varied from luger to luger but the high count was 30 separate camera angles for one ride down the course. [...]