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  12.05.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  
  

• Computers & Technology

  Which DSLR to buy? Any thoughts?

  01.30.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Let’s say you have about $800 to $900 to spend on camera equipment. Let’s also say you have no other camera equipment to speak of, and no ties to any specific brand (anymore), other than a little experience.
  What would you buy? Here is what I’m debating.
  a. The new Rebel XSi camera kit. (coming in April) [...]

• Life Unplugged

  Basking in the….snow?

  03.17.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  It was 70 degrees out Wednesday. The sun was shining, birds were chirping. Needless to say, my spring fever had kicked into high gear.
  This was taken last night.

  /sigh
  Oh well, back to reality. Gotta love New England.

• Rogue Bytes

  Crazy Duck

  11.23.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  First of all, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
  This year we had a very small Thanksgiving, especially for a very large family. It was just my father, step-mother, step-sister, and me. It was nice, and the food was incredible, but without the rest of the family there, we had to entertain ourselves.
  Christina and I were sitting [...]

• History & Anthropology

  The dead city of Pripyat

  04.26.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  Today is the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. I was unaware of this until I heard it this morning on the radio while driving to work. Completely by coincident, a friend of mine and I were looking at pictures of the dead city of Pripyat yesterday, a city in northern Ukraine. Pripyat was evacuated [...]

• Rogue Bytes

  camera + flickr + blog = fun

  03.30.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  So I bought a new camera last week. It was a toss up between a few cameras, but I finally settled on the Canon Powershot A620. I specifically bought this camera for quantity, not quality. Let me splain. I own 2 really nice Canons, a 10D (dslr) and an Elan 7 (slr). I love them [...]

• How To...

  Photoshop :: Converting color to black and white

  11.12.05 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  This is probably my most used Photoshop technique. I’ve always been a huge fan of black & white photography. In Photoshop, the two most common ways of converting to black & white are by converting the image to grayscale or by completely desaturing the image. These two methods unfortunately lack contrast and tonal control. The [...]

• How To...

  Photoshop :: Straightening the horizon

  10.13.05 | Permalink | Comment?

  One of my first lessons in photography was “keep the horizon straight“. Unfortunately this is not always as easy as it sounds. But never fear, Photoshop is here. Here is a quick and easy fix I learned for straightening the horizon in your photos. I believe it will work for all the latest [...]