I really love a small laptop. I’ve owned many Apple laptops and my favorites have been on the smaller side - the 12” PowerBook G4, 13” MacBook Pro, and 14” MacBook Pro. I never owned any of the MacBook Airs because I always wanted the higher performance of the Pros, but I always found them …
iPhone 17 Pro: Ordered
I've been part of the iPhone Upgrade Program for 5 years, which means I get Apple's new hotness each time it's released. Last year's iPhone 16 Pro brought a slightly larger screen, a higher quality ultra wide camera, more optical zoom, and improved battery life in the same body design. This year introduces an updated …
Awe Dropping: Hot Takes
Apple announced a bunch of new stuff today - AirPods Pro 3, Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch SE 3, Apple Watch Ultra 3, iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Air, and iPhone 17 Pro. These are my initial opinions. iPhone 17 Goes Pro It's all about that screen The big add to the "regular" iPhone is …
Awe Dropping: What I’m Excited For
Apple is holding its yearly iPhone event tomorrow and rumors have been flying all year about what will be announced. Here's how I feel about everything, using Mac Rumors list as a guide. Excited Scrolling the Apple Website: My absolute most favorite thing to do after an Apple event is to scroll through all of …
Mac Museum Finds
It's becoming a busy season again for the Mac Museum. Here are some of my recent finds. 2009 MacBook Pro - $FREE I found this at the Dover Recycle Center in a bin of miscellaneous electronics including TVs, printers, and some microwaves. It was very dirty and looked as if it had been kept outside …
Some Black & Whites
I started out as a black and white photographer. Armed with a Pentax K-1000 from my News and Photo class, I set about taking images on Kodak Tri X Pan 400 film then processing and printing it in our school darkroom. I’ve been shooting in color since then, but I still see the world in …
Image Processing Nerdery
I posted recently about why it took me so long to go through my Antelope Canyon images. It was pretty simple: they required a lot of processing. For those that are interested, I’ll share some details about how much processing that entailed. An example of a 7-shot bracketed image. Notice how some of the images …
More Images from Antelope Canyon
I visited Lower Antelope Canyon over six weeks ago and still hadn’t posted more than a few images. There are two reasons for this: I took a lot of images and each requires a fair amount of processing. Light in the canyon varies significantly so I took 3-5 images of each shot at different exposures …
Nikon Z 180-600mm f/5.6 – 6.3 VR Review
Superzooms are often a must for animal and sports photography. They make small animals larger in the frame and help keep a safe distance from larger but more skittish or dangerous ones. They help isolate players on the field and capture critical moments in the game. I bought a Sigma 150-600mm lens second hand in …
Las Vegas Adventure – Part 3
This is the third in a series of posts about my recent trip to Las Vegas. Read the second part here. Day 5 - Nelson Ghost Town & Valley of Fire at Sunset As the personal part of my trip came to a close I had reached transition day. Time to check out of Treasure …
Relatively Ambitious 