Holly turned 16 in December. The average life span of a dog is 10 - 13 years (13 for a Dachshund), so she's lived a long time. In the year and a half since Hannah's passing we've tried to make an effort to focus on her in the time that she has left. We spend time …
Mac Museum New Additions: It's Been Too Long Edition
Whoa! It's been nearly two years since I purchased anything for the Mac Museum. That's what happens when you buy up all of the stuff that you're willing to pay for. It also helped that people have recently decided that adding "Steve Jobs" to items makes them worth a minimum of $100 even if they …
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A Necessary Upgrade for my iMac
I've had my 27" iMac for about 6 years and it has served me well. At the time I used my Mac as my PC gaming machine so I bought the top end model with a 2.93 GHz Core i7, a 1 GB ATI Radeon HD 5750 GPU, and a 2 TB hard drive. It was a …
Flashback Friday: Favorite Things About Potty Training
I started this post in 2013. It's completley unfinished, but funny. After Adam uses the toilet he looks at you with a smile and says "Say yay!" He follows up with "Now clap!" When Zachary runs around the house screaming "I pee on potty!" at the top of his lungs When we ask Zachary what we …
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My Photographic Resolution
It's a bit late for a New Year's resolution and I'm not a big believer in them anyway, but since I'm getting back into photography I figured it would be a good idea to improve myself a bit. This is my Photographic Resolution; it's a loose set of goals with no timetable, but something to work …
Coming Home
It's been nearly six months and I'm finally coming home. On April 8th I will depart Seattle return to New Hampshire for the foreseeable future. I've come home in before of course, for holidays, meetings, and every other weekend, but the travel is tiring and being away from family is taking its toll. While it …
Nikon and Canon Differences
As part of my research into the D750 last year I looked for as many "Nikon vs Canon" articles I could find. While some were religious debates, a few were very useful. As an owner of both systems I can say they are both good; one is always ahead of the other in at least …
Review: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4G ED VR
I've had Nikon's 70-200mm f/4 since I bought my D750 in March. I really like this lens, so I wanted to quickly explain why with some photos. If you are looking for a more detailed technical review, check out any of the following: Photography Blog Photography Life Ken Rockwell Quick Comparison So why did I …
D750: The Verdict
I've had my D750 for a few weeks now and have taken about 2000 photos with it. If I didn't like it I would have had to send it back when I was home this past weekend. Luckily I didn't have to do that; it's a keeper. After spending a considerable amount of time shooting a variety of subjects …
Understanding ISO Invairance
ISO invariance is a comparison of an exposure-corrected image to a properly exposed image directly from the camera. A camera with an ISO Invariant sensor results in images that can be exposure corrected in post production while maintaining detail and noise levels similar to a shot exposed at the correct ISO from the camera. It's called ISO invariance because ISO …
Relatively Ambitious 