I use my favorite photos as desktop backgrounds at home and at work. In the mix I have images going back as far as 2006, when I bought my first Pentax DSLR. Every now and then an image crosses my screen that I just... feel different about. Sometimes it's a piece of dust or a …
Time to Upgrade My RAID
I have a lot of photos, about 40,000, most in RAW format. They take up a lot of space and are very important to me so I've invested a fair amount in storage to protect them. About 8 years ago I bought an external RAID array and two 2TB hard drives. I set the array …
Seattle Photo Journal
I flew out to Seattle a couple of weeks ago and took the opportunity to take some photos. I wanted to take advantage of the landscape long-exposure skills that I learned in Amsterdam and apply them to another beautiful city. Our hotel was in the Pioneer Square area just three streets up from Pier 55 …
Junior Pictures
We visited the NH Farm Museum in Milton last week and it is a really cool place. It's a big old farm (surprise) with a farmhouse museum, a bar full of ancient farm equipment, and grassy farmland that you can tour. Real chickens roam around while you explore. It's pretty cool. The sun was bright …
New Photographic Workflow
My MacBook Pro has enabled a new photographic workflow that should allow me to select and process my photos faster. Prior to buying my MacBook Pro I had the following issues: My iMac was more powerful than my 13" MBP so it was my main editing machine. That meant that the majority of my photo editing …
Photoshoot – The Bloopers
Our photo shoot with the boys this weekend was very successful but it wasn't without its challenges. The result is a poignant set of images for your enjoyment.
Perkins Partay
We attended a fun cookout a few weeks ago and my typical turnaround time for photography reared its ugly head. Our friends Kristine and Dennis live out in the farm-land and have a nice lot with some farm animals of their own. There was plenty to photograph including chickens, roosters, turkeys, goats, beautiful farm land …
Review: AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR
I switched to Nikon over a year ago. As I completely changed camera systems I had to purchase an entirely new set of lenses. My first two lenses were Nikon's 24-120mm and 70-200mm f/4 pair that cover the standard wide angle to telephoto range. I've been really impressed with both, especially the 24-120mm. I really …
Seagulls!
As an example of how long it can take me to process photos, here are a few that I took in April to test out my then-new Sigma 150 - 600mm lens. It was the beginning of spring so the beach was still pretty cold, but the gulls were out and provided ample subject matter …
2016 & The Great Photo Clean Out
I've been taking digital photos since 2006 and had amassed a library of nearly 40,000 photos by the end of last year. This is only counting my "professional" photos – those taken with an SLR. Photos taken on our various point and shoots (remember those?) and cell phones are separate. Compared with an actual professional …
