I’ve been taking a lot of photos lately and I’m a bit photoed out so I’ve drifted back into my vintage computer interest. In addition to looking for new items, I’ve pulled some existing ones out of the basement to catalog and explore. One such machine was a Toshiba Portegé 3500 from 2002. While touch …
A Day at the Zoo
I enjoy photographing animals and I've invested quite a bit into equipment, but I find myself frequently challenged to actually do it. I don't set aside time to go out, I'm not great at tracking animals (or blending in to hide from them), and I don't have the patience to sit outside and wait. What …
How I Came to Buy a Backpack from 2005
I bought a Nikon 180 - 600mm Z lens to replace my Sigma 150 - 600 for wildlife and sports photos recently. It’s an awesome lens, but one difference from the Sigma is that it does not extend to zoom, which makes it physically longer than the Sigma and harder to fit in a camera …
Adventures in Auto Capture
Auto Capture is a feature for the Nikon Z9 and Z8 that allows the camera to automatically capture photos based on a criteria. You can setup your camera on a tripod and configure it to take a series of photos that are triggered when movement is detected in certain areas of the frame, certain types …
The AI I Predicted is Coming
The camera AI, that is. Last year I published an article reflecting on photography predictions I made in 2011 after I bought my Canon 7D. At the end of the article, I made new predictions about what would happen in the next decade. It’s been a little over a year and many of those things …
Goose Season
We’ve had geese at our Portsmouth office since I started working at Liberty 16 years ago. They swim in our ponds, eat our grass, and poop on our walkways. They are a fixture of our campus and the local area. While they’re generally pretty mean, there’s a special time each year when they lay eggs …
Farewell to my Nikon Z 24 – 70mm f/2.8 S
If there’s a record for the lens I’ve owned for the shortest time, it’s the Nikon Z 24-70 f/2.8 S, clocking in at just over two weeks. This is one lens I never thought I’d even buy in the first place because it’s Nikon’s high-end, expensive zoom, retailing for $2,400. I only bought it because …
Matias Laptop Pro
I really like the feel of my Matias Tactile Pro 4 but it’s too big to be comfortable. Luckily Matias also makes a smaller version without a number pad. It’s also wireless, quiet(er), and has a funny name: the Laptop Pro. The Laptop Pro is a 75% keyboard and is a bit smaller than my …
My Keychron K8 Pro
After purchasing a Keychron K6 from eBay to test it out, I learned a lot about what I wanted and didn’t want in a keyboard. I’ve settled on another Keychron model, this time a K8 in the Pro series. The Pro series has better stabilizers for large keys like space and shift, better keys with …
Eclipse
Today was a total eclipse, if you hadn't heard. It was a huge deal because it was visible across a huge portion of the country, which is pretty rare. Turns out that New Hampshire was one of the best places to see it, with the northern part of the state being in the path of …
Relatively Ambitious 