photography
Going on a trip? Plan ahead for photos
Wednesday August 25th the family and I went to the Statue of Liberty. The trip was planned weeks in advance and we took the Huntington Station line at 6:15 Am to get there nice and early before the crowds. It was raining cats and dogs the whole time we were there. I had expected to [...]
Nikon 50mm f/1.4G
After using my brother’s Nikon 50mm f/1.8D lens for a few weeks, I broke down and picked up a new AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G lens. From all the reviews I’ve read, it’s an improvement over the older f/1.4D version being more sharper while still having a good DOF. Here are some samples of what I [...]
DPReview’s Canon 7D review
I purchased my Nikon D300s for a simple reason: I was sold on the D300 and I’m a stickler for getting the current model. I’ve been very satisfied with it. Now Canon has come out with the 7D which lines up directly against the D300s. DPReview has a really good in-depth write-up of the Canon [...]
What I am looking for in a new camera kit
See what you can shoot with the Nikon D60? I took this photo at an aircraft museum. You can see a bigger version of the plane here on Flickr. I have had the Nikon D60 for more than a year now and it’s been great fun. Last I looked, the shutter count was around 17,000 [...]
Photoshop Elements 7 pet peeves
I used Photoshop Elements 6 and liked it. It worked and let me touch up my photos quickly and efficiently. I liked it so much that when PSE 7 came out, I paid for an online upgrade as soon as I could. PSE 7 broke the small things. With version 6, the photo downloader just [...]
Oh. That many pictures.
Today is slow and almost all of our shopping is done. So I am going through my photos this evening and notices something. I purchased my Nikon D60 in May 2008 and have been using Photoshop Elements since then. My external 1TB WorldBook is where I keep my photos and PSE keeps a tally of [...]
Nikon D60 and auto ISO
I got to learn about a useful DSLR feature called auto ISO. A friend brought in his mint Nikon D90 and let me play with it. He had on the Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 HSM macro lens and I was really impressed. It’s not a D700 but for someone like me it’s really good. Low noise [...]
Disney and digital photography
The whole family came back from Disney World Wednesday and here are some of my notes for the pictures I took. From Thursday the 26th to Wednesday the 2nd I took 1,600+ pictures with my Nikon D60. What I have been doing since I got back is going through each vacation day and selecting photos [...]
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