Going to Washington DC this year was quite an experience. Here’s what I learned. 1. The Acela is more expensive and only saves about 30 minutes. But it’s worth it, the Acela is roomier and more comfortable. We took the… Continue Reading →
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… Continue Reading →
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… Continue Reading →
I don’t (yet) own a flash so from time to time I use the built in pop-up flash. This produces harsh light so I picked up the Puffer by Gary Fong. It’s a diffuser that softens up the flash and… Continue Reading →
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… Continue Reading →
Ken Rockwell reviews the Nikon D90 and likes it. I have the D60 and I’m thinking of trading mine in. It’s faster and I’d be able to use non AF-S lenses…
Lily went to the U.S. Open today with our son, so I took the girl to the American Air Power Museum. She had fun and I took some good pictures. I’ve just made this one my desktop image. It came… Continue Reading →
Since the Disney trip, I’ve been playing around with the camera more than ever. Marking your photos with geographical location info is cool and I’m thinking of getting a GPS fob/software combination. In my searching I located this discussion on… Continue Reading →
I take pictures in Nikon’s raw NEF format because I can use Photoshop Element’s raw importer to tweak the exposure, clarity, black level, etc. But the NEF files are often 9 MB files and I have almost 3,000 of them… Continue Reading →
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… Continue Reading →
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