New Mac For Christmas? Tips to Become a Mac Power User
I’m now a Mac Power user, having learned many tricks and tips since my first introduction to the Apple ecosystem in 2003. Prior to that, I’d been using PCs since 1981. My first PC was an Epson Equity 1, and I used it for word processing as well as producing… Read More »
Camera weather sealing, do we need to worry?
One of the benefits of the Olympus and Lumix Micro Four Thirds cameras is their superior weather sealing. Most models from these two manufacturers are so good I no longer even think about putting them away in inclement weather. Having such faith shooting in rain or snow for the last… Read More »
How To Improve Christmas and Holiday Photos of Family and Friends (Part 2)
Yesterday I wrote about a technique that involves using flash and ambient light to improve your holiday photos of family and friends. Today I want to discuss another trick that deals with lighting that is equally beneficial for improving your holiday pictures. It too includes the use of flash but… Read More »
Major Hard Drive Meltdown-Lessons Learned
I thought I would share with you some lessons I learned recently with regards to protecting your pictures. About three weeks ago I had a major Drobo hard drive failure where I had nearly 3 Terabytes of images go up in smoke. Thank goodness I had them all backed up… Read More »
Apple’s Aperture for Digital Photo Workflow
Many of you know that I’ve been using Adobe’s Lightroom as the main photo editing software for my digital photography workflow and it’s been a great tool. However, for our latest photography workshop in Costa Rica I decided to move over to Apple’s Aperture due to it’s better ability to… Read More »