Like many others in 2021 — I’ve been “hanging in here” with COVID not going away. Unfortunately, doing so has been detrimental to my health. It has been a long road this year to try to improve this, and, unfortunately, there have been setbacks when I threw my back out a few months ago and … More 2021 Year End Review
I love photographing at low angles. I did this a lot over 30 years ago when I was learning photography, and I love it now. (Or more precisely, I like the end result, but don’t like getting on the ground so much.) (Long story, short. I’m getting old. Adding a long ARCA plate to the … More Low angle shooting assistance
Every year, I try to get better shots of the moon. This year, I tried stacking again and got promising results, but it was revisiting built-in settings that yielded the most pleasing results. All these shots were taken with either my X-T3 or X-H1 with 100-400mm and 2x teleconverter with spot metering, area focus and … More Better shots of the moon in 2020
Oh, what a year. And I think that I can say for everyone that I am tired of making history. Before quarantine from COVID-19 in March, we attended one last orchestra concert, one last honors assembly and one last play. And our Christmas Cactus bloomed (in January) After quarantine, my IT job turned into 50hr/week … More 2020 Year End Review
Updated https://happyphotodad.wordpress.com/2015/12/29/converting-stereoscopic-slides/ into some basic instructions.
I was lucky enough to get my Peak Design Travel Tripod just before Christmas. Since then, I’ve been using it nearly every day to get used to how it deploys so when I need it, I’m not struggling with it. I’ll write a review later, but what I discovered in the last several days is … More Peak Design Travel Tripod cam lever paint protection
2019 turned out to be another year off from blogging, but I continue to take pictures and improve equipment. Now for some pictures. Orchestra and plays (the similar gestures were a coincidence) Church Blue Angles (cloudy/hazy day) We adopted another rescue rabbit (Miniature Rex). It took several months to finally bond, but they are now … More 2019 Year end review
Yes, you read that right. 2018. Yes, we are just closing out 2019, but I didn’t get around to a 2018 year end review, and I would like to get that done first. 2018 was supposed to be a year off weekly or monthly blogging as work and family activities had gotten very busy including … More 2018 Year end review
(I’ve been sitting on this draft for almost 2 years (life got a little busy), but now that Peak Design has released the v2 models of their backpacks, I better get this out. Why? Because there are going to be photographers out there looking to buy used or nearly new v1 backpacks and want to … More Peak Design Everyday Backpack v1 goes to Georgia
I’ve been sitting on this draft for almost 2 years (life got a little busy), but now that Peak Design has released the v2 models of their backpacks, I better get this out. Why? Because there are going to be photographers out there looking to buy used or nearly new v1 backpacks and want to … More Peak Design Everyday Backpack v1 longterm review
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