Category: Ramblings
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I’m on Artists Wanted
I’ve no idea what Artists Wanted is. They tricked me. They lured me in by saying that I could get a photo on a billboard at NY Times Square. The next thing you know, I’ve got a website, and I’m entered in to something called OneLife. Anyway, do me a favor, visit the below pages…
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Rim to Rim in the Grand Canyon
Deanna and I booked a 3 day hike with ‘Just roughin’ it‘, down the North face of the Grand Canyon, across the width, and up the South face. To use the vernacular of the kids, it was awesome. Three days carrying everything we needed to camp, eat, hike and generally survive. None of this would…
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Antelope Gods (playing in Antelope Canyon)
The Native Americans that control Upper and Lower Antelope Canyon are (rightly) very restrictive about what they will and will not allow you to do in their spiritual places. The list of rules for photographers is long but the reality is that the place is run by really nice guys that really love cameras. The…
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Birth and Death at Horseshoe Bend
Page Arizona is home to some stunning scenery. The town itself is a tad scary but the views make it well worth the long drive. Deanna and I ended a stunning day sat on the rim of nearby Horseshoe Bend, drinking wine and watching the sun go down. I then started the following day sat…
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Nikon needs to fire someone
I had a dream that my D300 broke. Before I tell you about that, let me tell you what will happen when I break my iPhone. I see it clearly in my mind. I knock my 3Gs off the table, I reach for it, grasping the air. I almost make it but it slips from…
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Lessons in battery life at Clear Lake
Shooting star shots takes a lot of juice. Often you’ll find people jacking their cameras in to car batteries, generators, all sorts of devices in an attempt to keep them shooting through the cold nights. Me, I just buy more batteries and keep an eye out for when they’re getting flat. A good fresh battery…
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Adobe CS6 is here!
And I don’t care. So what’s in it? A bunch of fixes to Content Fill (about bloody time), some UI tweaks, and er, well, that’s it. Well then, that’s a bargain at ‘only’ $199 Just like CS4, this is another lame intermediate release. What did I miss?
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[updated] Apple TV Users: Don’t upgrade to iTunes 10.6
Apple really are a bunch of bastards. When the Apple TV was first launched, along with FrontRow, it was a great place to view movies and TV shows you’d ripped from DVD. Then Apple started selling movies and shows and they changed the interface for stuff you owned to be just that little bit less…
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And We’re Back
UPDATED: And now all the images are reloaded, the links work, and the Google magic is wired up. The only thing that went wrong is that I lost the subscription database and all the comments. So if you subscribed, please kindly do so again. Sorry about that. Welcome to my new home. Looks just…
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Error. Please Hold Caller
Let’s call this a false start. I’m really unhappy with my hosting service’s version of WordPress so I’m going to move to a new host. This might take a while. Sorry for the false start to this blog.