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Lens Hood Envy

I was a little taken aback when a client asked for a lens hood recently. It was a good idea, of course, as it would shield the lens from stray light and tree branches. But the...
on October 03, 2013
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Smoke and Mirrors

Is it just me, or does anyone else think that the practice of announcing a venue to be smoke-free and then turning on a theatrical smoke machine in front of the stage smacks of hypocrisy? In...
on September 23, 2013
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Aarrrrrrrr There, Jim Lad!

And how be we on this fine spankin' mornin' with the wind from the port quarter and the seagull poop on the taffrail? For it be International Talk Like A Pirate Day and ye can finally...
on September 18, 2013
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The Demise Of The Catalog - And Its Resurrection

I loved October when I was a kid in the Canadian bush - the catalogs arrived for Christmas. Hudson's Bay Company, Eatons, Sears, Montgomery Ward.Big thick buy-anything from a .303 Enfield to a baby-doll nightie catalogs...
on September 18, 2013
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Heath Robinson vs Rube Goldberg

Or how I learned to love photography.Old photographers will remember the sorts of things that we did in the darkroom to produce the special effects. Weeks spent gathering equipment, chemicals, containers, tanks, agitators...months spent sealing the...
on September 16, 2013
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Poke De Button And See What Happen...

I'm so relieved. A customer rang up and asked a question about a D800 Nikon and I answered it correctly. She poked the button and turned the wheel and it worked. My time here is not...
on September 12, 2013
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