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May 28, May 29 The taxi came at 4AM. Our itinerary would get us to Vancouver at noon (PST), but, because of having to coordinate two separate frequent flier programs … Continue reading »

It’s been said that the formative years of Americans can be dated to their memories of Saturday Night Live eras. I’m pegged to the late ’80s/early ’90s, and, perhaps … Continue reading »

We were in Madison, Wisconsin, for most of the weekend. Grace was presenting an abstract at the MARC 2005 conference held there this year, fulfilling the research-during-residency requirements for … Continue reading »

Here’s a page with Really Useful Software for Nikon DSLRs. The main piece is a JPG extractor for pulling out the JPG embedded in Nikon’s NEF files. This … Continue reading »

I got there a little late for Cleveland’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, apparently the last down Euclid Avenue because of expected construction of the Euclid Corridor Project later this year. … Continue reading »

Now that everyone with a camera (including cell phones) along with their pet monkeys have taken photos of The Gates, it’s time to post my set: (Most of the shooting was … Continue reading »

Usefilm.com has a search engine to show user-submitted sample pictures from different camera/lens/film combinations. Here’s the link for the D70 and the Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D combination. Unfortunately, they don’t seem … Continue reading »

I picked up a Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8D AF lens on EBay last week in preparation for our Alaska trip in the late spring (It’s an older one, #3 on Ken … Continue reading »

Instapundit has a pointer to this article by Petteri Sulonen, Mastering Wide-Angle, which is a discussion on the pros and cons of wide-angle photography, and where and how one would … Continue reading »

This past Saturday evening, we went to Cleveland’s annual tree-lighting/carriage parade. This was for the million-or-so holiday lights strung around Public Square as well as the tree just in … Continue reading »