Memos From The Digital Darkroom

February 18-20 2011 ~ Klamath Falls, Oregon
After living in the Pacific Northwest for almost twenty years, I never had the opportunity to get a decent photo of a Bald Eagle  Even with a special trip to the Puget Sound area last January, I only saw a few of them, with little opportunity to get [...]

Yesterday I was reviewing my notes from Photoshop World in Vegas, which I returned from a week ago. There were lots of great things to see at Photoshop World , but some really stood out. Listed below, in no particular order, are my top five “take aways” from PSW Fall 2010.
Copyright Everything
One of the best [...]

A couple of months ago I was photographing hot air balloons at the Festival of Balloons in Tigard, Oregon. I was walking across the wide, grassy field when I ran into fellow photographer, Daniel Payne. Daniel introduced me to his young son, who was atop a short ladder taking photos of the balloons as they [...]

USB flash drives are very handy for transferring data from one computer to another. In fact, I use one as a “sneaker-net” in my office because sometimes it’s easier to transfer data with a USB drive than with my network.
However, these simple little devices can cause big problems because they are an extremely efficient tool [...]

This weekend I went to Fry’s Electronics to purchase a new external backup hard drive. The one I have been using for backup is a 500 GB drive that’s is almost full. I plan to store it in a safe location and put a new drive into service. For the new drive, I wanted something [...]

Last year I bought a new backpack-style camera bag from Lowepro. It’s a Fastpack 250 that has lots of cool features. However, one thing it didn’t have was a way to strap my mono-pod onto the outside of the bag. I knew this would be an issue before I purchased the bag, but there were [...]