Glass cleaning
Spring cleaning time.
Photography
Excellent and free panorama software: MS ICE
Panoramic pictures are a great way to convey the scale and beauty of a scene, but building a panorama requires a good set of tools. Fortunately Microsoft Research is giving one away…
Getting better pictures without getting more gear
After bemoaning the fact that my wife’s little D40x does a better job capturing pictures than my D100 I immediately starting thinking about how I could go about getting a new camera…
Sometimes things just work out
My phone's camera has a mode where it takes a 3x3 or 2x2 grid of images by snapping pictures in series. Press the shutter button and it starts going. There's the typical…
My current favorite picture
Because I've become "one of those people" I've been taking a ton of pictures of Finney. When you take lots of pictures you often end up with something you didn't quite anticipate.…
How to add EXIF data to your cell phone pictures
While my Windows Mobile phone is fantastic at synchronizing data with my PC and operating seamlessly with Exchange, it does lack in some of the non-business areas. Most frustrating for me lately:…
Random picture from a SmugMug gallery
It's been almost two years since I posted a random picture from our trip to Salzburg, but strangely enough I never posted the mini-tip for inserting a random picture from a SmugMug…
Smugmug tip: Feature your favorite pictures
One of the reasons I'm a huge fan of smugmug is because they've made it possible for their customers to enhance and extend their web pages. I wanted to have a gallery…
A handy reference for SmugMug tweaking
If you're like me and like to adjust the look and feel of your SmugMug site then you'll love this: a visual reference for the SmugMug Class and DIV IDs. I was…
Now that’s just damn smart
I've made no secret of how much I love SmugMug. Great price, straight-forward UI, unlimited photo storage, open APIs... blah, blah, blah. You want loyal customers? Simple: make a great product and support…
New Nikon gear announced… Reeves considers a life of crime
Nikon announced some rather drool inducing product today. The new bodies and lenses have me looking into my camera bag and feeling rather inadequate. I turn my gaze into my wallet and…
Nikkor 105mm micro – 2 months in
Back in May when Paula and I were state-side for her graduation we picked up a couple of presents for ourselves: a Nikon D40X for Paula and a Nikon 105mm macro lens…
Curious avian behavior
Last November when Paula and I were in Rome we saw a fascinating thing: a swirling cloud of birds which, viewed from a distance, looked more like smoke or a swarm of…
Photo tip: get a good, compact flashlight
I'm betting that you, like me, have been to plenty of cool places where your eyes could adjust to a dark space but getting a picture in the poorly-lit space was nigh-on-impossible. A…
What makes an interesting self portrait?
As I was browsing my friend network via my space... yes, I may yet breathe some life back into it... but I digress... I came across this self portrait in Tim's space: …
Pictures from Salzburg trip are posted
It took a day-and-a-half to upload all of them, so that should probably warn you off... there are a ton (583 to be exact). I'm not really sure you want to go…