How to: Tight macro of a Crocus.
I had a question about how I got a REALLY tight shot on a Crocus. So, first the set up: There were two Foam Boards. The black was used as a background and the white was used to help reflect the light a bit. The white also worked as a ...
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May 20, 2009
A rainbow over Boise.
Yesterday, I was running out the door, and happened to toss my camera in the car… when it was raining? What was I thinking? Well, I was thinking I should have my camera with me, just in case… and I am VERY happy I did that! As ...
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April 29, 2009
A year of pictures
This was meant to be posted on April 12th, but I wasn’t able to do it. I have now had my Canon XSi for a whole year. Thanks to this utility, I was able to get a picture count of 11,663 pictures. Considering I took 1,327 total with ...
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April 16, 2009
Bacon Explosion
I did it. I made my first Bacon Explosion. The Bacon Explosion is the brain child of BBQ Addicts. It has since been featured all over the internet, and elsewhere, including The New York Times. So, yes, this was VERY good. Think of a bacon covered meatloaf, ...
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February 14, 2009
Recipe – Carne Asada Fries
This came from a conversation with my girlfriend. She is from California, and that is a regional food dish in southern California, with some suggesting it originate from San Diego. After some research on the internet and talking to her, this is what we came up with. ...
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February 4, 2009
Project 365 – Week 5
Today marks week FIVE of Project 365. I played around a bit more with mundane items. I think the baseball worked out VERY well, and I know that it is one of my fairly popular pictures on Flickr. I had other exciting news. I have done ...
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February 1, 2009
Amazon 1-day sale – Lightroom!
For today only, Amazon is running a GREAT DEAL on Lightroom 2.0! This is what I use as the first step of my workflow. Lightroom is GREAT for cataloging, tagging, and editing your photos. I highly recommend this as your first step, as well. I have ...
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January 27, 2009
Project 365 – Week 4
This marks week 4 of Project 365. We travelled up to Bogus basin, went to Gymnastics, took pictures of miniatures, did a couple of creative things, took a picture of the statehouse, and then phoned one in. :-) This is my favorite for the week. This ...
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January 25, 2009
Above the Clouds and in the Fog
Tanya, Madi, and I took a trip up to Bogus today to take pictures. The cloud/fog layer dissipated somewhere between 5000 and 6000 feet opening up a great vista, of clouds. I have only seen this once before, and it is truly breathtaking. In the fog layer, ...
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January 18, 2009
Project 365 – Week 3
Week 3 has arrived. It is a little difficult at times getting good pictures. A few of these, I phoned in, and were not nearly as good as I would have liked. But, I did keep doing 1 picture a day. Woods in HDR: Idaho City Woods and ...
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January 17, 2009
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