There is nothing so annoying as to have two people go right on talking when you’re interrupting -Mark Twain Kia ora tatou: As most of you know, I am a digital guy now. My friend, Doc Ross, is a fine artist and film guy (that makes two of them I know). Recently we faced off [...]
Kia ora tatou: Here, for you Mac users, is the wonderful advice Donald has sent me about keeping your Macs running sweetly. BTW, the evangelist on the right is Steve Jobs. Mac fanboys genuflect to him daily. PC users may know of him….in the same way we may have heard of Knockemstiff, Ohio..but who wants [...]
Data: Canon 1DS Mk II, EF 100-400/4.5-5.6L, 1/640 @ f5.0, ISO 100 Paint what you really see, not what you think you ought to see; not the object isolated as in a test tube, but the object enveloped in sunlight and atmosphere, with the blue dome of Heaven reflected in the shadows. ::: Claude Monet [...]
Today a good friend and mentor passed away. A number of you will know him. Richard (Dick) Poole, my friend and mentor of some 20 years, died in his sleep yesterday morning after a battle with cancer. Like the late Brian Curtis, he was one of the grand old men of New Zealand photography, one [...]
Kia ora tatou: I was recently asked to participate in a debate this coming weekend, in which the Motion is: that digital photography is dancing on the grave of film photography. I am to be the 3rd speaker for the affirmative, so it relatively easy to take that stance. The more I thought about it [...]
Kia ora tatou: No geeky posts or software updates here. After a six-month hiatus, I have responded to Beth’s last post. While I have posted it in full on the appropriate page, I have decided to post it here as well. You may want to download it and read it over a glass of wine [...]
