It seems some people have been interested in the various product reviews I have done, so I thought what better way than to find a small selection of more recent product reviews I have done for other people. Futurelooks.com Futurelooks.com is run by Stephen Fung and crew. I first got on board with with Futurelooks back in about 2002 while working as a Computer Specialist for London Drugs. Since then I have … Continue Reading »
While watching Hell's Kitchen last night, there was a moment where the chefs were having their food creations photographed. What I noticed was that the photographer was tethering his camera to a nearby laptop. This had me realize that Adobe Lightroom 3 has a tether capture feature! I had to try it out as I had to do some product shots for an upcoming camera review. I set up my Canon … Continue Reading »
I don't know how many of you out there know that I'm going back to school in September, well I am. Full-time too! Yup, I'm going to BCIT and taking their 2-year Full-time CST (Computer Systems Technology) program for a diploma. I will then have up to 7 years to complete the last 2 years for a Bachelors. Anyway, I'm fairly excited about it. The funny thing is, it's the … Continue Reading »
Lately Robyn has been enjoying her Blackberry Curve 8530 and we've been looking at various cases to help protect it against bumps and scratches. Funny enough, Shawn from OCIA was giving away a Blackberry Curve case to anyone who had a phone that would fit. I quickly got in touch with Shawn and he was able to ship me the case for Robyn. First Impressions Right off the bat the design of … Continue Reading »
One of the items that some photographers might over look are the faster card readers. Depending on what camera equipment you use to capture your images with, the file sizes of those photos are starting to get larger and larger. I don't know about you, but with my current camera body (Canon EOS 7D) my RAW files are roughly 22MB in file size. Take into account I can easily shoot … Continue Reading »
Whenever I talk to someone about my Canon 7D, I am always asked how I like the video portion of it. I tell them I have never used the video portion of the camera and don't have really any plans of doing so. It seems most people who use the Canon 7D use it to shoot videos, and until today, I have not used the video feature at all. I … Continue Reading »
One thing that has been bugging me is my camera body, Canon EOS 450D aka Digital Rebel XSi. A while back ago I managed to sort of break my Canon XSi when a small mishap occurred, the camera fell over (while on a tripod) and jammed the EF 50mm f1.8 I had on it. Ever since then, one of the connectivity pins inside the camera (mainly the one that talks … Continue Reading »
The other day while sorting out the various memory cards I have, I came across one that was getting a bit roughed up. My Canon XSi (EOS 450D) takes SD (secure digital) memory, though I do tend to use SDHC (secure digital high capacity) cards more because of their large capacity allowances. I haven't used very many cards, but I do remember my first one was a Kingston 4GB SDHC … Continue Reading »
One of the aspects of photography that is a bit hard to swallow is the price of the gear, and with that comes the choice of what camera gear should be on my list next. The more that I get into photography the more I find myself thinking, "Oh man, wish I had such and such with me", when I am at an event I am photographing. I look over … Continue Reading »
Most of us have a space we use for our computer work, right? When Robyn and I talked about moving in for the first time I was thrilled to set up my computer in the corner window so that while I worked hour after hour in front of my computers I would have a pretty cool view. Granted we don't have a spare room for my computer so Robyn refers … Continue Reading »