Join Me and Pete Collins for a Special Photowalk in Downtown Orlando

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This isn’t the first time I have held a photowalk in Orlando, but it’s the first time that it has been an Official Photoshop World Event. That’s right, this isn’t just your run of the mill photo walk. This is a private (free) photowalk on April 16th for anyone who signs up now for Photoshop [...]

Don’t Sell Yourself Short with Bad Photos

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Writing a lot of camera books means I am often buying equipment that I don’t intend to keep for very long. Sometimes I can sell back to the camera store but most times, I end up posting my gear on sites like ebay and CraigsList. I also do a lot of browsing on these sites [...]

FotoWeekDC Kicks Off This Friday

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Just a few days ago I wrote about the Nature Visions Photography Expo, which begins on Nov. 9th, but that’s not the only photo show around. For those of you with a more cosmopolitan side, check out the FotoWeekDC event, which also begins on the 9th and runs through the 18th of the month. Unlike [...]

2012 Nature Visions Photo Expo Coming Soon

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If you are going to be in the Manassas area in a week you might want to make plans to visit the 2012 Nature Visions Photo Expo. This annual event is full of workshops, lectures, a showcase of photographs of landscapes, wildlife, and flowers in their nature habitat created by local artists. There is also a [...]

Protecting Your Data with a Good Backup Plan

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As I sit here writing this, Hurricane Sandy is bending trees over in my backyard and the rain is pounding against the siding of my house. It’s a pretty big storm and it made me think about my back-up drives. I do regular back-ups and store all my images in raid drives but what would [...]