Archive for the ‘Tech Stuff’ Category
The TRUTH regarding Glossy VS. Matte Screens
A few days ago, my new friend Sarah posted in one of our local photography group forums a question about Mac screens. Her concern was regarding the quality of printed images that you get when using a glossy screen vs. Apple’s “upgrade” to a matte screen. The question was curious to me, as I’d never [...]
Apple’s App Store for Mac is ALIVE!
Remember that Apple’s App Store for Mac went live today. As the name implies, it’s THE place to by applications for your Apple computer. Just like the iOS App Store, it’s super easy to use. Just click the App Store icon in your Dock to access the fun. If you don’t have the icon in [...]
Review: Square – Credit Card Payment App/Service
As forewarning, this post isn’t about cameras. This post is about how to get paid for what you do with your camera. Specifically, how to take credit card payments. For those not aware, accepting credit card payments through traditional methods hasn’t been super hard but it wasn’t super friendly either. Businesses would typically sign up [...]
Review: SanDisk RescuePRO Recovery Software
It’s Christmas Day. Everything is crazy. Driving to visit family. Making sure everything is packed & all the gifts are ready to go. Add to that a sick baby, and you have a recipe for photographic disaster. In the middle of setting up lights & testing exposure at the grandparents house, I decided to reformat [...]
Can you beat your camera’s sync speed?
I’ve mentioned this before, but those not aware I’m one of the Admins for our local Flickr group called South Atlanta Flickr. A fine group of people if I do say so myself. Last week my friend and fellow SAFer Jessica Renwick started a post about using her new AlienBee 1600 mono light with high [...]
Understanding Color Profiles
The other day I read a post that my friend and fellow “big daddy” Mr. Jason Morrison posted to his photo/design blog. He noticed that when he viewed images in different browsers, they sometimes looked different. If you are interested in the details, he posts more about it here, but the gist is that he [...]
iPad Camera Connection Kit: Not iPhone compatible
The title says it all. As you know, I’m iPad-less till either tomorrow or the following Friday. That didn’t stop Apple from teasing me by delivering my iPad Camera Connection Kit today. I preordered it right after the first iPad was delivered earlier this month. Since I didn’t have an iPad to plug it into, [...]
iPad Review: iPhone vs. iPad
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard the iPad referred to as a big iPod Touch or a big iPhone. If it is or isn’t really is not any of my concern. What I want to know is, does the iPad do something better than the computers that I already have. I’ll use [...]
Review: Apple iPad
Much has been said as of late about the iPad. It’s the newest computing device from Apple, and in recent years that alone is enough to start drama. In the photographer community there has been a lot of discussion as to its relevance in our business. Everyone wants to know what can it do for [...]
Review: Drobo Storage Robot
In this digital age, I’m a big fan of redundancy & backup. I discussed my backup strategy a few months ago in a previous post. I think it’s important to have a plan. One aspect of mine was a product that I had read a lot about for a few years, but only started using [...]
