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Connie’s View of Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Evanston, IL
18Feb12 • Beezodog • Comments Off
Summary Calvary Catholic Cemetery lies in Evanston, IL. Like several of the others we have visited it is full of very old and very lovely mausoleums. Serving the Catholic Community Since 1837 The history of Catholic Cemeteries in the Archdiocese of Chicago actually predates establishment of the diocese. The first Catholic cemeteries were churchyard cemeteries [...]
There Are Simply Too Many Notes
17Feb12 • Beezodog • Comments Off
Summary Emperor Joseph II: My dear young man, don’t take it too hard. Your work is ingenious. It’s quality work. And there are simply too many notes, that’s all. Just cut a few and it will be perfect. Mozart: Which few did you have in mind, Majesty? –Amadeus (1984) Critical Opinions I am not a [...]
A Gorgeous Sunset Day
16Feb12 • Beezodog • Comments Off
Summary I previously owned the P7000. I got it just to have it available to walk around everyday with and so that my my wife would have something simple to use. She likes taking pictures but she doesn’t want to really learn the ins and outs of photography. She used the P7000 a couple of [...]
Trey’s Variety Hour 19 – Are DSLRs forever?
16Feb12 • Beezodog • Comments Off
Uploaded by stuckincustoms on Jan 13, 2012 What’s going on with the future of cameras? How are many pros thinking about this? DSLRs versus mirrorless? Join me, Zack Arias, Gordon Laing from Cameralabs.com , Frederick Van Johnson, James Brandon, Kelli Seeger Kim, RC Concepcion. And thanks to Dave Veffer and Keith Barrett!
Some Observations on i-TTL
15Feb12 • Beezodog • Comments Off
Summary The preview Forum on the Nikon 1 V1 had a comment entered today. The question is how accurate are the remarks? We will put them to the test, but first here is the unedited text from the thread: The SB-5N operates is i-TTL compatible. That means it should operate in 2 different modes. 1. [...]
Primer: Best Flash Settings for Nikon 1 V1
14Feb12 • Beezodog • Comments Off
Summary Among the things that aggravates the long time DSLR user is the way in which the SB-N5 Speedlight performs with the Nikon 1 V1. You can use this camera is Smart Scene Selection mode with an auto sensitivity of A3200 (i.e. ISO 100 to ISO 3200) but if you want very consist results you [...]
A Valentine from the Past – 2012
14Feb12 • Beezodog • Comments Off
Summary Valentine’s Day is one of those occasions when everyone gets to eat chocolates and drink their favorite champagne with their dearest love and allow the world to drift by in silence. It is fitting that this holiday comes at a point in deep winter when it can be enjoyed best. Today I spent some [...]
St. Valentine’s Day Eve Images
13Feb12 • Beezodog • Comments Off
Summary The snow is about to return to Illinois, so it was out to get a few pictures before heading into the city to pick up Connie. My “target” was Batavia. Last summer we found a quaint vehicle that was used in parades in the town. It was some sort of vintage VW Bus that [...]
Death and Eternity 2012
12Feb12 • Beezodog • Comments Off
Summary Nikon1-Aperture-Post-Processing (PDF) Whitney Houston is dead at the age of 48. When I heard that news yesterday it was with a sense of regret that her life had ended so soon. I always wanted her to have another chance at doing what she did with unparalleled beauty and that was sing “I Will Always [...]
Saturday Before St. Valentine’s Day – 2012
11Feb12 • Beezodog • Comments Off
Summary When the temperatures drop in Chicagoland everyone bundles up to avoid getting frostbite. Today was no exception. The ground was covered with a dusting of snow that had fallen the night before and the barometric pressure sent my arthritis pain through the roof. But a few milligrams of aspirin fortunately did the trick. So [...]
Primer: Aperture 3 RAW Post Processing
11Feb12 • Beezodog • Comments Off
Summary A Note About RAW Data As with so many things in life having access to the RAW data that comes out of your camera’s sensor would probably be of little value. Why? Because it would lack “context”. That is what makes ADJUSTMENTS so very essential in Aperture. Without knowing how changing a particular variable will effect your image you [...]
DeKalb Wind Turbines – Redux
9Feb12 • Beezodog • Comments Off
Summary Following the issuance of the Firmware 1.11 update to the Nikon 1 V1 I have been trying to determine what if any changes in the general responses of the CX sensor have occurred as a result of a “fix” to prevent overexposure when the SB-N5 Speedlight is used in DIRECT mode (vs. BOUNCE mode). [...]
Full Moon Plus One
8Feb12 • Beezodog • Comments Off
Summary Yesterday was a full moon. Three fellows in the wee hours of the morning decided to enter Interstate 80 going down the off ramp and driving headlong into the oncoming traffic. The driver whose car they hit was killed instantly. Two of these guys died in the crash as well. When interviewed by the [...]
Around Town Images
7Feb12 • Beezodog • Comments Off
Summary Today was the day that Nikon released update 1.11 to its firmware for the Nikon 1 V1. I installed the version that was on the European website deciding not to wait until the guys stateside had eaten their donuts and drunk their coffee before mounting the same for us Yanks. The primary purpose of [...]
Super Bowl Sunday 2012 – Images
5Feb12 • Beezodog • Comments Off
Summary Did you ever get to wondering why Super Bowl Sunday seems anti-climactic when your team is not in the game? I certainly like football but frankly as with baseball and basketball I tend to be a “homer”. If my team is not there in that game for the championship I have a very difficult [...]
Romancing the Stone in Ottawa
5Feb12 • Beezodog • Comments Off
Summary On Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year I visited the Ottawa site of the original Lincoln and Douglas Debates. A few days later Dotsie Corwin sent a copy of the photography you see to the right. It shows her and Connie’s father Lloyd (L) with his father Wilmer (R) on a historic sites [...]
Primer: Choosing a Bag for the Nikon 1 V1
4Feb12 • Beezodog • Comments Off
Nikon1-Camera-Bags (PDF) Summary Cameras like the NIkon 1 V1 are small. They have small sensors and as a result lenses that are smaller in diameter than a standard digital single lens reflex camera (DSLR). But despite their petite size you still need some means of carrying around the camera, flash and up to three lenses [...]
Primer: Taming High Dynamic Range Scenes
1Feb12 • Beezodog • Comments Off
Nikon1-Dynamic-Range-Control (PDF) Summary As good as digital cameras have become they still are plagued by contrasty scenes. The film camera users of the past employed a technique where they “exposed for the shadows and developed for the highlights”. If the scene was exceptionally contrasty the photographer had to use a delicate agitation scheme during the [...]
Overcast but Bright
31Jan12 • Beezodog • Comments Off
Summary The weather today was mild (nearly 60° F) but overcast and windy. A few bicyclists ventured out but for the most part today belonged to the runners in Naperville, IL. Today I went in search of structures that photographed well against the strong low-angled light from the setting sun. My first stop was the [...]
First Grade!
29Jan12 • Beezodog • Comments Off
Summary Dotsie Corwin (Connie’s sister) sent this photo she discovered while combing through their mother’s scrapbooks. Wow! Click the photo to enlarge it. You can find Connie sitting in the second row, second from the left.
