2009 - Friday Sushi

Made Aperture work again in Snow Leopard

So I went to launch Aperture 2.1.4 in Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6.2) today and much to my surprise, […]

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For the love of music

As I sit here sipping a glass of 20-year-old Ramos Pinto and enjoying the sounds of a jazz trio, I

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Circular Photography

Recently I added a new vintage lens to my collection: a 1/2” Wollensak in a c-mount. C-mount lenses are commonly

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Lumix GH1, the independent filmmakers’ camera?

Unlike the current crop of video-capable DSLR cameras from Canon and Nikon, the Panasonic Lumix GH1 with its micro 4/3

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Night in the Lower Ninth Ward, AK (After Katrina)

A darkened bus slowly rolls along the dimly lit boulevard, eerie in nature but somehow not out of place. We

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Tried Lulu…

So I tried a little bit of self-publishing today with the creation of a photo calendar called “Reflection.” I had

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Three Decades of Personal Computing

After looking through old MacUser and MacWorld magazines, I started to think about all of the systems I’ve used over

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The “Snuffleupagus”

For many people this little DIY lens experiment looks nothing more than a different take on a bellows lens. In

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Retro photography mashed up with a Lumix G1

I’ve been settling in with my Lumix DMC-G1 and manual lens combination for a few months now, and have made some discoveries along the way. For the most part, I’ve been shooting exclusively with an f1.4 40mm Voigtlander Nokton in a Leica M-mount and the time has been wonderful. That said, owning a G1 and using manual lenses is a different kind of photographic experience and one that has, for me, become both a retro and instinctual excursion.

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