Archive for category Photography
Long Live the Nikon SB600
Posted by RyanG in Photography on January 10, 2011
It’s been a bit over a year since I dropped my Nikon SB600, rendering it useless. When it happened I was able to disassemble the flash and identify the part which was damaged, but being a relative layman when it comes to circuit board components I didn’t know what to replace it with. Apparently though, [...]
Hacking the RadioPopper JrX
Posted by RyanG in Photography, Worklogs on September 17, 2009
Okay I know what you’re thinking, and no I didn’t figure out how to turn a basic reciever into a studio receiver, but sadly, I’m simply not that cool. What I did do however was open the boxes for my two new RadioPopper JrX Studio receivers, put batteries in them, test them (oohh pretty), then [...]
You get what you pay for, or less!
Posted by RyanG in Photography, Reviews on September 13, 2009
So you likely know that I recently dropped and broke my Nikon SB600 flash. Disappointed as I was about this, I was already thinking of how I’d replace it. My searches for Nikon compatible flashes had always included these apparently super affordable Phoenix flashes. Now, of course, I was always very suspicious of these for [...]
Like a flash in the pan
Posted by RyanG in Photography on September 7, 2009
Welp, my Nikon SB600, which I’ve had for about a year and a half now has officially been declared dead. After dropping it yesterday it simply wouldn’t turn on anymore. I popped it open today hoping to discover what went wrong, after getting it pretty well apart, I noticed this. Apparently the drop cracked the [...]
Of living insects, and dying electronics
Posted by RyanG in Photography, Quincy on September 6, 2009
We finally took Quincy to our local Museum of Natural History for the Butterflies Alive! exhibit. It’s been open for months now, and is ending September 21st. They’ve been doing this for years, and my wife and I have never visited. It was actually extraordinarily enjoyable, and I got some pretty nice photos, if I [...]
What Excites Professional Photogs?
Posted by RyanG in Photography, twitter on July 30, 2009
Okay, so this is almost two months overdue, but I wanted to share an observation and thought process I had courtesy of one of the professional photographers I follow on Twitter; AcmePhoto. The tweet was something along the lines of “I’ve got plenty of fireworks photos, so I left the SLR behind”. This was in [...]
Tethered Shooting – Professional Chimping?
Posted by RyanG in Photography, Rants on March 8, 2009
Okay, first.. This post/rant was inspired by a few tweets from Chase Jarvis. That said, I’m not throwing stones, or trying to start a fight. The topic just got me thinking and I wanted to share my train of thought. Chase, and any other professional who shots tethered, I’m actually jealous. I wish I could shoot tethered. Read [...]
I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for water today.
Posted by RyanG in Photography, Rants on February 12, 2009
For the past few weeks there have been a rash of issues with our water supply lines here in our apartment complex. We’ve been without cold or hot water or both for hours at a time. It’s culminated into our landlord deciding to basically gut our water lines and replace them. So since last Friday [...]
Super Special Chuck in 3D.. Riiiight
Posted by RyanG in Funny, Photography on February 5, 2009
For those of you who may have missed it, this week one of my favorite new(ish) sitcoms Chuck presented this episode in 3D. I had evidently missed the marketing campaign that mentioned that it would be in 3D, probably cause I’m not a big sports fan, and most of the hype was during the super [...]
Uploading to Flickr from Picasa on Linux
Posted by RyanG in Linux, Photography on December 14, 2008
When I performed my search for the perfect photo sharing solution, I fell in love with the Picasa desktop application. I even discovered that there is a linux version. However, as you’d likely expect, it didn’t really play nice as far as uploading photos to any photo sharing site other than Google’s Picasa Web Albums. [...]
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