Posts Tagged ‘Reviews’


Awww! Lensbaby is All Grown Up Now

A couple of weeks ago I went to Phoenix for the Imaging USA expo and came back with some goodies. My biggest prize was getting a sweet deal on the new Lensbaby Composer. (more…)

Imaging USA: A Retrospective

If you’re linked to me on Facebook or MySpace, you probably know that I attended the 129th annual Imaging USA conference & expo in Phoenix, Arizona this past weekend. This was my first time in going to this conference, and I had a few items on my agenda which I felt were worthy of the travel expenses: (more…)

Adobe Lightroom 2.2 – Now Twice as Slow!

Yesterday saw the latest update from Adobe for Lightroom 2. Among other enhancements, this update promised an improved performance with the adjustment brush, which was certainly an issue I’ve had often in the past. I was stoked to get faster response times in Lightroom so I quickly downloaded and installed the update. Unfortunately, afterwords I actually noticed a signifigant drop in speed overall in comparison to the previous update. (more…)

MySpace is a prude!

Ok, so a web site itself cannot be a prude, but the people behind it are.

Last night I posted some images from one of my latest shoots, carefully choosing them based on the knowledge that MySpace does have “decency” guidelines for the images you upload, which I understand the need for. I thought I had done a pretty good job. (more…)

Review: Paul Buff’s CyberSync™ Transmitter & Receiver

Lately I’ve been doing much more on-location shooting, but the act of packing up my studio lights is quite a chore and hoping to have access to a decent electrical outlet can be disappointing. The setup and break down of this equipment saps a good 20-30 minutes of my time and makes everyone (that showed up on time, that is) wait for me to be ready. But lately I’ve become intrigued by the techniques employed by the Strobist community and decided I would go light and do it their way. (more…)