Photo Geek

Wednesday morning started early as I prepared to present the Canon three hour EOS Discovery Day for Pro Photo Supply in Portland.  The class had approximately 50 people.  You couldn’t ask for a better place to do a presentation.  The gardens are always beautiful. 
In the eventing Canon Explorer of Light David Stoecklein spoke and presented [...]

The lates verion of DPP has been released on the Canon website.  Here’s the Change History
1. Changes for Digital Photo Professional 3.4 1-1.
Adds the luminance noise reduction function for TIFF/JPEG images You can make this setting with the [Tool Palette] tab in [Preferences] and the [NR/LENS] tab from the tool palette. 1-3. Adds a lens [...]

I spent some time in Ashland Oregon prior to driving up to Portland.  I went in and visited Lithia Park and found it full of outstanding photo opportunities.  My interest in this particualr park was a discussion with the owner of Bach’s Camera in Medford Oregon about a digital safari to the park in the near [...]

Today I will be spending the day at Bach’s Camera’s Canon Day.  I will be talking about the new Rebel XSi, PowerShots lenses and equipment.  I will also be answering question, troubleshooting and offering suggestions on how to produce better photos.
I will also be doing an EOS Discover Day for Bach’s Camera.  The class will be [...]

 I recently ran across a great Canon Japan webiste on basic DSLR instructions. 

Visit the website at: http://web.canon.jp/imaging/enjoydslr/part1/1B.html

Each month Chuck Westfall offers great insight as he answers questions from consumers of Canon Digital Cameras.  Read this month’s edition where he covers RAW vs JPG, Flash setup and color differences between different camera models.
check out th Tech Tips Here

Today was the second day of Idaho Camera’s 2nd Annual Idaho Photographic Expo!  Besides sitting behind a counter and talking about the cameras I gave two classes.
At 11:00AM-1:00PM I did a two hour basic DSLR class.  I centered the class around the XTi and XSi.  A few minutes before the class started I only had [...]

I love BBQ. I try to find a good place in every town I go to and in Boise Idaho Goodwood BBQ is the best hands down. The menu selections is great and their BBQ sauce is delicious with several to choose from. Often it’s tough to choose what to get, but their platters eliminate [...]

I’ll be doing some trainings at the Idaho Camera Photographic Expo.
the Agenda is as follows. I will be teaching the bolded items.