Photo Geek

First impressions of the new Rebel XS.

Photo shoot with Freda Adaja. 

I have had my iPhone for a week now, and if you will allow me to jump to the bottom line, I love it! 

When working with the Canon flash system, either the pop up or the External flash, you have two options or metering: Evaluative and Average.

Most people never figure out how the two differ, for in fact the look the same in many situations.  Here I show where the differences would most likely be noticed.

Each month Chuck Westfall from Canon USA answers questions with insightful answers in The Digital Photo Journalist.This months issue he covers: 

Is there a list somewhere that mentions whether a Canon IS lens has tripod-sensing capabilities?
Using the WFT-E2A with an external hard drive the drive does not connect. Why?
Why did Canon not put a focus limiter [...]

Fireworks taking at Lake Union, Seattle Washington on July 4th 2008 from Gasworks Park.

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This was my first venture in many years to Gasworks Park on the 4th of July.  Jockeying for a good position to shoot the fireworks wan not easy, but well worth the effort.  Next time I will check carefully for the location of [...]

Ah, the joy of getting out of the big city, smog, traffic lights, full parking lots and of course bumper to bumper traffic jams. I loved trading San Francisco and Northern California for the big Sky of Montana and Wyoming.But alas, with the new territory come new challenges.  Above is one of two “traffic jams” [...]

After watching my friends make lots of money over the last year I finally decided to jump in and join the ITV Ventures. Although this is a MLM type company, it is very different in a three important ways.

You don’t have to talk to your friends to sponsor.
You don’t have to call on people to [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

Natalie’s photos for her Seagals tryout.

Pro Photo Macro Photography class at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm in Woodburn Oregon.

Dance-0117 Orton Originally uploaded by occecidI further enhanced the dreamy effect through a technique known as Orton photography. Two of the same photo that are over exposed one full stopped are combined. One is sharp while the other is out of focus. The effect is a soft photo with a sharp core.
Dance Theatrics is a group [...]

2008 Winter Wings Festival in Klamath Falls, Oregon.