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4th of July Fireworks Photography

6 July, 2008 (14:28) | Canon, Jim Dicecco, My Photography, Review, Uncategorized | No comments

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 [...]

Jackson Hole to Boise find

31 May, 2008 (23:56) | Uncategorized | No comments

This week has been one of lots of travel and adventure. Taking some time off in Whitefish Montana with relitives I headed to Jackson Hole Wyoming. There I visited DD Camera Corel for a dealer training and to enjoy the area.

On my trip from Jackson Hole to Boise Idaho I ran into two abandon houses [...]

Chuck Westfall’s Tech Tips

4 May, 2008 (19:12) | Uncategorized | No comments

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

Goodwood BBQ

3 May, 2008 (06:03) | Uncategorized | No comments

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 [...]

1D Mark III Firmware upgrade

30 April, 2008 (18:50) | Uncategorized | No comments

1D Mark III Firmware upgrade

I just upgraded my 1D Mark III firmware to version 1.2.3
I have to say thanks to Canon for the inclusion of two of my most missed features: selecting focusing points with the multi contoler and wireless control of multiple flashs.
Below are some of the changes in the new firmware

The functional multicontroller now can select all [...]

Upgraded Wordpress to version 2.5.1

25 April, 2008 (20:58) | Uncategorized | No comments

Ah, it only took one day to reports some bugs and produce a new upgrade.
I’ve upgraded Wordpress to version 2.5.1 and verfied plug-ins for compatibility. This version fixes some bugs reported in version 2.5

Upgraded Wordpress to version 2.5

24 April, 2008 (08:35) | Uncategorized | No comments

I’ve upgraded my blog software to Wordpress ver 2.5 and will do some testing over the next several days.  I had originally installed version 2.5 but had some glitches and went back to version 2.3.  I seems the upgraded works better then the full install.

Just received my XSi

8 April, 2008 (00:10) | Uncategorized | No comments

Just got my XSi and charged the battery.  Played a bit with DPP 3.3.1.1.
Sample images will be posted after the release of this camera to the public.