A Week With A View: Hiking

A Week With A View: June 29, 2009

A Week With A View

A Week With A View

Using RSS, APIs, and web services to plan a photowalk

I just got a new prime lens for my Nikon D90 and want to take it out for a spin. I also want to do a very casual social meetup with fellow local shutterbugs to do it. This raised an important question for me - when in Boston is the best time to go for a photo walk? Too early and you miss the good stuff, too late and you miss the good stuff, wait too long and everyone's calendar is full. Naturally, I turned to APIs and RSS for the answer. Here's how.

4 Steps to a DIY Lightbox

I was messing around with my D90 today and was thinking about lightboxes. If you're not familiar with a lightbox, it's a controlled photo environment, like a pint-sized studio, that lets you take close up shots of items for sites like eBay or Craigslist. Most of the systems out there for amateurs rage from $25 - $100 - which for what a lightbox does, seems awfully pricey. I decided to see what I could do at home with a small amount of materials on the cheap.

Photographers: What are your fall foliage tips?

It's that time of year again in New England:

Transmitting Essence in Social Media

Transmitting Essence in Social Media

Seriously, what are those guys smoking?

Nikon D40 + iPod Touch Flash Trick

Occasionally I find myself in environments where I'd like to use the flash because it's dark, but either I'm so close that the flash will wash out everything, or it'll give the photo that "frat party photo" feel, neither of which is usually what I'm aiming for. I've got a speed flash that can be angled, but I don't carry it everywhere I go, because at some point I start to look like I need a sherpa. Here's a fun trick that works almost as well as a real angled flash.

Great Saturday afternoon drive

Lots of relaxation and thinking.

A Nikon D40 Conversation

A Nikon D40 Conversation