New PhotoShelter Widget!

I’ve changed the photos in my sidebar. In the early days of this blog I had a WordPress based gallery called Next-Gen Gallery to display and sell my photos. At the time it made sense to use the corresponding Next-Gen Gallery Widget. It made thumbnails of my photos in the sidebar. When you clicked the [...]

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Sossusvlei…

Sossusvlei…, originally uploaded by LandKat. Sossusvlei, Namibia (Pronounced “Sauce us Flay” -Like you’re asking Bobby Flay for more sauce.) I blog about GIMP but I use PhotoShop too. This photo was processed in PhotoShop using a plugin called Topaz Adjust. The plugin gives you adjustment options for exposure and contrast, detail, color, and noise. Topaz [...]

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Be Back Soon! We’re Back!

My husband and I are headed out for our three week camping trip in Africa. We’ll be traveling through South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, and Zambia. And yes, I’m taking my camera along with some other gear that I’ll describe when we’re back in the States. I expect to have loads to talk about when we [...]

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Be Back Soon! We're Back!

My husband and I are headed out for our three week camping trip in Africa. We’ll be traveling through South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, and Zambia. And yes, I’m taking my camera along with some other gear that I’ll describe when we’re back in the States. I expect to have loads to talk about when we [...]

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Learn GIMP Fast

GIMP is a powerful photo editor and image manipulator with lots of options and tools. It can be overwhelming to see all of those new icons, buttons, and windows right out of the box. A well circulated tutorial posted in a gimptalk.com forum in 2005 is supposed to help you learn the GIMP interface in [...]

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Photo Storage and Memory

You want to take pictures on your trip. You want to take lots of pictures. You should, that’s part of the beauty of digital photography. Not being limited to a 24 exposure roll of film is great. You just have to figure out how to manage all of those photos when you’re on the go. [...]

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Four Group Photo Problems Solved

Spring brings with it warmer weather, hopping bunnies, and cute kids running around in their finest attire. How could you not take pictures of this stuff? If you’re like me and don’t get to see your family as often as you’d like, group pictures this time of year are especially nice to snap. To make [...]

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More than Automatic

Ever thought about setting your camera to a mode that’s Not ? The camera chooses all of the settings it needs when you use an automatic mode. Semi-manual modes let you choose a few important settings while your camera fills in the rest. Using these modes is a great way to get more control over [...]

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What kind of file should you ‘Save As’?

When you take pictures with your camera you may be able to choose the kind of file your camera saves the image as.  Once they’re on your computer you definitely have options in the ‘Save as’ category. Each file format has it’s up sides and sown sides. These formats are important to know about to [...]

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What kind of file should you 'Save As'?

When you take pictures with your camera you may be able to choose the kind of file your camera saves the image as.  Once they’re on your computer you definitely have options in the ‘Save as’ category. Each file format has it’s up sides and sown sides. These formats are important to know about to [...]

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