Photos Puyallup Fair in Black and White First time shooting the Puyallup Fair in monochrome with the Leica Q2 Monochrom (yellow filter attached). First three portraits were edited, but all other photos are straight out of camera.
Photos Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island Next time you're on Bainbridge Island, this is a destination worth stopping at. All photos were shot with a Nikon Z8, a 14-24mm lens, and edited using Lightroom.
Photos Edinburgh, St. Andrews, and the Highlands of Scotland All photos were captured using a FUJIFILM GFX100S, FUJINON GF20-35mm, or an iPhone 14 Pro Max. Edits were performed using Lightroom on an iPhone. The backpack I used to carry the GFX is the Shimoda Designs Action X25 V2 Starter Kit.
Nikon Z8 Nikon Z8 Recall - AGAIN! Please check out my previous article regarding the lens mount recall as a preface to this article: Nikon Z8 RecallThe very first day of owning the Z8, I decided I was going to update the firmware on all of my lenses. It’s something that has been neglected for some
Nikon Z8 Nikon Z8 Recall The very first day of owning the Z8, I decided I was going to update the firmware on all of my lenses. It's something that has been neglected for some time, but upon aquiring the new camera, it seemed like the thing to do. Everything was going fine until I
Photos Day 3 with the Nikon Z8 and a Glitch with the NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S Lens Today's family and friend adventure led us to the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. It's the first time that I've experienced a glitch with the Z8. Specifically when shooting with the NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S lens and the in body image stabilization set to
Photos Day 2 of Testing the Nikon Z8 Straight out of camera in vivid mode. Camera still darn near focuses by itself. Used DX crop mode with the seals as I only had an 85mm attached. The high megapixels really help with the quality of the images in DX mode.
Photos Nikon Z8 - First Thoughts You don't even need to try and focus! The one mistake I made is I set the auto ISO speed too low 1/125 of a second. I should have set it to something like 1/500, but whatever. First casual outing, auto 3d select / subject detection. Standard picture profile.
Photos Dash Point State Park and Fremont Market Used the Fujiflim X-H2 this weekend with the 16mm f/1.4 for the beach photos and 18mm f/1.4 for the pictures from the market. All photos are straight out of camera JPEGs.
Photos Gnome Hunting in Maple Valley All photos were taken with a Leica Q2 Monochrom and edited using Capture One.
Computers This Blog is Hosted on an Orange Pi 5 Years ago, I purchased a Raspberry Pi 4. It's an amazing little unit, which is now configured as an Adguard Home appliance which blocks ads and inappropriate content for my youngest daughter on all of her devices. I'm not sure why, but there hasn't been a Raspberry 5 since then,
Photos Anita Baillie and David Arnold Karate Edge Black Belt Test - Caution Over 100MB Post and YouTube Embeds Yesterday, two of my karate friends tested for their black belts. I was there to capture the action.
Photos Mega Photo Dump Test An initial test to see how well this Orange Pi can host and serve images.
Blogging Meta Verified Means Instagram is Dead Meta has just put the final nail in the coffin. Instagram has become a pay to play platform. If you want your content shown, it'll cost you. Organic growth is a thing of the past.
