revjim.net

From this point out, I'm changing everything. Because I can. Because I should. Because it'll make me happier.

I've been doing some research into High Speed Sync (aka Auto FP in the Nikon world) and its effects on maximum flash distance.
Essentially, in these High Speed Sync Modes, the Flash is staying "on" (actually, it's just pulsing really fast) for the entire time of the exposure. Despite the fact that with HSS, we're talking [...]

Jess and I are thinking about going camping this weekend. Somewhere close to home as a sort of trial run for camping with the baby. It's supposed to get down as low as 40F or maybe even 35F so some of you can just stop reading now.
We're looking at one of the following parks in [...]

Radio Popper is the new kid on the block when it comes to wireless radio strobe triggers. In fact, they are so new you can't even buy the product just yet. But, when you can, the promise the difference will worth the wait. And I, for one, believe them.
There are basically two product types Radio [...]

I took today off as well knowing I would want to spend some time with Jess and Celeste to make up for the weekend as well as getting my bags unpacked, all my equipment cleaned, and my images at least mostly processed.  It's not starting off well.
First, I realized that my mobile blogging method wasn't [...]

(due to a glitch in my mobile blogging software you're just seeing this now. It was originally posted on 2008-03-15 at 5:48am)
Left decatur around 8am. Arrived at hotel around 2PM. Lots of stops along the way.
After getting situated in the hotel, we went to the canyon. Half of the group hiked down into it and [...]

(due to a glitch in my mobile blogging software, you're just now seeing this. It was originally posted on 2008-03-16 at 8:15am)
Aside from the aforementioned broken lens, yesterday was awesome.
I photographed wild turkeys and even managed to get a tom to eat right out of my hand.
I saw lots of beautiful birds and even got [...]

(due to a glitch in my mobile blogging method, you're just seeing this now. It was originally posted on 2008-03-15 at 6:15am)
I've never watched C-SPAN this early in the morning but… Is this program for real? There's a guy reading news articles directly out of various newspapers. The camera shows his hands holding the article [...]

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }
.flickr-yourcomment { }
.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }
.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }

Lens go boom, originally uploaded by DanielJames.

I am a very sad Daniel. I dropped my big lens. On the plus side, an amarillo guy was really nice and lent me his.
(Sent via Blackberry)

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }
.flickr-yourcomment { }
.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }
.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }

Cadillac ranch, originally uploaded by DanielJames.

(Sent via Blackberry)