How to Use Noiseware to Reduce Noise

April 19, 2011 by 8 Comments

Noise – what the heck is it? Noise is the digital graininess images sometimes have. How does noise get on the pictures? There are two main ways to cause noise: Using a high ISO (although new cameras can handle higher ISOs better than older cameras) Underexposing a picture will introduce noise to the image, despite […]

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Dreaming of a New Home Office

April 13, 2011 by 7 Comments

I have a dream….. That one day the bedroom-turned-office would be well organized and functional. That the office would be a place that I did not avoid rather that I enjoyed being in and thus got more work done. That I could go there to relax and talk with friends or read a book; that […]

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The Flashbus Workshop {a review}

April 6, 2011 by 2 Comments

I have been wanting to learn more about flash photography so Monday I skipped out on my motherly and wifely duties and attended the Flashbus workshop in Durham, North Carolina with my sweet sister-turned-partner-in-camera-equipment-addiction, Kirstie. The “Flashbus Tour” is a traveling workshop featuring two big-name flash photographers Joe McNally and David Hobby (The Strobist). Over […]

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Dual Citizenship {Mac and PC}

April 1, 2011 by 8 Comments

Hello!!! I am posting for the first time via my new (refurbished) 15 inch Macbook Pro laptop. Yep, I now have “dual citizenship” …. I belong in both the PC world, with my custom built PC desktop, and in the Mac world, with this lovely little Macbook. Why the heck did I want dual citizenship? […]

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