One of the tricks of the trade that I’ve seen used most often, and have only recently started experimenting with myself, is making slight adjustments to the shutter speed of a photo. This is especially common when taking a photo of running water of some sort, whether it be a stream, white-water, or some sort of…
I’ve often said that one of the biggest parts of getting a good photo is just being in the right place at the right time. It’s pure luck. Of course, you can’t get lucky if you aren’t out taking photos, and going to places where good photos are likely, so there is a little bit more…
Just a few things that have struck me about my new Vista machine: OK, so Dell announced on June 18 that they were going to allow customers the option to not have some pre-installed software. I ordered my system the week before that and saw that option, how new is it really? This system came…
I didn’t even realize that Microsoft had disabled the ability to dock the quick launch bar on the right or left of the screen, forcing it to stay down with the taskbar. That is, I didn’t realize it until I just tried to move mine! Since I like to hide all the desktop icons and…
I got to work this morning and the new super-charged, powerful machine wouldn’t boot. After about an hour and a half of troubleshooting on my own, I eliminated the drive being the problem, even a brand new drive gave me a no device found error. At that point, it was time to gather up all…
I had been loving Gsyncit, as I mentioned before. Unfortunately, as with many other tools, an update created chaos with my machine tonight. When I opened Outlook, I was prompted to install an update to Gsyncit. I agreed to do that. Naturally, the install required me to close Outlook, which hadn’t finished opening in the…