Wake-up From Your Data Storage Nightmare (Part 2)

In Part 1, we looked at how as we upgrade our data storage to sleeker, faster MacBooks with Solid State Drives (SSD), we need to adopt a robust approach to backing up our precious work and data. I shared my sorry tale of woe: how I needed to replace my MacBook Pro but finances were […]

Mobile Photography Tips For The Curmudgeon

Mobile photography is changing the rules permanently. Smart phone camera users are not limited by the cost of film, the cost of chemicals, or the cost of equipment. Everybody today has a camera (a powerful one) right in their pocket. Don’t let this change in the photography world make you nervous or pass you by. The […]

Wake-Up From Your Data Storage Nightmare (Part 1)

A Quick History Lesson One of the challenges faced by the early pioneers of photography was permanently fixing an image so that it wouldn’t disappear. In the 1830s, English polymath and scientist Sir John Herschel discovered the answer: a chemical called sodium thiosulfate, often referred to as hypo after its original name hyposulphite of soda. […]

What You Don’t Understand About Mobile Photography

Editor’s note: Mobile phones often get a bad rap from diehard DSLR users, but for some it’s their only tool they need in their bag, and a powerful one at that! Nettie Edwards gives us a peek into how her focus on mobile photography has shaped her work. Some years back, my brother called me […]