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April 2009

5511 Project – Creepy Guy Self Portrait

April 30, 2009
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I was bored and waiting for Lost to come on and decided to take 5 minutes and do some self portraits.  I had the Nikon 14-24 lens on my D700 from the previous day at the NY Auto Show so I decided to leave it on.  I placed an SB900 [...]

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The ongoing battle of service from Comcast

April 29, 2009

It’s been a little bit since my last Comcast post but Comcast Steve of the Comcast Cares team is making things happen and I appreciate it. The latest is that Comcast came out (10pm at night however) and gave me a new modem in hopes that the problem was that [...]

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Posterous raises the bar with commenting

April 28, 2009
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I have been using Posterous for my Phone Blog and my Gathered Blog. I recently incorporated it for easy posting to Photowalklist.com. Why did I title this “Posterous raises the bar with commenting”? Visit any Posterous blog post and you will see that they now offer many ways [...]

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The perfect camera strap

April 27, 2009
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In my opnion the perfect camera strap would be a mix of the following, with the key features being a must.
The Mix

Think Tank Photo Non Slip Camera Strap
BlackRapid R-Strap RS-4
UpStrap Pro
National Geographic NG 3030 Camera Strap

Key Features

Comfortable (like the UpStrap)
Professional Look (solid black is fine)
Will not leave the ‘I’ve [...]

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Speeding up the Blackberry Storm

April 26, 2009

I was browsing the Crackberry forums on ways to speed up the slow camera (the camera has amazing quality, just slow) in the phone when I found this thread.  Needless to say I did some of the suggesstions and the phone is a little faster.  Not iPhone speeds, but faster.  [...]

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Happy Anzac Day

April 25, 2009

Tonight I am off to my friend Jade’s house to celebrate Anzac day with her and some friends as she is from New Zealand.   For those who don’t know what Anzac Day is, please visit the Wikipedia site for details!
“Anzac Day is a national public holiday in Australia [...]

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The ultimate Twitter GreaseMonkey script for web tweeps

April 25, 2009
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This script is for people who use Firefox and the web to Tweet most of the time.  First you need the GreaseMonkey add-on for Firefox.  Once you get that, visit Troys Twitter Script page and install it.  Reload Twitter and have fun!

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Textured photographs

April 24, 2009

I’ve never been one for going overboard on post production but I had some free time and decided to play.  I spent a good amount of time tweaking a bunch of texture files to create the following two images. One is an old portrait I took back in college of [...]

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Promote yourself when shooting events

April 23, 2009
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As I do not reguraly photograph events I do not advertise it at all.  However, this is what I do when I am shooting at an event.  In fact, this is exactly what I am printing for a Bat Mitzvah I am shooting in May.
The front of the card I [...]

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Land Rover and Twitter #LRNY

April 22, 2009
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Last Rover decided to hop onto the Social Media train by advertising to post your thoughts on their vehicles on Twitter.  The handrail definitely catches your eye since everyone is used to plain black rails.  Is it a good marketing campaign?  By how large Twitter is growing why not do [...]

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Happy Earth Day & One Year with Melissa

April 22, 2009
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One year ago today was a very important day.  Not only was it Earth Day 2008 but I also met my girlfriend Melissa.  It’s great being able to celebrate the time you spend with someone and the relationship you have, but it is even better to do it on a [...]

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