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FAQ-A #3: Metering!

So, what color was the piece of paper in yesterday’s post? There is no way to tell from the picture posted; it could have been black, white, or any shade of grey! Although camera meters […]

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FAQ #3: Why is my snow grey?

Although this one has been oft-described in camera manuals and photo ‘how-to’ books galore, I wanted to cover the subject in a bit of detail, as it can be helpful to understand just a little […]

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Mt. Sniktau, CO Winter Ascent (13,219′)

Severe high pressure over Colorado for the last few days has given way to some bluebird skies following the abundant winter storms in recent weeks. While Heidi took the boys to A-Basin to ski today, […]

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FAQ-A #2: Perspective!

In yesterday’s image, I overtly gave a frame of reference (swim meet) that led to the covert suggestion that the image was of the wet tile floor near the pool. Here is a 90-degree shift […]

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FAQ #2: What is it?

So, there we were. Saturday morning, weather people called for 1-4″, we got 12″ instead. Early AM swim meet in Evergreen? OK, we’re game! So, amidst the 3 hours of waiting in between events, something […]

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FAQ #1: Why shoot RAW vs. JPEG?

For those of you with DSLRs who are unsure of why anyone would want to use the raw file format, I thought I’d give a quick example of one of the primary benefits of shooting […]

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Snowshoeing Peru Creek

After an incredible day of knee- to thigh-deep powder at the Outback of Keystone, I decided to let Heidi take the boys skiing on Sunday, and I went snowshoeing. I headed up Montezuma Rd. to […]

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2nd Annual Grizzly Pk. Winter Ascent (el. 13,427′)

Nico and Gary joined me on the spur of the moment for our 2nd annual ascent of 13,427′ Grizzly Peak, off Loveland Pass. We started at the top of the pass (11,990′) at 9am, and […]

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Jan-11 Shutterbug Magazine Website Review

Since the Jan-11 issue of Shutterbug Magazine is now is off the stands, I can now include the content of the ‘Web Profiles’ column that recently profiled my website. Each month Joe Farace searches out […]

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James Einolf, Luthier

I spent the day documenting the craftsmanship of Colorado luthier James Einolf in his basement workshop. An astounding amount of very fine, detailed woodworking is required to handcraft a guitar. After hundreds of hours of […]

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James Einolf’s Gibson L-0 replicas

Happy New Year to all! A few more of James Einolf’s handcrafted replicas of the depression-era Gibson L-0 acoustic guitar. The following are Serial #’s 50, 54, 55, and 56. If you’d like to see […]

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Sculpture

Spent the last day of 2010 shooting some sculpture around the house, mostly rock, with a little bronze. If you are interested to see a bit more (including a couple of lighting setup images), please […]