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What the Duck seems to have noticed this about Facebook as well

For those of you who constantly update your Facebook’s status, are you even aware you are doing it?
Side note: I really need to work on finding a new way to structure the Galleries page. Since I’ve been using NextGen for most of the photo content, I’ve just worked with what it provides but it’s far from ideal. [...]

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The hunt for the right bag finally ends. Tenba wins!

It’s hard to find a bag with the right combination of features. After using a variety of bags I know the type of bag I’ll use most often is a shoulder bag. There are times I need a backpack or another bag depending on what I’m doing or if I need to bring a laptop with me, but most of the time I just want camera gear.
If i want to look locally for bags it seems that Tamrac is the most common brand around. Of the three different stores I went to, they all sold Tamrac. [...]

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Surprises: Ricoh GXR edition

Sometimes something happens in the world of photography that I didn’t expect and it takes me by surprise. Some things are to be expected, like RED’s now year old announcements seeming to be vaporware, but some things pop up out of the blue. In the spirit of these moments and with the assumption that someone might read these thoughts and find them interesting, I will attempt to start a new type of post for this site. [...]

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What The Duck on boudoir photography

This one got a good laugh out of me… if you still don’t follow WTD, it’s time you got [...]

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When 10 is greater than 15... megapixels

Canon
Canon caught some heat for the 15 megapixel G10 from a broad range of sources and justifiably so in my opinion. The sensor produced great detail as long as you were at low ISO but was severely limited in what it could do once the ISOs started creeping through the triple digits. [...]

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Winter sunset at Chimney Bluffs, color or B&W?

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I’ve always struggled with this particular image. [...]

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What The Duck takes a well aimed shot at Gary Fong

I’ve never hidden my distaste for the overpriced, misused, misunderstood, misadvertised Gary Fong paraphernalia so many photographers are attempting to use these days. I tend to bite my tongue in public about things like the many Gary Fong contraptions but seeing it hit a popular webcomic like WTD warms my heart. I wonder if this will delay the development of a sousaphone shaped flash attachment that I’m sure Gary Fong has been working [...]

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Making light versus creating light

My recent involvement in a number of model & portraiture shoots has served to clarify a long standing complaint of mine. I have been struck by the persistence in over-lighting a shoot and controlling light poorly. Although I have observed this for a long time I believe I am finally beginning to understand what is going on.
The challenge in much of what I shoot, as a natural/available light fanatic, is in working within the limitations of the given conditions. [...]

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Capture One 4.8.1 is crashy

… don’t use it!
For whatever reason it keeps saying it is running out of memory and when it doesn’t do that it just gives up and crashes. I went back to 4.8 and all is well, I’m not sure what the .1 got me [...]

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Flickr Explore needs a new compass

Flickr is an interesting site; I like it a lot in spite of the various quirks it has or performance problems I have had with it. There are many great community aspects of the site and obviously the amount of photography on display is tremendous and there are many very talented photographers on Flickr who share their work and often their insight and knowledge. [...]

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