Deck the Halls! For all of you out there that have your own website, it’s pretty easy to add some holiday decoration to your home page (like swinging colored bells!) using css animation. For those using The Turning Gate Lightroom plugins to create your websites, I’ve got a tutorial for you right here. Convenient, right? […]
Bye-bye slides

Long time readers of my newsletter may remember that every autumn I talk about my upcoming winter projects, which seem to have been going on for at least a dozen winters. One of these projects has been to go through my old slides (nearly two four-drawer filing cabinets worth of slides) and drastically reduce their […]
Yellowknife Auroras

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Crossroads Workshops – Sitka

Last week I was in Sitka helping out David Middleton and Brenda Berry with a Crossroads Photographic Workshop. The idea behind Crossroads is “photography for the greater good,” where photographers who already have some skill learn how to take that next step into using their skills to do something meaningful with their photography.
Meet my distant cousin

This is Leonard Young, a member of Sitka’s Tlingit tribe and a deacon at St. Michael’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral. Turns out I’m related to him.
Camera Flat!

Changing the default camera calibration the Lightroom uses can make a world of difference to your pictures
Camera manual quick tip
How many of you actually enjoy reading the manual for your camera? Well, I don’t. It’s usually hard to find what you’re looking for and when you finally do, the text is just small enough to make it annoying. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a camera manual that’s easy to pack, is searchable, and […]



