In keeping with our look at popular cloud backup services today we’re going to take a look at: OneDrive. Aside from the concerns I shared about Amazon & Apple, Microsoft’s cloud storage is a good option from a privacy and support perspective.
Read MorePortrait Mode Falls Short
The best camera you can buy is the one you have with you. So often, that translates into a light-weight/multi-functional device - i.e. a smartphone camera. And smartphone cameras are improving every year - especially on the software end of the equation. With dual-lense cameras, you're able to get DSLR-like results from a 200g phone. However, we're not quite...
Read MoreJust Smash Your Camera To Bits
This week's news items take place a little closer to home (if you live in Canada). Artists, including photographers, own the images that they make. However, there is a limit to what a photographer is able to capture and protect. Here are two examples that occurred in Canada this past week...
Read MoreA Day Late and A Dollar Short...
One of the biggest celestial events of the year occurred in North America a couple of days ago, and not a word on my blog about it...until now.
Read MoreYou Need to Get Up, Get Out and Make Pictures
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the importance of photographing in the moment. You can never know when something that you once considered an institution will suddenly close it’s doors, never to return. This sort of thing has been happening in our city (and around the world) for a lot longer...
Read MoreA paleblueblog Clip Post!
Remember way back when television shows would periodically run a clip show and try to pass it off as a brand-new episode? It was nearly always disappointing. You'd look forward to a new episode all week and when the time finally arrived...
Read MoreFeeling Thirsty? Let’s Talk About Exposure...
Let’s say a full cup of water is an ‘ideally’ exposed photograph (that is to say not ‘too dark’ or not ‘too bright’) and you, as the photographer need to choose how you want to fill that cup. An exposure, technically speaking, will be influenced by 4 powerful factors...
Read MoreThe Single Most Important Component of a Camera
Last week, I was asked to photograph an object in the spur-of-the-moment. Well… to be honest, I had forgotten that I had committed to making this photograph and when the day arrived, I had nothing but my smartphone with me...
Read MoreThe Myth of Canadian Manners on the eve of Canada 150
I don’t mean to bum anyone out (sorry!) - but Canadian politeness is as mythical as igloos in Vancouver… in August.
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