Rag Wrap – April 21, 2009

There’s a great new local music interview blog in town called The What of Whom .  Check it out, they’ve got an awesome interview with local folk singer  Loretta Lucas this week, and last week she talked to John Krautner of The Go about the recording of the band’s next album. The Wonder Twins give a pretty good run down of last Friday’s Detroit Music Awards .  Personally, I went down as a honoree percussion player in the “Most Outstanding Muggs Shout Out Band” The Jesus Chainsaw Ma

Filters, holders and vignetting: building a filter system that works with your lenses

When outdoor photographer and author Darwin Wiggett writes about filters, he's speaking from his own years of successful experience. His series of stories featured on this blog have become a trusted reference source for many visitors. Now Darwin reviews the complicated topic of filter holders and vignetting, and offers us his personal perspective based on his own methods, experience and equipment. "I hear from a lot of photographers wanting to know which filter system and filter holder

New blog: Chris Dunham’s Family Historian

Chris Dunham writes The Genealogue , but since he seems to have more time on his hands he's just put together a new site, The Family Historian , which is collecting and categorizing blog posts offering genealogy advice. Says Chris: There are now 200 posts in the collection, and more will be added as long as the Internet and my interest in genealogy persist. I'll have final say over what posts are included, but I've added a star rating system to allow visitors to offer their opinions, so

Pentax Optio E60 10mp Digital Camera

April 16th, 2009 News Articles on Pentax Optio E60 10mp Digital Camera Gadget Gal's daily deals: 16GB Sony Walkman, Pentax Optio E60 digital camera, iPod/iPhone backup battery (ZDNet) (blogs.zdnet.com) - April 16, 2009A 16GB Sony Walkman, a Pentax Optio E60 digital camera, and an iPhone/iPod backup battery. Here are your daily deals for Thursday, April 16, straight from the Gadget Gal: 1. Sony Style is offering the…more Pentax Optio E60 10mp Digital Camera news articles ... Blog Posts on Pent

Photography 101.7 – ISO

Photo: Rainer Ebert - CC license The following post is from Australian photographer Neil Creek who just launched a free background image site featuring his photography, and is developing his blog as a resource for the passionate photographer. Welcome to the seventh lesson in Photography 101 - A Basic Course on the Camera . In this series, we cover all the basics of camera design and use. We talk about the ‘exposure triangle’: shutter speed, aperture and ISO. We talk about focus,

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