Monthly Archives: October 2006

Who’s really supporting our troops?

Who’s really supporting our troops? Republicans or Democrats? I’ll bet you can guess.

Let there be light!

I recently bought a desktop Ott-Lite for proofing prints, and have really enjoyed it. Since then, I’ve been getting more an more annoyed with the color of light coming out of my normal lighting in the office, which was coming from a GE Reveal incandescent bulb. The Reveal lights are supposed to be

Wow do I feel stupid

Yesterday afternoon, I realized that there were some nice clouds in the sky, and it might be a good day to run up to Sedona. I checked the Sedona webcam, and sure enough, nice clouds. Being noon, I needed to get a move on. So I quickly gathered up my gear and

Time for a new polarizer

Welp, I managed to get the filter free of smudges. This is a good thing. I decided that testing was in order to make sure. So I shot my resolution chart to take a look. One shot with the polarizer, and one without. Over all, my cheap ($50) polarizer seems

The Perils of Standing Water

It’s now cool enough to hang out on my back porch in the evenings here in Arizona, and yesterday that’s exactly what I did.

Within 15 minutes I had to come back indoors after suffering no less than 15 mosquito bites.

This does not make for a happy Joe. One of the big attractions of Arizona