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April 23, 2010 · 1 comment

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Digital Camera Equipment

December 2, 2009 · 0 comments

If you’re in the market for a new digital camera, here’s a look at what I have a love (and since everything I have is a few years old, a reference list for what the latest versions of those items are).

nikond40x-150x150 Nikon d40x: This is my digital SLR body. I use it when I’m shooting to sell my photos on iStockphoto. I got the kit that included an 18-55mm lens and I also keep a spare battery handy. The d40x has since been replaced by the Nikon d60.
nikon55200vr-150x150 Nikon 55-200mm VR Lens: This lens allows me to zoom in quite close to far away objects. The more you zoom in, the more even the blood pumping through your veins noticeably shakes the camera and makes your photos fuzzy. The VR attribute of this lens adds some cost, but drastically reduces that shaky- and fuzziness.
canonsd550-150x150 Canon SD550: This is my bang around point and shoot camera that I can stick in my purse and take to a party or the beach and not have to worry about being super careful with it. The SD550 is several years old now and has been replaced by the SD1200.
ilife iLife: I use iPhoto which is part of Apple’s iLife and comes with all new Macs to download my photos to my computer and sort them into albums. iPhoto ’08 came with my computer, but iPhoto ’09 includes some awesome new features like facial recognition so that it can automatically sort out who is in which photos.
photoshop Adobe Photoshop: I do all my photo editing in Adobe Photoshop. When you choose to edit an image from iPhoto in another photo editor like Photoshop, iPhoto makes a second copy of the image for you to edit so that if you really mess something up and then save your work, you can always go back to the original version of the photo. I’m still using Photoshop CS2 which was current back when I was a student and could get the educational version, but CS4 is the latest version.

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How to Find a Printer for your Mac

August 23, 2009 · 2 comments

Once upon a time I was a PC user. I graduated college with a degree in graphic design and shortly there after, when it was time to upgrade the PC laptop my parents had gotten me for high school graduation, I decided it was time to become a Mac user.

Since become a Mac user, I have unfortunately become a frustrated printer user. I’ve been through 3 different printers and none of them has printed reliably enough for me to feel like I can print anything at home at all. (The only benefit of this being that I have saved a lot of paper.)

I finally got sick of not being able to print anything at home so I decided it was time to seek out a printer that plays nice with Mac.

I decided that the best way to find equipment that works seamlessly with a Mac was to visit the Apple website.

I clicked into the printers category, sorted by rating and then checked the highest rated items for a printer in my price range (under $100). Then I shopped around for better prices elsewhere online.

I ended up with the Canon iP4600 Inkjet Photo Printer which got 4 stars on the Apple website and sells for $69.99 on Amazon (plus Amazon has free shipping and no sales tax!).

So far it’s working great and for the first time in almost 5 years I feel like I can print anything I want.

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