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Framework Bloat and Missing Fundamentals
I’ve been interviewing with several large companies for a new role in software development management. I got through to the panel round of interviews with a nationwide retailer to work with their e-commerce presence. Prior to this, I did a little homework and did what I often to do gauge the maturity level of a…
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Bye, bye Nikon, hello Canon
(This was written in 2015 — things have changed since then, not for the better for Nikon). For 25 years I was a Nikon fan, bordering on fanboy/bigot. That’s changed now, and the reasons for the change I found were both emotional and logical. Interestingly enough, my very first SLR camera wasn’t a Nikon. It…
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Welcome Back!
After spending a considerable amount of time on my company blog (studioimpossible.com), I’ve decided to create more content here that’s of a more unfiltered, personal nature that would be of less interest in those seeking weddings and photography. You’ll find musings on software development, personal projects, various rants and raves on customer experience — all things dear to…
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Vancouver Photo Marathon 2011: The Documentary
“Vague” – 2010. Nikon F5, 70-300VR, exposure unknown Last year I competed in the Vancouver Photo Marathon (#12x12yvr) and ended up with a theme winning photo for “Vague”. “Vague” happened to be one of the easier themes for me to devise as I instantly had an idea for what to do with it. Executing it…
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A Brief Fling with Film at the Vancouver Photo Marathon
Last Sunday, I dusted off my trusty Nikon F5 film camera and several lenses, and took part in the Vancouver Photo Marathon, a 12-hour photo contest event in which participants were given 12 themes (one theme released an hour) with which to take pictures in the exact order of the themes. Yes, this was a…
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London Drugs Print Quality – Wet versus Dry Technology
Backgrounder I recently had a chance to compare some prints made on the new “dry printing” technology from the photo labs at London Drugs. I had a print previously done by them on the traditional photographic chemical “wet” process (often referred as silver halide technology) and was able to informally compare with a new print…
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Fairness at last? The Turing Apology
Last Easter weekend I watched the film The Tuskeegee Airmen (1995), the story of the struggles that black American aviators went through in order to fly WWII missions for their country. From automatically labeled as unfit to fly due to epilepsy by flight surgeons, to the levels of prejudice from their fellow servicemen, it was…
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13,000 Days
I attended a great session with wonderful photographer Sandy Puc’ this Sunday at WPPI. Her founding of, and work with, the Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep organization is both heart-breakingly sad (I wasn’t able to go through the videos at www.nilmdts.org without getting teary) and inspiring. She mentioned that at one time she…
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Nikon AF-S 50/1.4G and Sigma 50/1.4 DG EX HSM
I’ve had the fortune to have these two lenses to shoot with for a while now. I own the Nikon (Nikkor to be exact) and the Sigma was a nice loaner from Gentec International, the importer for Sigma in Canada. I figured I might write down a few thoughts. Introduction The "normal" 50mm lens is…
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Jay Maisel’s Workshop
Friday night, New York City. The body is aching, the stomach is still full, the brain is shot. Welcome to the final day of the 5-day workshop by Jay Maisel. I have mixed feelings: I'm tired, mentally overloaded, and homesick, yet feeling sad that this all-too-brief little world of 8 people is coming to a close. We've…