Monthly Archives: February 2011
A couple weeks ago, I wrote up a quick that can be printed at Costco. I created a jpeg image with the proper dimensions (5.5″ x 7″) and then used the full image template that Costco has for photo greeting cards. It occurred to me that the template might be…
Shortly after I bought my Canon t1i, I purchased a Canon 430 EX II Speedlite. Why? At this point, I’m not so sure… except for the fact that it was considerably more affordable than the Canon 580 EX II. Now, with the addition of two new flashes to the line…
Last summer, I went to my sister-in-law’s wedding. Understandably, my wife wanted me to have the camera around to take some pictures. I brought in a basic setup (my Canon EOS Rebel t1i and a kit 18-55mm lens), but in a bizarre twist of fate my . Without the flash,…
Last year, I ran into the first significant trouble with my Canon t1i. I brought it to my sister-in-law’s wedding to snap some shots of the ceremony and maybe some shots at the reception. When we got inside at the reception, my wife tried to take the camera and pop…
It’s been about a year and a half since I purchased my Canon EOS Rebel T1i. In the meantime, Canon has put out not one but two upgrades… the Canon EOS Rebel T2i has been available for a while now, and the Canon EOS Rebel T3i was just released about…
Aside from the exposure settings (aperture, shutter speed, ISO), there are a number of other important things to think about when using your camera. A lot of the time, you may not need to worry about them. But, when I go out to take photos at a sporting event, there…
A very important setting, and one that my students often forget about, is the auto focus mode. In Canon, you’ve got three choices – One Shot, AI Focus (which we’re going to ignore for now) and AI Servo. What’s the difference, and which should you use when?
It’s now an annual tradition at our school for the athletic director to send out thank you cards to the teachers, staff, and administrators that come out and support our athletes. As the person who takes and warehouses all of the pictures taken throughout the school year… it falls on…
Pretty much any print shop (Costco, Walgreens, Shutterfly, Mpix) will let you create custom photo greeting cards. But, by “custom,” they mean drop your pictures into one of a few dozen pre-made templates. For some people, this is good enough. But what if you want to design a truly custom…
For the past few months, I’ve been using Mozy as an online back-up solution. But after they , I decided to immediately dump Mozy. In light of the changes, I wrote an overview of other online backup solutions for Associated Content, and now I’m wondering… what other services still offer…