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Why Photographers Should Upgrade Their iPads

By On November 29, 2011 · 3 Comments

I’m going to start with a preemptive “No, not because the iPad 2 has a camera.” because, let’s face it, the camera in the iPad is crap. You’re better off using the camera in your phone in a pinch if just for awkward hold-ability reasons. And I guess I should also clearly state that it’s not because the screen is better. The iPad 2 retains the same 720p resolution display with ‘magical’ oliophobic coating that ‘magically’ exaggerates finger marks. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s begin at the beginning.

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Hello Kitty Sweets Restaurant in Taipei, the Return

By On May 3, 2011 · 4 Comments

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The last time I went to the Hello Kitty Sweets restaurant in Taipei was a couple of years ago for a Valentines Day afternoon tea time with my wife and kids. [...]

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The Magic of the Olympus Digital Pen at Night

By On February 22, 2011 · 6 Comments

I was originally going to entitle this article The Magic of the Olympus E-P2 at Night, but as I went through the features that make the Olympus E-P2 such a great nighttime imaging tool I realized that the pieces that make it so were in the entire Digital Pen line currently on the market (the [...]

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Mobile Phone Street Photography

By On February 8, 2011 · 7 Comments

I guess this can be called a “put your money where your mouth is” follow up to my HTC Desire HD review, which I spent evaluating the device less like a phone and more like a camera. After writing it I decided to actually put some conscious effort into taking images with it rather then [...]

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VistaQuest VQ1015 ENTRY Review

By On November 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment

A review of the VistaQuest VQ1015 ENTRY keychain camera, also known as the “digital LOMO”. How to best describe it? It’s the “Roger Corman” of the photography world: low budget but fun as heck.

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My Top Eleven Free iPad Apps

By On September 16, 2010 · 6 Comments

No, this isn’t link bait or one of those “earn pennies by typing Google fodder blogs for me”-type articles. I’ve had use of an iPad for about 5 months now and have collected and used quite a few apps in that time, both free and paid, good and bad.
Yes, there are some good, if not [...]

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