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Taiwan Storyland, Taipei

Posted on June 10, 2010 | 6 Comments
It almost sounds like the name of a fantasy-themed amusement park, doesn’t it? Even the entrance, pictured above, invokes mental images of fairies flitting about in an enchanted forest. I fully expected to encounter scenes based on the Monkey King and other figures from Chinese...
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Addendum: Image Editing on the iPad

Posted on June 2, 2010 | No Comments
With regard to what seems to be a OS limit on file size, I think I’ve figured out why. The iPad utilizes a version (v3.2) of the operating system designed primarily for the iPhone (currently v3.1.2). The maximum image size limit is the same as...
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Image Editing on the Ipad

Posted on June 1, 2010 | 5 Comments
What’s the iPad? Well, cynics would say that it’s an oversized iPod Touch. Add in a faster CPU and an HD screen and the cynics are absolutely correct. And that’s a good thing. Viewing images on an iPad is a wonderful experience compared to the...
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Lighting Workshop and Breaking My Comfort Zone

Posted on June 1, 2010 | 1 Comment
Street photography and studio photography are polar opposites. With street photography, the challenge is finding the composition and the moment from what already exists. As such, street photography is a twig in the same photography branch as other genres such as photojournalism or documentary. On...
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Pondering Digital: Ricoh GRX vs. Olympus EP-1 Pen

Posted on January 18, 2010 | 9 Comments
First let me be clear: I love film and have no plans to cease using film until the last frame of the last roll on Earth has been exposed. I enjoy the 100% hands-on nature of it, the texture of it, and the fact that...
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