Cortados on the Beach with CoffeeGeek Mark Prince
Mark Prince, founder of CoffeeGeek.com, made cortados for my wife and I at a beach in Victoria, BC using portable espresso equipment.
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Feedback for the Third Edition
I’m happy to share that I’ll soon be working on a third edition of The iPad for Photographers! I’d love to get your feedback on a few things: Which topics need more/less attention? Is there anything you expected in the book that needs to be added? Do you find the QR codes in the margins ...
‘Meet the iPad & iPad mini’ ebook now available, just $2.99
Shortly after I wrapped up the manuscript for my book The iPad Air & iPad mini Pocket Guide, Fifth Edition, I updated the best-selling short ebook spinoff that Peachpit and I have released for several editions. That title is now available as a $2.99 ebook: Meet the iPad & iPad mini. It’s the perfect introduction ...
‘Meet the iPad & iPad mini’ ebook now available, just $2.99
Shortly after I wrapped up the manuscript for my book The iPad Air & iPad mini Pocket Guide, Fifth Edition, I updated the best-selling short ebook spinoff that Peachpit and I have released for several editions. That title is now available as a $2.99 ebook: Meet the iPad & iPad mini. It’s the perfect introduction ...
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Carpet of Leaves, Roof of Branches
I escaped the gray and rain and cold of Seattle last week in favor of the tropical heat (and a little rain) of Maui. It was mostly a vacation with extended family, but I did manage to do some photography during the trip. This photo, at Waianapanapa State Park on the Road to Hana, was ...
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Tintype Photography: And Now for Something Slower
The latest issue of The Magazine contains a great article by April Kilcrease about Photobooth, a tintype portrait studio in San Francisco. She writes: We live in an era of the fast and furious digital snapshot. More than 500 million photos were uploaded and shared across Flickr, Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook every day in 2013 ...
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Espresso Rocket Slow-mo
Espresso Rocket Slo-mo from Jeff Carlson on Vimeo. Slow-mo espresso pour from a La Pavoni lever machine. Shot and edited using an iPhone 5s. Inspired by CoffeeGeek’s #espressoporn tag on Twitter.
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Frozen REI Falls
A little unexpected urban photography this afternoon. After running an errand at Seattle’s flagship REI store, I noticed that the waterfall leading to the entrance was partially frozen. I happened to have my DSLR and a GorillaPod tripod, so I spent some time shooting. Edited across the street at Espresso Vivace (where I warmed up!) ...
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Cathedral Light
St. John’s Bridge, Portland, Oregon If you like the work I do, please consider signing up for my low-volume mailing list that I use to announce new projects, items, and giveaways that I think my readers would be interested in.
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Link: How to Survive on 256 GB a Year
One of the more dramatic shifts we’ve had to deal with in recent years is working with less storage in laptops. Having 500 GB or 1 TB in a portable computer was no big deal, giving us plenty of breathing room. But the switch to SSDs (solid state drives) changed that metric. An SSD is ...
