I'm not sure if magnification lenses would be considered "filters," but I decided to name them that because that's what most people consider what I purchased. The box says, "Hoya Close-Up Lens Set." I bought these to allow for additional magnification Read more [...]

I mentioned macro photography in my last post and encouraged those of you who don't know what that is to do an image search for "macro photography." Since I know for pretty much sure that none of you will do that, I decided to post a video for you. It's Read more [...]

For the past few days, I thought I had settled on the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Ultrawide Angle Lens. It seems pretty awesome, but I think I changed my mind. From what I am reading, people generally love the Tokina lens. It takes really nice pictures, Read more [...]

Okay, as promised, I am going to give a short review on my first use of the Delkin Fat Gecko Mini Camera Mount. Here is the review: It was okay. I wasn't thrilled, but that may be because of my lack of experience taking video from a moving automobile. Read more [...]

I received my new "Fat Gecko Mini Camera Mount" in the mail today and thought I'd take a few pictures of it for you. I know there are people out there who are interested in this mount and would appreciate nice up-close shots of it. Since I haven't Read more [...]

One of the things I plan to do is to take a lot of video while driving. I really love those videos. It's great to be able to see different places from a realistic point of view. Also, the videos are fairly easy to take and edit. Here's a great timelapse Read more [...]

Well, I received my tripod and I must say, it's just perfect. I'm really happy that I spent the extra green to get one of the good ones. It's better to do things once. When I was looking through Amazon for tripods, I found tons of them for $15, $20, Read more [...]

Ever since I wrote the "Night Photography On the Connecticut River" post, I have been really interested in getting a tripod. I used to have one many years ago for my old 35mm film SLR, but I sold everything to someone as a package. I figured that I wouldn't Read more [...]

After I took a few photos of Simon this afternoon, I walked over to our Neon Showy Stonecrop, which is actually the reason I took the camera out in the first place. I saw a few bumble bees walking around on the flowers and I wanted to see if I could get Read more [...]

A few nights ago, I enjoyed a surprise birthday dinner at Restaurant L&E in Chester, CT. It was a great time that gave me an opportunity to use a few phrases I learned during my three years of French classes from middle school. I was actually going to Read more [...]