Monthly Archives: January 2008

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D-300 for only $1350! Great Deal….or is it?

January 16, 2008 – 1:39 pm

(Beware of online camera shops such as Broadway Photo)
I was browsing through the latest edition of Digital Pro Photo Magazine and was checking out the adverts in the back of the magazine for camera gear. I normally don’t pay any attention to these ads because they seem to have the same price for the Nikon [...]

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A Friend for Life

January 12, 2008 – 2:28 pm

(Rowan to the left and Robin to the right)
Today is Robin’s 11th birthday. Robin is my daughter Rowan’s very best friend. You can even say that Robin and Rowan are Soul Mates. It is amazing to watch these two sweet girls interact with each other. They are very connected and you can feel it when [...]

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My experience at Imaging USA in Tampa, Florida

January 9, 2008 – 9:25 pm

My photography mentor and best friend Aaron Bailey and I headed out from Gainesville to Imaging USA in Tampa, Florida yesterday. If you want to check out some fantastic architectural full screen 360 Virtual Tours you gotta check out Aaron’s web site here. Aaron is a pro photographer and specializes in real estate virtual tours [...]

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An evening at Satchel’s Pizza & Lightning Salvage Junk Museum

January 6, 2008 – 4:32 pm

(Nikon D70s, f/2.4, 1/90th, ISO 640, Aperture Priority, Shot w/Nikkor 50mm 1.8)
We finally got out of the house last night and headed over to Gainesville’s best kept secret for pizza - Satchel’s Pizza.  Satchel’s is world famous for their homemade hand tossed pizzas with all the best, freshest ingredients including artichokes, pesto, meatballs, spinach…need I [...]

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Baby it’s COLD outside

January 4, 2008 – 11:11 pm

(Aidan by the fire: Nikon D70s, AP f/1.8, 1/30th, ISO 1250, 50mm f/1.8 lens shot at 50mm)
It has been very chilly here in the sunshine state this week. Were I live in North Central Florida it has dipped into the teens at night and getting to about 50 degrees during the day! Would you believe [...]

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