Weird Eclipse Photo

I forgot that I had taken some photos of the lunar eclipse a couple of nights back, until I downloaded them this evening along with some house pictures.

I confess that I haven't a clue as to how to take night sky photos. I have a terrible time finding the right focus (you'd think the "infinity" setting would do it, wouldn't you?), and the optimum shutter speed never seems to materialize. Then there's the matter of light pollution in our backyard, thanks to a billion candlepower streetlight the neighbor petitioned the city to install in our alley.

Despite these inadequacies – or, perhaps, because of them – this photo intrigues me. It's almost as if the moon is making a steep re-entry into the earth's atmosphere. I'm pretty sure if that had been the case, I wouldn't have been the only one to notice.

If you want to see the work of a Midlander who actually knows his way around a camera, check out Bleu Chocolate's photo of the moon.

Wired about "Bent Objects"

I have to confess that it's been a long time since I've seen anything as clever as Bent Objects. Do not visit this site unless you're prepared to commit some significant scrolling time. You've been warned.

Hat tip to Opining Online, which has also done us the immense favor of adding the Gazette to its blogroll.

What is it?

Drag your cursor to highlight the hidden text below if you can't figure it out.

This is a .38 Special cartridge filled with lead shot, also known as a "snake load." It's used for shooting snakes (preferably just the venomous kind), which can be devilishly difficult to hit with a regular bullet.

When you got nothing...

...look to the squirrel.

This guy was relaxing atop our backyard fence. What you can't see (because I wasn't quick enough to frame the photo properly) is Abbye relaxing on the lawn just below the squirrel, who was keeping a cautious eye on her, but not exactly getting stressed out over her presence.

Abbye wasn't too stressed either.

Midland from the Air

I thought some of you Midlanders might enjoy seeing the Woodland Park housing development from the air. My pal Tommy and I went up in his plane a week or so ago and this is one of the shots I took. Click the image to see a bigger and uncropped version (~150kb).

This shot was taken through the airplane's windshield, and the weather was a bit hazy to boot, so the details aren't very sharp. But you can still make out some of the major features of the area.

Midland Country Club and a portion of the golf course is shown in the upper right portion of the photo. That's "A" Street slicing across the image; the road is unpaved beginning at the north end of the development, for those who haven't driven out that way before. That big green area on the south side of the development is reserved for the eventual building of a new elementary school and city park.

The pond that's surrounded by trees (take my word for it) is almost finished. A second pond will be developed where you see the other body of water, which is probably the result of rainfall runoff.

The undeveloped lots in the west and northwest sections of the subdivision – look for the green strips between the streets – are planted with grain sorghum (aka milo), which I thought was an odd choice. The developer explained that they wanted to plant something that grew fast and held the soil in place, and the county extension agent came up with that. I wonder if they'll bring in a combine around harvest time?

For those of you not from West Texas, I'll try to anticipate and answer two of your questions. One: yes, it is not usually so green around here. Two: the irony of naming this development "Woodland Park" is lost on no one.

[Design] Rules are made to be broken

Matthew Mahon's photography website breaks just about every rule in the Good Book of Usable Design:

• Its navigation scheme is non-intuitive because, frankly, it doesn't have one. Visitors have no way of knowing where they're going when they click a link...if they can even find a link to click.
• It's 100% Flash and thus search-engine unfriendly. And good luck surfing it on an iPhone.
• The animations and most of the text could be termed third-graderish, except that would give third graders a bad name.

The website also resulted in $100,000 of new business in its first year, by estimation of the photographer. Considering it cost him only $12,000, one can conclude that rules aren't always what they're cracked up to be.

This is another website mentioned in this month's edition of Layers Magazine, in the article focusing on photographers' sites. Mahon's site was built by the two guys who run the design studio of WEFAIL (the studio name and their own website quickly communicate that you're not in Kansas anymore, design-wise, as it contains profanity as well as content that is borderline pornographic, an approach that sets some definite sideboards regarding its prospective clientèle), and every pixel was placed with conscious purpose.

And it works. I spent way more time than I had browsing through the site last Wednesday evening. Despite the unconventional presentation, it does a fine job of presenting Mahon's work and his outlook, which, apparently, is equally important to art directors seeking to hire free-lance shooters.

I'm tempted to let you figure out how to work the site on your own, but I value my visitors' time, so here are a few steps to flatten the learning curve:

• Click on any image to zoom in.
• Click on white space to zoom out.
• If a scary little head appears in the lower right corner of an image, click on it to see a video of the photographer and his assistant offering commentary – which may or may not elucidate or edify – about the photo.
• If a curved arrow appears in the lower right corner of an image, click to flip the image, which reveals supplementary text of varying usefulness.

And don't blame me if you get caught up in this site. It's not against the rules to have fun with it, you know.

Technorati tags: Matthew Mahon | WEFAIL

Jeremy Cowart, Photographer

I went to Jeremy Cowart's website because of the write-up in the current edition of Layers Magazine. His is one of three photography websites spotlighted by the magazine as being a cut above the rest.

It certainly is a fine example of how Web 2.0 technology is making its way into sites that are using it for its practicality and not its novelty – but that's a post for another time. As I said, I went based on the magazine's review; I stayed because of Cowart's amazing photographs of Africa and its people. These are some of the most achingly beautiful photos of that place that you'll ever see.

This is not just another shoot for the photographer. He's collaborated with Jena Lee to produce a book, Hope in the Darkness, with the intent of raising awareness of both the desperation and the hope that exists on that continent, or, rather, in its people.

If you browse through more of Cowart's portfolio, you'll see that he's tagged a number of photos with the term "Christian." (The ability to sort and organize the photos by such tags is another cool application of technology for this site.) The photos in this section are primarily of musicians, and well-known ones at that (e.g. Jars of Clay, Switchfoot, Casting Crowns, Mercy Me, Everyday Sunday, and some guy named Michael W. Smith). Given that his website's target audience is art directors (according to the Layers article) it's pretty gutsy of him to use the "C" word anywhere on the site.

He's got a Virb blog, if you're interested.

Technorati tag: Jeremy Cowart

Photography Website Discoveries

While thumbing through an issue of SilverShotz at Barnes & Noble (which is how I do most of my magazine reading nowadays), I was struck by the work of a couple of photographers which I feel are worth passing along.

Beth Moon has photographed trees around the world, and the images are ethereal and evocative. Some of these trees may well have been growing when Jesus Christ walked the earth; they're amazing things to contemplate; the low resolution images hardly do justice to them...but don't miss them, anyway.

On the other hand, her collection entitled Thy Kingdom Come is a bit disturbing – not in an overt or titillating way, mind you – with its pairings of children and apparently dead animals.

Rob Gray's work is more rooted in realism, as the collection on his website primarily reflects his nature photography taken around his home continent of Australia, where he traveled extensively in the world's weirdest and largest motorhome.

Rob also has posted some excellent tutorials, and an interesting discussion of his equipment arsenal (he switched to digital in 2004 and hasn't looked back).

However, it was his Faces in Nature collection that was showcased in SilverShotz and which drew me to his website. These are photographs of natural subjects like waterfalls and rocks which have been mirror-imaged (via Photoshop, I imagine) to reveal, well, faces. The serendipity involved in creating and discovering these images seems fascinating.

Technorati tags: Rob Gray | Beth Moon

Can't swing a dead cat without hitting a snake

We drove out to look at an open house at Woodland Park this afternoon, and as we turned back onto "A" Street to head home, I spotted this fellow in the middle of the road. I did a quick u-turn, pulled off into the bar ditch, and grabbed my wife's phone to snap some photos.

At first, I thought it was a rattler (the timing was eerie considering the warning we got last week), but I quickly discerned that there was a pointed tail where the rattles would normally be, and the head – while somewhat viper-shaped – didn't really fit the profile. I decided it was a bull snake, which is often mistaken for a rattlesnake, and which is one of the largest snake species in North America. It's not unusual for them to grow to 7' in length. They're not poisonous, and they play an important role in controlling the rodent population.

The reason the photo is so small is that I didn't want to get any closer; the reptile was royally ticked-off, issuing a continuous hissing loud enough to hear inside the car. He (she?) was obviously agitated, coiling and uncoiling – and not a bit intimidated by my presence or that of the car. At one point, it struck at me (immediately following the snapping of the photo on the right; I guess I should have asked permission first). Bull snakes can be aggressive even when not wounded, and they will bite; this one was itching to demonstrate.

Peering closer, I noticed the inside of its mouth was red, and I think I figured out the cause of its agitation. I suspect it had been clipped by a passing car and was injured, perhaps not fatally, but badly enough to strike out at anything in reach. We felt sorry for it, but had no way of herding it off the roadway. I hope it made it to safety before a less observant driver finished it off.

[Oh, Beth – did I mention there are snakes in this post? Oops.]

Santa Fe Scenes

A few random images from our recent trip:

Another ant sculpture on Canyon Road

I thought there might be a joke about flatulence here, but couldn't make it work in the end.

This was actually in Taos, at the Visitor's Center, a very nice facility complete with free WiFi and a loaner computer.

It was tempting, but we elected to forgo the mental clarity.

All photos courtesy of MLB

A Morning Walk

Scenes from our walk through the park this morning, just after sunrise, as captured via my cell phone. The rainbow was a serendipitous delight; I can't remember the last time I saw one in the morning.

For the record, Abbye was unimpressed.

Starlight Meadows

Some of the photos on this site are mesmerizing in a vaguely disturbing sense.

The symbolism ranges from 2x4-to-the-head obvious to something you capture only out of the corner of your eye.

Amazing Photograph

[Note: Bird lovers and snake haters probably should browse elsewhere for a moment. Consider yourself warned, Beth.]

The photo I'm about to link to was on the inside back cover of this month's issue of Texas Highways, and it's one of the most remarkable shots I've ever seen. The web version pales by comparison -- literally! -- to the glossy image in the magazine, but I think you'll still feel the impact.

The photographer, Dave Welling, has a spectacular online portfolio of nature images.

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Amazing Squirrels

One day last week, while MLB was home during the day, we decided to practice some of our dance steps in anticipation of last Saturday's President's Ball. We usually practice in our game room, which is the only area of the house with enough open space. During the day, we leave our door open so that we can have a view of the backyard through the glass storm door.

So, we were gliding (a euphemism for "stumbling") about, practicing some swing steps (which we are really not very good with), when we happened to glance out the back door, whereupon we both immediately burst into laughter at what we saw:

This squirrel was standing a couple of feet from the door, peering through the glass at us. He had apparently been walking by when he happened to look in and -- well, obviously, he couldn't believe what he was seeing. In fact, he stood like that for more than a minute (long enough for me to grab my camera and snap a couple of shots), trying to comprehend the sight. I have no idea what was going through his tiny little brain, but his body language speaks volumes.

It's humbling to know that our dancing is a source of amusement to varmints.

By the way, do you remember my mention of a photo processing program called Photomatix Pro? You can refresh your memory here, as desired. This program is used to combine photos taken with different exposures, yielding a High Dynamic Range (HDR) image that can be quite spectacular. But I've found another use for the program and that is to rescue a poor shot. In this case, as you can tell, the squirrel was standing in the shade, but right in front of a brightly sunlit section of the patio. Because there was a glass door between us, I couldn't use a fill flash, nor did I have time to set up a tripod for a shutter speed slow enough to brighten the squirrel. The image I did capture is shown at right.

I could have done some tedious processing in Photoshop to lighten the squirrel without blowing out the background, but instead I used the Levels command in Photoshop to create a new image with a lightened squirrel AND a totally blown-out background. I then used Photomatix to combine the original photo and the new one, with the result being the one you see at the top of the page.

You may not run into a lot of situations where you need something like this, but it really came in handy this time.

Hometown History

What is it about old aerial photos of familiar scenes that makes them able to provoke strong memories? Is it the difference in perspective -- the ability to see both the "forest" and the "trees"?

Whatever the reasons, I suspect that we all share an interest in hitherto unseen images from our pasts, and so I was delighted this morning when an email from my mom appeared with two old photos attached. They were taken by an unknown photographer in 1939 and 1942 and they show two of the school buildings in Fort Stockton that I attended (many years after the photos were taken, by the way!).

At the time the photos were taken, the schools were relatively new. The bigger of the two (#1 in the photo below) was the high school and the smaller (#2) was the junior high. During my attendance (in the 60s), both buildings housed junior high classes (6th, 7th and 8th grades); a new high school had been built by that time, a mile or so beyond the upper left corner of the photo. You can click the photo for a larger version.

A football field, track, and grandstands were built later in the open area behind buildings 2 and 3. That was where I experienced my first high school football game, and where I later grew to loathe running laps. (And now I do it for "fun.")

I'm not sure about the original purpose of building #3 in the photo, but it was serving as the junior high band hall when I arrived.

One of the memories that comes floating back to me is of spinning wooden tops during lunch period on the bare dirt between the band hall and the big building. We learned the arcane techniques of sharpening the metal spikes on which the tops rotated, and how to throw down the tops in such a way as to inflict damage on competitors. The ultimate thrill in these small-town equivalents of steel cage death matches was the rare occasion when metal met wood at the precise angle and point to completely split the victim into two pieces. Of such stuff was the original junior high urban legend built.

I can't say that I ever accomplished that feat, although I inflicted my share of chips and dings. I would be less than honest if I didn't admit that I also had my share of self-inflicted wounds, wherein my own top would turn traitor and bounce back into my shin or forehead. (And today's kids think they've got it rough with PSP-induced CTS!)

The second photo is a ground-level view of part of the high school building, with the junior high in the background. This photo is notable because of the snow on the ground. Snowfall isn't exactly a rarity in west Texas, but it's infrequent enough that it's considered prime photography material.

Most people my age and older can remember where they were in November, 1963, when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. I was on the second floor, building #2.

What I've Been Doing

The bereavement photography website that I mentioned a few months ago is now a reality; we went live yesterday.

Jennifer Taylor is a former Midlander, having recently relocated to Lubbock, and she's providing her services for free to residents of Lubbock, Midland, Odessa, and Amarillo. "I Say My Prayers" is an extension of her photography business -- and just one of the ways she's using her gifts and training in service to others.

For what it's worth, after seeing her plans for this ministry and her generosity with her time and resources, I felt compelled to donate my time in building and maintaining this website. It's a tiny contribution compared to hers, but it's what I can do.

If you know of families who are in the position of needing this service, please refer them to I Say My Prayers. I can assure you that they'll be in good hands with Jennifer.

Technorati tags: Bereavement Photography | Jennifer Taylor

HDR Photography

I've been educating myself on high dynamic range imaging (HDRI), which is a fancy name for averaging under- and overexposed images to come up with one that provides a full range of detail, from dark shadows to the brightest highlights. The Wikipedia entry for HDRI explains the theory behind the process, albeit not in an especially edifying way.

I've downloaded a program designed specifically to create HDR images from digitized photos, and it provides fairly impressive results. The application is Photomatix Pro, by MultimediaPhoto. While it provides a good deal of flexibility in manual processing, it also has an auto mode that essentially allows you to combine the dynamic ranges of two images into a third image with one click of the mouse. Below is a real life example of my first attempt at using the software.

The first three photos were taken using Auto Exposure Bracketing, which instructs the camera to take three photos: one using the "normal" exposure, and two more using exposure settings which are under and over the normal setting. The first photo is the "normal"; the next two show the underexposed and overexposed duplicates.

The next image is the "averaged" or HDR image, using the under- and overexposed images. Note how the tree outside the window is visible as is the detail of the indoor bookshelves.

OK, granted these are not the best examples of HDRI, because the original photos are low quality (I did no tweaking in Photoshop). However, this type of image is a good example of a problem setting for most photographers: a relatively dark setting with a big bright spot right in the middle. In any event, perhaps you get the general idea. If you want to see some really impressive examples of HDR processing, visit the HDR pool at Flickr. Some amazing images have been created using HDRI techniques. You'll see that HDRI can be used for effects other than simply recovering detail lost in shadows or blown-out hightlights.

Note that if you have Photoshop CS2, it provides a tool for HDRI creation. I don't have CS2 so I can't compare it to Photomatix. But, in the short time I've used the latter program, I can tell it's going to be a useful tool for specific situations.

Technorati tags: HDRI | High Dynamic Range Image | Photomatix

Aerial Photo Shoot

As I implied in the previous post, I had the privilege of doing an aerial photo shoot yesterday, the first time I'd done such a thing. It was a lot of fun, good experience, and I think the results were good (although the client will have the final word in that regard).

We departed from Midland's Skywest airfield mid-afternoon and headed south about 30 miles, toward a well site just north of Rankin where preparations were underway for a frac job (for the uninitiated, "frac" refers to "hydraulic fracturing"; this is a technique whereby liquid -- sometimes millions of gallons -- is pumped into the underground producing formation at pressures high enough to split the rock, thereby increasing the production of the well). We were asked to get aerial shots of the equipment on location.

The skies were mostly clear and winds were blessedly light, but the air was a still a little bumpy and it was very hot, in the mid-90s. The pilot, my friend Tommy, did such a good job of getting us to the location that we actually thought we were off course, because when it came time to look for the site, we couldn't see it -- because it was precisely below us. We made four passes at about 4,000' and I put the burst mode of my Canon digital SLR to good use, taking more than a hundred photos during the relatively brief periods that I had a clear shot through the open window and past the wing and strut of the Cessna 172.

My new 70-200mm zoom lens performed admirably. I put the camera in shutter-priority mode, setting the shutter speed to 1/1000 and varying the ISO between 200 and 400. At speeds of around 70 mph, there's plenty of buffeting through the open window, but those combinations were sufficient to make any evidence of camera shake insignificant in the resulting photos. And even though the conventional wisdom said to put the camera into manual focus at infinity, I got better results with Canon's autofocus.

So...what were the results of the shoot? Well, I can't show you the actual well site; those photos belong to the client, who hasn't yet seen them. But here's a photo of a windmill I took while we were banking to make another run:

As an interesting footnote that gives you an idea of the "community of Midland," my pal Wallace will be doing the same shoot today. As the logistics worked out, my pilot wasn't available today and his wasn't available yesterday. I expect he'll have his own report up over at Streams at some point.

Oh, and in case you're wondering about the top photo, the pilot's wife accompanied us on the trip.

Update: As promised, Wallace has his report up over at Streams. I'd link directly to it but his permalinks seem to have a hitch in their giddyup. Just look for the August 25th entry.

Technorati tags: Aerial Photography | Frac Job

Bank and Shoot

I know you're heartbroken over the prospect, but Random Thursday™ will likely not appear today. Something on my schedule this afternoon is preempting the intense mental strain of producing that feature, but I hope to have a report on that preemptive activity that will prove to be a suitable substitute.

Here's a clue.

Batch File Renaming Software

Digital photography has opened up a whole world of creativity for many of us, but the downside is that we're faced with the daunting task of managing all of those files we create with our cameras. It doesn't help that most cameras give us few alternatives to meaningful files names like MVC100012 or JAME-1600. So we inevitably end up with a series of directories containing files with cryptic and often redundant names. Renaming them manually is a royal pain, so much so that we just elect to skip that step and hope that the keywords in our photo management software will help us find what we're seeking.

Renaming of files is also one of the biggest inefficiencies in my daily workflow. I have a number of clients who send scores and even hundreds of photos and I need to get them organized as quickly as possible. Again, manual renaming is time-consuming busy work that keeps me from doing more important -- and better paying -- tasks.

I finally found a solution for this problem, in the form of the awkwardly-named A Better Finder Rename, a shareware program for Mac (the Windows version is called Better File Rename) that does only one thing -- rename one or more files -- and does it extremely well.

I won't repeat the long list of ways this software can make your file renaming chores easier; they're clearly spelled out on the website. What I will tell you is that I recouped the $19.95 shareware fee many times over in the first couple of days after installing it. Even if you don't do file management as a part of your job, you'll be amazed at how it can help you get your digital photos organized.

I recommend it, and for you bleeding-edge Mac users, it's already in Universal Binary format so you can use it on your Intel machines.

Technorati tags: A Better Finder Rename | File Renaming Software

We Card...Colors, That Is

This is pretty exciting. I just got a notice that my ColorChecker Mini color card has just been shipped by the manufacturer, GretagMacbeth. I can't wait!

Um, you do have a color card to check the color fidelity and white balance of your digital photos and scans, don't you?

If not, join the crowd. This will be my first one, but it's long overdue. I had never thought about adding one to my gear bag until I received some professionally scanned images from a client, and each scan included color and grayscale cards adjacent to the image. It made adjusting the color range of the images in Photoshop a snap, and helped ensure that the web versions of the scanned paintings more closely approximated the originals.

Obviously, you can't frame most photos to include a color card, but where you have control over the environment -- or when you're scanning an image -- it's generally easy to place a card next to the subject. At the very least, it's a quick and easy way to ensure that the white balance of the images is correct, using the eyedropper tool in Photoshop's Levels command.

These little gems aren't cheap -- $59 for the small one and $74 for the larger version -- and they recommend replacing them every two years in order to assure color fidelity. But it's a small price to pay to speed up image processing while increasing a client's satisfaction level.

Two Thousand Words

Bougainvillea in our front yard. Both colors of blossoms originate from the same branch. They start out pink and eventually turn white.

Mexican Bird of Paradise Flower of unknown species growing in Fort Stockton. Referred to as "orange bell," but can't confirm the accuracy of that name. Click for larger image.

Scenes from a bike ride

Shutter: 1/1000 sec; F-stop 9.0; Aperture: 6.3;
ISO Equiv. 400; Focal length: 55mm; uncropped image: 8mpxl;
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XT

Here are some lessons I learned from this morning's ride:

• Never assume that a camera on a bicycle is wasted dead weight;


• Don't underestimate the patience of a pair of burrowing owls perched on telephone lines;


• Likewise, the importance of a good lens and a bunch of megapixels cannot be overstated;

And last but not least...

• Skill counts for a lot in photography, but so does blind luck.

Lens Babies: Giving Photoshop a Break

Lensbabies are described as "selective focus SLR lenses." They consist of an optical glass element mounted on a flexible rubber bellows that permits you to skew the orientation and focus "sweet spot" of the lens, yielding some rather unusual photographic effects. A wide range of apertures (f2.0 - f8.0) can be effected via interchangeable, magnetically-attached aperture disks. Models are available for all major brands of SLR cameras, and the cost is either $96 for the original version or $150 for 2.0 (the price difference is due primarily to the use of a better quality of optical glass and the way the aperture disks are mounted).

I haven't seen any Lensbaby effects that couldn't be reasonably replicated with a tedious series of feathered selections, motion and gaussian blurs, and perhaps an object skew and/or distort command in Photoshop...but "tedious" is the operative term. If the "selective focus" or controlled blur look is what you're aiming for, Lensbabies appears to be the best way to let the hardware do the work for you. And the gadget appears to be fun to play with. The biggest question is how they came up with the strange name.

Technorati tag: Lensbabies

Recording History

What do Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Mingus, Gene Krupa, Theolonius Monk, Coleman Hawkins, Gerry Mulligan, and Lucky Williams have in common? Yeah, they're all famous (or should be famous) jazz musicians from a bygone era. And as far as I know, they never all played together on the same recording.

However, that doesn't mean they weren't recorded together, and this is the real answer I was seeking: they -- and a number of others of their profession -- all appeared in a photograph taken in 1958 by Art Kane. That photo, entitled Harlem 1958 is #6 in The Online Photographer's "T.O.P. Ten" list* of all-time greatest photographs.

It really is a beautiful and fascinating photo, not only for its content and historical significance but also for its composition. It's even more remarkable considering that the shot emerged from the photographer's very first paid shoot!

If you have time, visit TOP and read more about the photo (oh...and actually see it, as well!), and then read the accompanying comment thread for a wide-ranging discussion about what makes a photograph significant.

*Others on the list (thus far): #10 | #9 | #8 | #7. No need to thank me for saving you the trouble of finding these...it's why I make the big bucks; future TOP 10 posts are forthcoming each Tuesday. You might also look for the "Shadow Top 10," which are the blogger's all-time favorite photos. Just as interesting; just as striking.

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Nikon's WiFi Digicams

This is a couple of weeks old but I'm just now stumbling across it. Nikon has unveiled a couple of digital cameras with built-in support for WiFi (802.11b/g).

The CoolPix P1 is an 8 megapixel camera priced around $550 and the P2 has a resolution of 5 mp; it's priced by Nikon at $400. According to the MacWorld article linked above, it takes about eight seconds to wirelessly transfer a photo from the P1 to a WiFi device like a notebook computer and about four seconds for a transfer from the P2. These times are presumably for an 802.11g connection.

The cameras permit the wireless transmission of photos in batch mode after several have been accumulated, or the camera can be configured to automatically transfer each photo immediately after it's captured. This would be a real boon to anyone taking large numbers of photos in a controlled environment where a wireless connection to a storage device could be easily maintained. I've done product photo shoots where I've filled up all my storage cards and had to break until I could transfer them to my laptop and clear the cards. This capability would have eliminated that problem.

Technorati tag: Nikon WiFi

Phun with Photoshop