Journal Entry for Wednesday, May 15th

Hoodman Cinema Kit Pro Because I take a lot of pictures out in the desert on bright sunny days, I often have trouble seeing the image on my camera’s 3-inch rear viewing screen, making it difficult to compose and focus shots. I recently found and purchased a product that effectively resolves this problem; the HoodLoupe 3.0 with a 3x Magnifying Eyecup and Hoodcrane. The HoodLoupe has a 1 to 1 Magnification +/- 3 Diopter Adjustment and  is designed to fit over a 3 inch LCD viewing screen, effectively blocking out any glare from from the sun or other unwanted sources. The hypoallergenic silicon rubber 3x Magnifying Eyecup slides over the HoodLoupe, further sealing out ambient light. It can rotate to accommodate either right or left eyed shooters. The HoodCrane attaches to the universal hot shoe mount and is designed to hold the HoodLoupe in place, yet swing up and pivot out of the way for shared LCD viewing or still shooting.

Journal Entry for Friday, May 4th

NEW Blog Site Today I worked on a project that has been on my to-do list for a long time, specifically, creation of a separate Blog site for posting all of my “art” related projects, thereby getting them off of my Photo Gallery site. Even though I was able to ‘copy’ over many of the individual pages, I still had to design the sight from scratch. I’m sure it may require some “tweaking” over time, however, I was relatively pleased with the day’s effort. The good news is that my photo site will be a little less cluttered. Check it out here … Ken's Eco-Art Gallery. Send me an email and let me know what you think?  Any ideas or suggestions for improvements?

Journal Entry for Saturday, Apr 22nd

Over the past couples of years I have made four visits to the town of Cold Creek, Nevada, famous for the many wild horses that roam the town, yards and overall landscape. Today I decided to create a new subject category titled, “Wild Horses” to act as a depository for some of the better pictures that I have captured of these beautiful animals. Check it out … Wild Horses at Cold Creek

Journal Entry for Monday, Apr 9th

Follow-up on Carbonite Backup Program Back on February 26th I put up a post about using Carbonite, a “cloud” backup program, to backup all of my photos and other important data files. The only negative thing I have to say about this program is how slow the initial back up is. It’s been a little over a month now, and I still haven’t completed backing up all of my files, though I’m almost there. As of today I have 57,000 files (mostly pictures) backed up for a total of 134 GB. But here is the good news. The other day I was working on editing a collage and saved the new edit without changing the filename, thereby causing the original collage to disappear. In less than a minute with just a few clicks I located the lost file in my Carbonite backup and “poof” it was instantly restored. They even sent me a report (copy below) showing that the file was restored back to its original location. I couldn’t believe how easy it was, no thinking, no converting – just click and restore! By far the easiest backup program I have ever used. LOVE IT!