You probably know that I am a technophile. And you know that my tools are of utmost importance to me. So it should come as no surprise that I have acquired the new Canon 1D Mark IV camera. So far I am thrilled at the new capabilities it gives me. Ill be posting updates as it works its way more prominently into my workflow.
I had the honor once again of being hired by Facebook to be the official photographer for Facebook f8 2010. This is a gathering to promote Facebook’s platform, their tools and their business to partners from all over the world. I am grateful for the many years of partnership with Facebook, and it has been an extraordinary thrill to watch this rocket blast ever skyward.
My photographs are posted on the f8 website for all the world (or at least the 1/2 billion or so of you who are on Facebook) to see. Check them out at facebook.com/f8. And see you online!
I need to upgrade my laptop because it’s grown a little long in the tooth for my current needs.
I spend most of my time editing photographs using Aperture 3.0, and with the new 64-bit OS and my ever-growing photo collection, I am taxing the limits of my old Macbook Pro. It’s a 2.33 Ghz model max’d out with 3GB of RAM, 256MB of VRAM and a 7200 RPM 500GB hard drive. But I really need more RAM, and the extra screen real estate and faster processor is going to be a welcome change. But there was a glitch…
I have an ExpressCard34 slot in my old Mac, but sadly the new 15″ models have removed it in favor of an SD card slot. Meh. But I just discovered a little-known fact: the 17″ unibody Macbook Pro actually still has the slot. Now I can upgrade and still use my Very Large Array of Disks (my acronym: “Vlad”), which has an eSATA connection by using the eSATA expresscard adapter that I have.
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