I use external battery packs with my Flashes so to extend the amount of shots and also shorten recycle times. I have two CP-E4 knockoffs I bought on eBay, I use them with my Ex580 II and Ex550.

When shooting inside high ceiling buildings like churches, or temples, and using E-TTL the flash will not receive much bounced light so it will try to compensate by boosting its power. This is really bad because if you dont notice it soon enough your flash can overheat and stop working or you can waste your batteries really quick. (If you’re rapid shooting)

Once simple thing that can help in this situation is a flash modifier like a stofen:

There are hundreds of light modifiers, the Stofen is good because its really small and even if pointed upwards it will send light out in every direction.

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Lately I’ve been getting headaches, and always have itchy, bloodshot eyes… somedays I get headaches so severe that I have to leave work and go home and sleep for 2-3 hours. During those crazy headaches I see flashing in my eyes…  I self diagnosed it as: Ocular Migraines

So after reading many blogs and medical sites I decided to try “Computer Glasses” I purchased a set of Gunnars model “Catalyst Edge”… I just received them and so far so good I’ll report on them after a few days.

*** Update: this is the second day using these glasses and my eyes feel much better. (I’ll keep on reporting to make sure its not a placebo).

*** Update: Its now been a week and my eyes feel really good. They are not itchy or super tired. No headaches either. Gunnar is coming out with a new line of lenses that aren’t yellow for graphic artists. I might have to exchange these because I work on images a lot.

*** Update: Its now been almost a month and I cant live without them… I use them at work all day and really can use my PC without them. I no longer use eye drops there’s no need for them.

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I created this image for a holiday card for the company I work for. Turns out my boss really didn’t like it so if anyone wants to use it here it is…
Click to see it fullsize.

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So you Rooted your Mytouch and now lost WIFI, Bluetooth and accelerometers.

This tiny post is to help people that just rooted their phone and lost WIFI, Bluetooth and accelerometers with your new custom image. I had the same thing happen to me and this is what I did. I tried many things and followed a guide from www.subterrain.net which seems to be down now.

This will install the base image and then a custom image from Cyanogen. The outcome is a very responsive phone that works great. I updated to the latest image with CM-Update (you can download it from Market).

There are a lot of people that blame this on hardware, but it seems its just software.

Here’s their Cyanogenmod guide:

[THIS WAS COPIED FROM THEM DIRECTLY, THIS WORKED FOR ME]
Cyanogenmod Installation Steps:

Download the HTC Android 1.6 base image: HERE

Download the latest CyanogenMod ROM for your device: HERE

Put all necessary files on your SD card Now install the actual OS of the phone. First you will install the legal Google apps, and then you will install CyanogenMod on top of those apps.

Turn your phone off.

Hold the Home button while booting to get to Recovery mode.

Select “wipe data/factory reset”

Select “apply any zip from sd”  choose “HTC_ADP_1.6_DRC83_rooted_base.zip”

Press home to confirm and let installation complete (‘Formatting Cache’ will stay at the bottom of the screen but once the menu reappears, the flashing is complete)

STOP – DO NOT REBOOT YOUR PHONE

Again, select “apply any zip from sd”) * choose “update-cm-4.2.3.1-signed.zip”

Press home to confirm and let installation complete

When this is complete, reboot your phone by pressing Home & Back or selecting that option. Wait a couple of minutes, and enjoy.

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I finally launched my photography website. I’ve been working on it for months but never really felt it was “done”.

I have been doing photography gigs on my off-time and weekends for a while now, and just wanted to create a “professional”  looking site.  So far I have done engagement parties, a few low-cost weddings, Hindu engagements, Baptisms, Communions etc.

I’m trying to break into main stream Wedding photography but understand that I need much more practice before I would feel comfortable taking on a high-end wedding.

Take a peek:
www.flowingcolor.com

I understand there’s still room for improvement but I least I have a foundation!

Peace!

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