Right. So. It appears that pro and wanna-be photogs are the hot new market segment for software. First Apple releases Aperture (with it’s somewhat obscene minimum requirements), and now Adobe has released a public beta of it’s new Lightroom. The cost for trying Aperture is $500, thank you very much, and the reviews of it’s [...]

The score on the screen may not reflect it yet, but that was Penn State’s winning field goal in the THIRD overtime. I called friends before the game, both rabid fans, and I told them “don’t stroke out.” I needed to heed my own advice; I nearly seized up about 8 times once it hit [...]

With the daylight fading on the First Night festivities I made my way down to the main stage where the People’s Procession (apparently someone has a thing for Lenin?) would finish. I figured I’d get some shots as the parade came in. As I approached I heard country music…not a genre I’m not real familiar [...]

I’d say I achieved my secondary goal, but that’s about it. I think the root of it was that I was underprepared–I didn’t know the event well enough to know exactly where to go–and I wasn’t mentally prepared for adopting the hi-I’m-here-from-so-and-so-to-take-your-picture persona. In short I was more than a little self-conscious about what I [...]

They’ve posted it. I’m a subscriber so I apologize if it doesn’t work for you (it should though).