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Here is a program that I use to quickly get the images off my flash cards. It's a very simple program; you tell it where the photos are that you want and where you want to put them and it does the rest. It is pretty specific and it does not have much flexibility, so if you happen to like the way it organizes the photos then you'll be happy, but if you want some features added, shoot me an email and I will probably incorporate it.

You can pretty much see from the image below how the photos will be organized in your destination directory. Basically, it creates a "year" folder and a day folder within that. If the file already exists in the destination it will not copy it there. As it copies files it will check to see if it can find image orientation information and will rotate the file accordingly.

I like to use shoot raw together with a small jpeg file. I use the raw as the digital negative and the jpeg as a quick proof of the image. Generally I try to get it right in the camera, and it's also a lot quicker if I just want to take some snapshots and make them quickly available for viewing. Currently it only works with .raw and .jpg extensions, so if you need a different extension let me know and I will add it. I hope you find this useful even though it is a little limited.

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This image keeps me coming back to it over and over. I really enjoy looking at all the different people captured in this one moment. I find it interesting to wonder where the people are trying to go, to see what they are holding in their hands and to look at their facial expressions.

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Last week we went down to Florida for a little R&R. On the last day there, we got a good storm. This panoramic photo was taken a few hours before we left and was taken looking east over the Atlantic ocean. The clouds were moving over the beach from the west going east (top of image moving down) and the rain appeared to be coming from the south going north (right of image going left towards us).

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Cloud Cover On Amelia Island

Took a day of vacation yesterday to spend some time outdoors, so my brother-in-law and I went canoeing. Since we've had quite a rainy seasons this spring the water level of the river was great. One of the coolest places to stop along this particular river trip is Pattison Forge, otherwise known as the Montgomery Bell Tunnel...

Click on the image below to see a larger view. The larger view may take some time to download as the files are about 2MB each.

Tunnel Panorama

Tunnel Top View Panorama

The "Holy Grail" of wireless flash triggers are the Pocket Wizards - they are fast, reliable, and have an amazing range. This of course comes a quite a heafty price and many new photographers simply can't afford them. For this reason many people use the Cactus V2's from Gadget Infinity, otherwise known as the "Ebay" triggers.

There are many features that the PW have that the V2's don't have, but as far as cheap wireless triggers go, the V2's are quite good. The main problem of the V2's is in their range, but with a small modification this can be remedied fairly easily. Basically, by adding an external antenna the signal is "louder and clearer" for the receivers to pick up.

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BojanM gave me a good idea for a photo I could use for my company's new website. In order to fit in the site's theme I needed the black and white image, so here is the original. Since the trees have not fully bloomed the color version is not very good, but the B&W version is more effective as it emphasizes the structure. I will have to go back and shoot this one again later this year.

Natchez Trace Arch Bridge in Color

Natchez Trace Arch Bridge

This is a cannon that is on the Carter House grounds. I like the image because it appears the cannon is popping out of the screen. I wish I had put part of the left wheel in the frame to balance it out a little more.

Canon At The Carter House

The other day after much procrastination, I finally got myself to go out and take some photos. I started out wanting to get some shots of old barns, but I got an old, yellow railway station instead. The sign on the side door stated it was the private property of the Walters's.

Walter's Railway Station

I've been doing some indoor, still-life photography lately to try and learn some better lighting techniques. This was done with an off-camera, diffused flash at camera right. The back(left side) of the apple was lit by light bouncing off a white surface. I cannot remember the power of the flash, but I think it was set at 1/4 power.

Apple

Photography has been an interest of mine for a long time. I've recently started getting back into it and I've been debating whether or not to start a separate blog on the topic or include it in this blog. I've decided to just make it part of this blog for now, so here is my first image.

Sunflower