South Africa Day 4: Johannesburg to Mpumalanga

Monday, April 27, 2015

On the bus to Hazyview in Mpumalanga: Today was moving day. We traveled most of the day by bus from Johannesburg to Mpumalanga along the Panorama Route. Once…

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South Africa Day 3: Rhino and Lion Park and Soweto

Saturday, April 25, 2015

From the lobby bar of the InterContinental Hotel: Today we saw Africa in transition, from a wild life reserve dedicated to protecting indigenous species to the changing face…

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South Africa Day 2: London to Johannesburg

Friday, April 24, 2015

From Johannesburg: After a slightly delayed departure from London last night, we arrived on Johannesburg about 9:30 a.m. on Friday morning.  We passed through customs, stopped for coffee…

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South Africa Day 1: Boston to London

Friday, April 24, 2015

After Shan­non and Peter’s deli­cious din­ner last night in Mel­rose (mar­gar­i­tas and chicken and shrimp tor­tillas!) we were up early this morn­ing to meet the group at Logan…

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South Africa: Dulles to Boston

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Onboard Jet Blue flight 456 to Boston:  Off on another adventure with Dr. Craven and the travelers from Milford HS. As usual, I spent a good part of…

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Current Gear 2015 Update

Sunday, April 12, 2015
Current Gear

Some changes to the current gear lineup.  I sold the Nikon D600 DSLR, the Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5D IF-ED, the AF-S DX Nikkor 12-24mm f4G IF-ED, and the AF-S…

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Galápagos Islands Video Workflow

Thursday, October 30, 2014
Final Cut Pro X Galapagos Project Timeline

Last week I posted the 2013 Galápagos Islands video and shortly after the trip I posted details of the photo and video workflow.  Here is a little more…

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Galápagos Islands 2013 Video

Sunday, October 26, 2014
2013 Galapagos Islands Video

As usual this took too long to finish!!  But a year and a half after our trip here is the video for the 2013 Galápagos Islands adventure.

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Amateur Radio – Got My Ticket!

Wednesday, October 15, 2014
FCC Amateur Radio License

In this case a ticket refers to an FCC amateur radio license.  Something I’ve been wanting to do for a while.  Thanks to the members of the Sterling…

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Outer Banks Aerial

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

I put together some aerial shots from last summer’s trip to the Outer Banks. Technical details … Quadcopter DJI Phantom 1 Radio Futaba 14SG Gimbal DJI Zenmuse H3-2D…

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Sunday Morning Flying

Sunday, July 20, 2014

After completing the DJI Phantom upgrade over the winter, I’ve been out working on my flying and aerial photography skills. Here is a sequence shot this morning with…

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DJI Phantom Upgrades

Sunday, April 27, 2014

After buying a DJI Phantom 1 quadcopter and learning to fly last fall, I’ve spent the winter adding upgrades to the quad to improve the quality of video….

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Weather on the Balcony

Sunday, February 16, 2014
Meteoplug All-in-One Graph

It’s been a while since my last update.  For the past few months I’ve been working on a couple of projects … New Blog ThemeI’ve updated the look…

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DJI Phantom Flying and Video

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Shortly after Photoshop World 2013 I bought a DJI Phantom 1 quadcopter.  I’ve spent most of the fall working to perfect my flying technique. Now that I am…

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Photoshop World 2013

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

This week I’m in Las Vegas attending the Photoshop World 2013 conference for several days of photography and Lightroom workshops – starting today with Flight Training for Photographers….

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