Shut up shuttin' up

It’s pretty typical these days to be reminded to turn off your cell phone at the start of movies, theater performances, classes, religious services, and so forth.  At last week’s performance of Einstein’s Dreams, I was pleasantly surprised that no...

Processing those food photos with Photoshop Elements

The last three posts were all about choosing the right digital camera for photographing food.  Despite that, we all know that what you do with the equipment is the important part.  Here, I present a pretty simple set of steps for making decent blogworthy photos from...

The best digital camera for food photography, part 3

If you’ve been following my turgid dissertation on choosing a compact digital camera for photographing food in restaurants, you know that we’re up to the final chapter on the camera part. macro focusing or closeup mode (or “food mode”) a wide angle lens a...

Geek note: brown is the new black

I’m a big believer in the primacy of content, but sometimes I have to share some technical details on what kind of typewriters the infinite monkeys in here are using, and I know there are a few techies out there who dig this stuff. Feeling the need for more...