It's been a while since I've updated my website. Life has been incredibly busy with a lot
of significant changes. Recovery is progressing on all levels and I'm starting to feel
somwhat settled. For the first time in about a year I've begun working on my kayak again.
I'm building a 16'6" Greenland style kayak from scratch using okume plywood for the hull
and cedar strip for the deck. It feels great to have it on the workstand again.
Recently 2 of my images placed highly in NANPA's 2008 Showcase photography contest.
The images are "3 Of A Kind (Cedar Waxwings)" and "Fall Colors".
They are located in the Avian and Still Life galleries respectively.
I just got word that NANPA has selected my Cedar Waxwings photo
to used in new marketing materials that will be published by
the end of September 2008.
I have added 3 galleries in the last 6 months.
The first called "Wanderings In Oly".
It will include a collection of images from around the Olympia area
that will depict part of the culture here.
The 2nd gallery is called "Findings".
These are images of odd or unexpected scenes.
The 3rd gallery is a Picassa gallery through Google.
It is called "Events and Personal Endeavors"
It depicts other facets of my life.
In the last 9 months I've really enjoyed playing with long shutter speeds on my camera.
In doing this I've found myself creating wonderful flowing images that depict movement,
whether with people, birds, or vehicles. A new gallery has been created where some of
these new images are starting to appear.
Recently I replaced my Nikon D200 with the Nikon D300.
The D300 is extrordinary with it's advancements. The D300
is basically a D2x in a smaller body with more advanced image
processing chip and cmos sensor. The image quality is by far better
than the D200.
Anyboby considering an upgrade to Windows Vista?
Don't do it. Vista is an annoying piece of fluff.
Recently I purchased what is called a continuous flow ink system for my printer.
I found that in a years' time I could easily go through 6 to 10 sets of cartridges in
my Epson R2400 printer. One set of 8 Epson cartridges costs well over $100.
Multiply that by 6 or even 9 and you may gasp like I did. So I did a little research
and found a company that manufactures continuous flow ink systems.
They were selling last years model at less than half the cost of the current model but yet
they were including the latest ink set that works with my printer.
$150 is what I paid for the system that included prefilled cartridges and eight 4 oz. bottles of each ink.
Already you can see the tremendous savings here. Now here is the other side of the equation.
Set-up of the system may be challenging to some as well as potentially messy.
The system will need some tweeking to get it to print the way you want it too. You will need to
download new printer profiles from the Ink system manufacturer, or make your own.
I have found that making my own to be more reliable.
There are several companies out there that sell these ink systems. Search out reviews
before laying out the money for one. A new up-to-date system can run close to $400.
I addition to this there are now companies that sell "Bulk Inks".
I have found that the "photo black" ink (of the system i bought) has a high "gloss differential"
on glossy photo papers. What this means is that the areas where black ink is laid down is
not glossy, it is more flat in appearance. I have since found a company that claims to
match the chemical makeup of epson inks which should help take care of this issue.
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