The new Nikon D200

Nikon recently announced (on November 1st, 2005) a new camera, the D200 DSLR. It’s a vast improvement over the old D100 and the more recent D70/D70s and D50. I’ve been using the D100 for a couple of years now and have been very pleased with its durability and picture quality, so I can only assume … Read more

We've moved!

It’s been a while since my last post and I have an explanation — I’m now living in Madison, WI. We moved in the end of May and I had a full load of weddings this summer, so I haven’t had the time to post anything new. BUT, I have had a chance to check … Read more

New wedding albums

Leather Craftsmen Overview. I’ve been looking into various album options for my wedding clients and recently ordered an album through Leather Craftsmen. Well, I just got the album in the mail and it looks fantastic. Here’s my review of the album. First impressions. I am very impressed with this album. The first thing I said … Read more

Why vertical?

I was just perusing my photo albums and noticed that the majority of my images are vertical images. In fact, if you look at the images I’ve posted so far, only 1 is horizontal. I’m not going to get into this in too much detail now, but I think it’s primarily because I shoot a … Read more

I've been published!

Griekenland Magazine I just found out that some of my images of Crete, Greece are going to be used in the Crete edition of Griekenland Magazine. It’s a Greek language magazine, so I won’t be able to read what they’re saying, but I’ll recognize my images. This is a first for me and very exciting. … Read more

NUMBER27.org

NUMBER27 / The Work of Jonathan J. Harris I came across this site the other day and have to say that it has quite a few really good design ideas in it. The two items I find especially fascinating are 10×10 and Word Count. Both are attempts at putting large ammounts of data in a … Read more

New lens

Well, I just got a new lens for my camera. It’s a Nikon 24-85 f/2.8-4. Hopefully this will replace my 35-105 as my all around general purpose lens. Because I’m all digital now, I needed that extra bit of wide angle to be able to cover the standard zoom range. If I need to go … Read more

Review of Apple's iPhoto Books

Apple – iLife – iPhoto – Books Background. I had been seeing the ads for Apple’s new iPhoto books and figured they were worth a look-see. My son was about to turn one and I thought it would be nice to have a book printed with pictures of his first year. Also, since the prices … Read more

Photo tip: turn your flash off

One of the first things that you can do to improve your images is to turn your flash off. This is especially true if you take pictures of people. The flash which is built into your camera is quite powerful — in fact, it’s too powerful. What’s worse is that all that power is focused … Read more