Monthly Archives: January 2006

A first look at “Mastering Black & White Digital Photography”

Posted on 2006-01-09 by frank

I stumbled across Michael Freeman’s book while browsing for a copy of Tom Ang’s “Digital Photographer’s Handbook” to give to my mom for Christmas. It looked interested enough in the store that I couldn’t resist buying it. So far I’ve … Continue reading →

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Aperture to see some competition from Lightroom

Posted on 2006-01-09 by frank

It’s nice to see that Aperture will be getting some competition from Adobe/Macromedia Lightroom, but there are a few things missing even from Lightroom’s beta. Where is the crop tool? I almost always crop an image before I print it … Continue reading →

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Goals

Posted on 2006-01-08 by frank

My cycling and fitness goal for the year is to ride 3000 miles. That’s nearly double what I rode in 2005, but I know I can do it, I’ll just have to ride a lot more this winter. Last year, … Continue reading →

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First ride, Bartram Trail

Posted on 2006-01-08 by frank

I had my first extended trail ride on the new mountain bike this morning. Jeff and I left for the trail about 9:30, just as it was warming up a little bit and the frost was melting off the cars. … Continue reading →

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A Perfect Day?

Posted on 2006-01-08 by frank

I left Andrea outside holding two bicycles, one of them attached to a trailer containing Elizabeth, who’d been chattering away in there for the hour as we rode our way downtown along the Augusta Canal Tow Path. We’d parked our … Continue reading →

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