Temecula Farmer’s Market

In Temecula, on Saturdays and Wednesdays, over 50 farmers and vendors gather. These farmers markets are a place to get locally-grown organic foods in the Murrieta and Temecula area. I visited with my camera.

Temecula Farmer's Market

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Male Costa’s Hummingbird

Photograph of a male Costa's Hummingbird.

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Reading the Lens

Nikkor Lens

My lenses have various markings written on them. It’s about time I learned what those mean!

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Sunny 16

A pianist may tune his piano by ear. A guitarist may tune his guitar by ear. Perhaps the photographer’s equivalent is to tune the exposure by Sunny 16. It’s an easy method to use to get the exposure right in ones photographs.

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Too Many Photos and Not Enough Space!

Actually, that’s not true. I have more than enough space. Does everybody else?

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Digikam on Windows

Today I decided to try out my photo manager of choice on Windows Vista, so I would know if it’s ready to recommend to Windows users. The result? A lot of good, but also a lot of bad (which wasn’t the fault of the photo manager!)

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Lens Cleaning Kit: The Necessary Evil

A spot! A spot! It’s a spot!

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More MM Zooms

Something repeated this time. If I ever forget what a camera’s mm number means when it comes to a photograph, I will have enough posts about it to remind myself.

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Zooming in 35mm at a Time

Focal length is measured in millimeters. Focal length relates to zoom. Focal length was easy for me to learn. Still, I want to write about it in case I need to refresh it in my mind…

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Learning Through Trial and Error

Success or not? I went out today to see if I learned anything useful in my prior post. I have early results!

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