I've been wanting to try a new look for Light Description for some time now and finally took a deep breath and made the plunge. Of course, as you can see, I did not wander too far from the old layout!
As it turns out, the template that I originally selected must have been outdated long ago and therefore some of the newer features do not apply to it. My main complaint has become a difficulty in uploading pictures. I hope this new format will resolve that problem. I also wanted to increase the screen width of the blog page and that could not be easily done with the old template.
Bummer. Just tried to upload an image and the Blogger Editor balked just as it did with the old template.
I will probably try a new editor, Windows Live Writer, instead of the Blogger Editor -- hope I don't mess up the old posts!
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Showing posts with label Light Description. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
Light Description in 2010
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Seems hard to believe, but this blog is about to enter its fifth year of "publication". I initiated Light Description as a means to learn about blogging and to force myself to be more disciplined and organized in my thinking about photography. Along the way, I found that participants in photography discussion forums often ask the same questions over and over. This blog has become a convenient way to answer those repetitive forum questions in more detail with less typing. Of course, Light Description is also a platform for showing the occasional good picture that I get as well as griping when things or equipment are not to my liking. For all these reasons, I like my blog.
Light Description really picked up when I got my Canon G9; in fact, to some viewers, Light Description is the "G9 Blog". Now that I have a G12, I suppose Light Description will become the "G12 Blog". Actually, my best camera is the Canon 7D but I take the most pictures and have the most fun with the G9 and G12. In fact, I bought a G6 not long ago just to see how it filled in those gaps between my G3 and G9.
A few statistics: Last year, Light Description has 46974 visits from 35407 unique visitors for an average of 129 daily visits. Visits typically run between 100 and 200; the peak was 337 visits in one day. Visitors average reading two posts before exiting. Most visitors are from the USA, UK, Canada and Australia but the list includes 156 countries! Most traffic to Light Description is generated by search engines but nearly the same amount is generated by direct referrals from other sites.
The most popular posts on Light Description are:
1. Yongnuo Speedlite YN460-II
2. G12 and G9 in Noise Modes
3. G12 Lens Adapters
4. G12: Going Wide
Plans for the future include, well, more of the same. I'm still learning the ins and outs of the G12 and have a few new gadgets to report on as well. I'm anxious to learn more about video on both the G12 and 7D; frankly, video is a bit intimidating.
Light Description is completely non-commercial and almost certain to remain so. The various cameras, accessories and gadgets that I report on have been purchased with my own funds for my own use. Obviously, I am not a professional photographer or blogger.
Thanks for reading Light Description. Stay tuned in 2011 but don't forget to use the labels and search function to find useful information from previous posts.
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Seems hard to believe, but this blog is about to enter its fifth year of "publication". I initiated Light Description as a means to learn about blogging and to force myself to be more disciplined and organized in my thinking about photography. Along the way, I found that participants in photography discussion forums often ask the same questions over and over. This blog has become a convenient way to answer those repetitive forum questions in more detail with less typing. Of course, Light Description is also a platform for showing the occasional good picture that I get as well as griping when things or equipment are not to my liking. For all these reasons, I like my blog.
Light Description really picked up when I got my Canon G9; in fact, to some viewers, Light Description is the "G9 Blog". Now that I have a G12, I suppose Light Description will become the "G12 Blog". Actually, my best camera is the Canon 7D but I take the most pictures and have the most fun with the G9 and G12. In fact, I bought a G6 not long ago just to see how it filled in those gaps between my G3 and G9.
A few statistics: Last year, Light Description has 46974 visits from 35407 unique visitors for an average of 129 daily visits. Visits typically run between 100 and 200; the peak was 337 visits in one day. Visitors average reading two posts before exiting. Most visitors are from the USA, UK, Canada and Australia but the list includes 156 countries! Most traffic to Light Description is generated by search engines but nearly the same amount is generated by direct referrals from other sites.
The most popular posts on Light Description are:
1. Yongnuo Speedlite YN460-II
2. G12 and G9 in Noise Modes
3. G12 Lens Adapters
4. G12: Going Wide
Plans for the future include, well, more of the same. I'm still learning the ins and outs of the G12 and have a few new gadgets to report on as well. I'm anxious to learn more about video on both the G12 and 7D; frankly, video is a bit intimidating.
Light Description is completely non-commercial and almost certain to remain so. The various cameras, accessories and gadgets that I report on have been purchased with my own funds for my own use. Obviously, I am not a professional photographer or blogger.
Thanks for reading Light Description. Stay tuned in 2011 but don't forget to use the labels and search function to find useful information from previous posts.
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Saturday, January 30, 2010
Post 200
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Light Description began a little more than three years ago; this is post number 200. Nothing particularly surprising in this post except the realization of averaging more than one post per week.
Light Description began a little more than three years ago; this is post number 200. Nothing particularly surprising in this post except the realization of averaging more than one post per week.
Taking a quick look at the Labels (left hand side of the display), most of the past posts have centered around learning to use the Canon G9 and/or flash. I still have and use the G9 regularly but probably will place more emphasis on the 7D during 2010. Flash is still intriguing to me and I have much to learn about it.
More to come in 2010 …
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
G10 Announced
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Today Canon announced the Powershot G10 as the replacement for their G9. The G10 had been anticipated for months although there was much debate about the name and features. My own predictions – not perfect, but not too bad – were made in late July.
There are good summaries and preliminary reviews at Imaging Resource and DPReview . I’m sure those same sites will soon have more complete hands-on reports and sample pictures. Full size sample pictures from Canon have been posted although all are at ISO 80.
As for my own predictions, my biggest surprise is that the G10 has a new, wider angle zoom lens: 28 – 140 mm (using 35mm equivalent). I appreciate the wider angle even though some photographers wanted an even longer telephoto than the 210 mm of the G9. It was good to see Canon responding to the need for a wider angle zoom.
I probably will not be getting a G10. Although I’m sure that the G10 will be a good camera and it has some nice features – especially that wider angle lens -- the G10 is not really a major upgrade to the G9 for those who already have a G9.
This Light Description blog is sometimes said to be specific to the G9 but it really isn’t. My intention for Light Description has always been to create a platform for presenting my photographic thoughts, experiences and results as well as simply learning how to write a blog. In getting the G9 last year, I noted that equipment was not the limiting factor in my photographic efforts. Of course, since then I’ve bought more equipment – including the G9! I’ve thoroughly enjoyed learning to use the G9, pushing it to the max for performance, and blogging about the experience. In fact, I’m still learning to use my G9.
I use my G9 in some way nearly every day and have taken nearly eight thousand pictures with it. But I’ve used video only a few times, the voice recorder only once, and haven’t used the special scene settings at all. I have plans to test and write about the various exposure modes, light metering modes, more about noise reduction and high ISO, more about HDR , raw processing, software, etc., etc. I’m very interested in learning to use off-camera flash. Much of these thoughts and experiences will also apply to other cameras, especially the G7 and, I assume, the G10.
So Light Description will go on. Everyday several hundred readers check in; most readers have been particularly interested in the G9. Those G9’ers will see the emphasis continue on the G9 for a while and then gradually shift to general techniques even though the camera being used will probably be the G9.
But I really do like cameras …
There are good summaries and preliminary reviews at Imaging Resource and DPReview . I’m sure those same sites will soon have more complete hands-on reports and sample pictures. Full size sample pictures from Canon have been posted although all are at ISO 80.
As for my own predictions, my biggest surprise is that the G10 has a new, wider angle zoom lens: 28 – 140 mm (using 35mm equivalent). I appreciate the wider angle even though some photographers wanted an even longer telephoto than the 210 mm of the G9. It was good to see Canon responding to the need for a wider angle zoom.
I probably will not be getting a G10. Although I’m sure that the G10 will be a good camera and it has some nice features – especially that wider angle lens -- the G10 is not really a major upgrade to the G9 for those who already have a G9.
This Light Description blog is sometimes said to be specific to the G9 but it really isn’t. My intention for Light Description has always been to create a platform for presenting my photographic thoughts, experiences and results as well as simply learning how to write a blog. In getting the G9 last year, I noted that equipment was not the limiting factor in my photographic efforts. Of course, since then I’ve bought more equipment – including the G9! I’ve thoroughly enjoyed learning to use the G9, pushing it to the max for performance, and blogging about the experience. In fact, I’m still learning to use my G9.
I use my G9 in some way nearly every day and have taken nearly eight thousand pictures with it. But I’ve used video only a few times, the voice recorder only once, and haven’t used the special scene settings at all. I have plans to test and write about the various exposure modes, light metering modes, more about noise reduction and high ISO, more about HDR , raw processing, software, etc., etc. I’m very interested in learning to use off-camera flash. Much of these thoughts and experiences will also apply to other cameras, especially the G7 and, I assume, the G10.
So Light Description will go on. Everyday several hundred readers check in; most readers have been particularly interested in the G9. Those G9’ers will see the emphasis continue on the G9 for a while and then gradually shift to general techniques even though the camera being used will probably be the G9.
But I really do like cameras …
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