Author: Cooper Strange

2008-01-24

“P” vs. Green Box Mode

What is the “green box” mode found on so many cameras? I was exploring that on my mom’s camera the other day trying to figure it out myself. The simple answer, which can be applied to most cameras it seems, is this: the green box is the “let the camera do everything” mode, fully automatic, brainless operation.

Then, I accidentally found a mode which interested me much more, the P mode. When I am shooting on my camera, I rarely go for the P or “program” mode, but it has one interesting trait when compared to the “green box” mode. P is the automatic metering mode. So, how is that different from the green box? I wondered myself.

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2008-01-22

Who Needs a Sink?

2008-01-05

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Lack of Fungus

2007-12-17

No Pointers on Nature Photography Here

I have a lot to learn when it comes to nature photography. On a recent short trip to Georgia, I went out in the morning to catch some of the very late-blooming foliage. The colors are nice, but I would rate this photo, the best of the lot, as background noise.

Fall trees in Georgia

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2007-12-15

Fungus Wiped Right Off

That is a quote. I just talked on the phone with the camera repair technician at Hale Photo Supply in Oklahoma City, and he said, “I just finished with your 85mm lens…the fungus wiped right off.” Whoopee!

I can barely contain my relief. The lens had a lot of fungus, very widespread over several elements inside the lens, and knowing my prized lens is back in action with bright, shiny surfaces is wonderful to know.

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2007-12-13

Shaping Wood

2007-12-11

Awning Carving for Dong Bridge

2007-12-07

Countryside Buses

2007-12-05

Wood Culture

2007-11-23

Ubiquitous PowerPoint

Obviously, regardless of the presentation problem needing a solution, PowerPoint is the clear and solitary answer…or so goes the thinking of far too many people. When all that is desired is to show photos in a professional presentation, I have seen way too many people turn to PowerPoint as their solution. In most cases, though, it is far more trouble than it is worth for presenting photos.

Think slide shows, you know, the good old clicks and turns of mounted slides in a projector carousel. The only difference is that now, with computers, loading in the photos to be displayed is far more easy than figuring out which way around they go in a carousel, and you do not have the danger of dumping all the slides out by tilting your computer the wrong way.

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