I Love Cynics!

Once upon a time, Fairbanks had only two bookstores worth mentioning: Walden Books, which had a horribly pathetic selection of any subject, and Gulivers which kicks all sorts of ass if you’re looking for something used. Neither had a great photography section, so there was no such thing as instant gratification. Forced to Amazon and [...]

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Last week I spent a wonderful time in Oregon. It was rather unexpected.
Oh, I knew I was going down there for a long time. But, it was for a work related class on writing and photography. I thought, quite arrogantly, that I was going to see and hear a lot of what I already [...]

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I have to admit, the focus of this book review is very very narrow. However, with the recent release of the Nikon D80, the price of older models has dropped enormously. If you are in the market for a digital SLR, but are low on cash, looking to these older models might be a wise [...]

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Finally, after months of slow tinkering and scrapping design after design, Urban Raven Photo is online.
Urban Raven Photo is my stock/Alaskan photography web site. It’s a simple three page layout at the moment. Would love to hear comments pro or con about the design. It will grow as business grows, I’m sure. If I ever [...]

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Since damn near every other Alaska related blog will be covering this comedy I think I’ll ramble on about something else today.
Specifically, the slow buildup of my photo business.
Sometime back I posted about how I’d gotten into something called Microstock Photography. Briefly defined, microstock is a method of selling stock photography at very low prices [...]

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I wouldn’t normally post a review of anything other than a book here, but hey, I just bought a new toy and thought I’d spread the love.
I recently decided it was time to buy a new digital camera. This was brought about by the simple fact that my old one died.
The old one was [...]

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