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A foggy spring day in Maine...

Saturday was a pretty foggy day here in Maine and hopefully the images below will do it some justice.

The sun is just starting to nudge against the horizon as I write this and today looks like more of the same, it's time to reformat my cards, grab another cup of coffee, and head back out.

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Great memory card sale part II!....

Adorama is having another great sale on memory cards, not only are the prices outstanding, they will ship them to you for free as well!

SanDisk 4 GB Extreme III Compact Flash - 1 $24.95 (after rebate)

SanDisk 4 GB Extreme III Compact Flash - 3 pk $33 (after rebate)

SanDisk 8 GB Extreme III Compact Flash - 1 $39.95 (after rebate)

SanDisk 8 GB Extreme III Compact Flash - 3 pk $66 (after rebate)

SanDisk 4 GB Extreme III Secure Digital (SDHC) - 1 $24.95 (after rebate)

SanDisk 4 GB Extreme III Secure Digital (SDHC) - 3 pk $24 (after rebate)

SanDisk 8 GB Extreme III Secure Digital (SDHC) - 1 $34.95 (after rebate)

SanDisk 8 GB Extreme III Secure Digital (SDHC) - 3 pk $57 (after rebate)

Yes, you read that correctly, it's actually less expensive (final cost) to buy three 4 GB SDHC cards than it is to buy one, go figure.

The rebate form is available for download here.

Canon Blogger has featured a Nikon shooter!...

Me!

;)

Jason Anderson of Canon Blogger was kind enough to feature me on todays "Thursday Thoughts".

Jason is a great resource for anyone interested in photography, his blog is extremely informative and regularly features thoughtfully prepared tips and tutorials.

You should give Canon Blogger a well deserved spot in your favorites.

Thanks Jason for making me look better than I am.

Winter images from one of our readers...

Mark Pellegrino was kind enough to share some of his recent winter images with us (and you).

From Mark:

"I was just checking out some of your cool winter photos and thought I would share some I took a few weeks ago in the Adirondacks at a Carl Heilman workshop. We received about 10 inches of snow that day and conditions were blinding. One of the exercises was to just stand on the deck of the house and see what we could come up with.

We experimented with a technique where we used a long shutter speed (1/3s) and held the shot by hand for the first 2/3rds of the shot and then droping the camera down towards the snow for the final 1/3 of the shot. The effect can be seen in the pictures. It brings the snow up into the trees almost creating a snowy-mist and blurring portions of the picture.

Credit to Carl Heilman for showing me this. It creates a pretty cool, almost oil painting effect with the snow and the trees. The point is, no matter how bad the light and the weather is, if you are creative you can come up with something interesting so the day isn't a waste."

Nice work Mark, and thanks for sharing. You can check his previous work posted on this blog, and be sure to check out his website.

If you have images you would like to share on this blog (winter or otherwise) feel free to drop us an email.

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5 SanDisk Extreme III 2 GB cards for $49!...

Yup, you can get a 5 pack of SanDisk 2 GB Extreme III memory cards for just $49.95 and the shipping is free!

Adorama is offering this sale in two flavors, compact flash or secure digital (SD) cards.

The 5 pack of SanDisk Extreme III compact flash cards are here and the 5 pack of SanDisk Extreme III Secure Digital (SD) Memory Cards are here.

Stock photographer extraordinaire...

How many of your photography friends have said "you can't make any money in stock photography"?

Obviously they forgot to tell Rich Legg.

I recently listened to an interview Rich did over at StudioLighting.net, I was struck by his willingness to share what he has learned and that "there is money in them thar stock photos".

Rich talks about how his relationship with iStock Photo started, what worked for him, what didn't, and laid out for listeners everything they need to know if they too wanted to venture into the world of stock photography.

I also learned that he is waaaaaay more organized than I am, anyone who keeps a spreadsheet of all his iStock images to track how many times they are downloaded and how much revenue each image generates make mes look like an unorganized buffoon.

Wait, I am an unorganized buffoon.

And if you stop by his blog, Rich keeps on sharing. You can see what Rich is doing, how he is doing it, and why it is working.

That is one of the things I loved most when I first got into photography, those who are successful are often willing to share the secrets of their success and Rich Legg certainly embodies that.

For those of you who look down your nose at stock photography, you need to change the angle of your head, Rich is living the dream that every photographer has, he's busy, his shoots a ton, he's making money, and most important - he's seems to be having a whole lot of fun.

And isn't that what it's all about?

Now, for something completely different...

I was waundering aimlessly through the internet (also called surfing) and came upon Amanda's blog "Chaos, Laughter, and Love", and when I saw this sticker it took me a minute to "get it", but once I did I laughed out loud.

;)