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On Dads and other Images–
There’s a website that I did not know existed until I needed to find the source of an image previously downloaded from the Internet. I had been gathering a lot of images for a Powerpoint presentation but forgot to take note of the sites where they came from. Of course, it’s [...]

The best things in life…-

You do know what comes next, right? There’s a little truth to the whole idea but there is also another side to it always.
 
For example, most people who buy their cameras don’t bother to explore the software that goes with it. When Minolta was still in the DSLR business, before they [...]

Sharing Images (8)–
With still a week to go before the end of June, this column will keep on featuring Father’s Day tributes until next week’s issue. However, since I submit this column to Picture Perfect almost a week ahead of publication, senders have only until tomorrow, the 23rd, to email their images and stories.
And now [...]

Keeping Things in Old Shoe Boxes–
Digital images just aren’t as tangible as a real photo. Regardless of whether a photo was shot with an old Kodak instamatic or a Nikon D3, there’s something special about holding a photo in your hands even if there are things like Flickr, Multiply or even Facebook. Some people have [...]

A Beginner’s Guide to
Flash Photography
Power Management of Your Flash
(Part 50)–
(Author’s note: The Nickel-Cadmium (NiCad) battery has been in use by photographers for a few decades now and yet there has not been a local publication that discussed in detail about the properties of this battery chemistry. To give readers some important information, this author will [...]

Sharing Images (7)–
Our email inbox continues to receive contributions from new and regular readers. It has always been our practice to give space priority to readers who have not had a chance to be published. Sometimes, this column also adopts a theme/topic for a limited period of time, like this month’s Father’s Day celebration where [...]

Keepings Things Safe (Part 3)-
Some respect is really owed to Murphy’s Law. You know, it goes something like, “If something can go wrong, it will.” It’s really true and you really don’t want to be its victim especially when some precautions will keep you that much safer. Precautions will never give you total safety, nothing [...]