Palm Springs Convention Center

Down in Palm springs for the ESRI Developer Summit.  There is this garden-ish thing out front with a bunch of metal sculptures and what not – some of the things were pretty cool.  Click on the picture to go to the set.

What to do when you’re bored in your hotel room…

Take pictures!

Lumo Pro Superclamp

This is the Lumo Pro “Superclamp”, or the actual name, the LP653 Studio Clamp. It is fairly large and the jaws open up by spinning the handle, which allows it to be clamped to door jambs, around pipes, basically anything that you can fit the jaws around. Handy to have, if you don’t have a […]

Manfrotto spring clamp

This Manfrotto Spring Clamp is pretty obvious in its intended use.  Use the clamp on appropriate surfaces/areas and use the socket for the umbrella adapter swivel to mount your hotshoe flash for better lighting options.

Lumo Pro umbrella adapters

Umbrella adapters allow you to mount your hotshoe flash (plus an umbrella, if so desired) to light stands, clamps, etc. for off-camera lighting.  Very handy, and inexpensive, these things are your friends!  This model of LumoPro adapter has teeth on the insides of the swivel for better locking action, as well as the hotshoe adapter […]

Adding a sync port to the Quantaray 900WA flash

A quick picture tutorial on adding a sync port to the Quantaray 900WA flash (Canon model)

DIY Superclamps

I first saw these on David Hobby’s Strobist blog in his “On Assignment” section here.  After that I had always been interested in making some myself but never took the time (all of 5 minutes for two). All you need is a 1/4″ x 20 screw and a couple bolts for each one you’re going […]

Site is up, theme is being worked on

Welcome to the new site! It is still currently under construction, pending random, seemingly nonsensical changes that might take a turn for the worse. Only time shall tell.