Re-tired

I still use film and find that Costco does very good work with processing, printing and scanning at a great price. Why you can even have a hot dog while you wait.

There are still lots of labs that you can send your film to and have it processed.

Now I may have figured out how to post a photo. This was taken on the In Focus Tour we took in Skagway. My goal on this trip was to get one image that I could enlarge, mount, and frame to put in our livingroom. This is a scan from a medium format negative. I am pretty happy with this because later on the shutter in this camera failed. I figured this out while photographing Denali and had no idea when on the trip it gave up. I lost about 18 exposures from the bad shutter.

As I mentioned before, having the opportunity to go with a local photographer who knows his/her way around is a wonderful thing.

I have had little success posting photos...

This is from the tour, taken with my phone because my real pictures are on film.

We just returned to the ship from the "In Focus" tour. It was a great experience, the guides, Peter and Rachel, were friendly, knowledgeable, and worked hard to make sure we had a good experience. The trip involved mostly landscape subject matter and it was a glorious day for it. Peter and Rachel worked with everyone and did an excellent job of accommodating the various skill levels. This was a very well run tour and really amounted to a one day photography workshop. Oh, they also had a few spare tripods to loan out...

Which ship are you heading to Alaska on? We are on the Ruby Princess on May 22

We are on the Coral

I always have a tripod and there has been no problem accommodating it on a photo tour. A couple of years ago we did a photo tour out of Juneau. It was not too large a group and the guide was very good. At one point we walked through the woods and ended up at Mendenhall Glacier. Later on the guide told me that he knew he had a problem when he saw my tripod. He explained that most of the folks on this tour had new (to them) digital point and shoots and their expectation was that he would show them how to use them. When I would stop on the trail and set up to take a photo they would just keep walking and clicking. His concern was that there was only one of him and he had the only can of bear spray. Had he mentioned this prior to the hike I would have most likely been trotting along and clicking with the rest of them.

We are heading back up next month and I'm going to find out how Princess feels about carry-on bear spray.

Find Reynaldo, the best bartender in the fleet!

I am not a big fan of photo magazines, however...

Outdoor Photography is pretty good and may be very helpful for you. You might check out some of the workshops listed in the back..

TO

Please verify. In a floatplane, using an extended rubber lens hood, you still don't want to touch the plane window? Just keep it close to block reflected light from inside the plane? I have a hard plastic scalloped lens hood that came with the camera. Is the advantage of the previously mentioned rubber hood that it is not scalloped and provides better side light blocking?

If you use a soft rubber one it won't matter much if you touch the window with it. The hard plastic one will conduct vibration. A few other things would be to not wear a loud shirt. It may reflect in the window and spoil the image. Also, don't brace your arm or hands on the airplane. If you keep you upper body off of the structure of the aircraft there is a better chance of avoiding vibration and soft images.

So, Shredie, which wine do you recommend as a wine pairing with the meatloaf?

Ripple or T J Swan

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I have found the GoPro to be a very capable camera and somewhat difficult to use well. A lot of that difficulty, for me, is from lack of practice. The more I use it the more sense it makes. Two excellent books have been a big help in setting up and using the camera are...

GoPro Professional Guide to Filmmaking - Brandford Schmidt

and

How to Use the GoPro Hero (insert model here) - Jordan Hetrick

They are not cheap but will go a long way toward helping you get the most out of the camera.

I have had some success doing time lapse videos with the camera stuck to the balcony.