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SABLE-3, Southern Alberta Balloon Launch Experiment #3, is a very impressive experiment in which a specially prepared point and shoot camera was attached to a helium filled balloon. The results are amazing. The camera was set-up with a tracking device and configured to snap a photo every minute. In 2 1/2 hours the balloon reached maximum altitude of 22 1/2 miles, the edge of our atmosphere! The write up and photos ar

Every so often I enjoy visiting the ruins of Sutro Baths here in San Francisco. It’s a fascinating place with an even more interesting history. Unlike other areas of San Francisco I don’t see many photographs of this area and until now it’s been a bit of my secret haunting ground. Below is a photograph I took a couple years ago at sunset. When I first put this photo out for feedback I didn’t g

The greatest thing about photography to me is that it truly is an endless journey. To this day I still feel I have barely touched the surface of what potential lies ahead for me in this great medium. Like most photographers we often delve into what successes we have had. Not surprising this proud display of photographic success is what most of us see when we view each others web sites, online forum submissions or pri

The tenth episode of EXIF and Beyond has been released. In this episode (part II of II) professional photographer Gary Crabbe (enlightphoto.com) discusses a variety of business related topics including editing, organization, technology solutions, photo projects and blogging. Download the latest episode: Gary Crabbe Interview (Part II) For the non-iTune listeners a streaming version of this podcast can be accessed her

The past couple of weeks have been quite busy. This week in particular is proving to be really rough. I’ve been itching to blog more and I’ve really been yearning to get out to take some sunset/evening photos of the San Francisco bay area. Unfortunately I’ve been burning the midnight oil and have been unable to get out to squeeze in some photography. This evening was particularly heart breaking as

The Hawaiian landscape is a pretty incredible sight. One of the more notable locations is the Na Pali coastline on the island of Kauai. Whether looking from a boat or high up on the cliffs, it makes no difference. Odds are when you catch a view of this area you’ll have to close your mouth after your jaw drops. On this particular outing this shot was my last. High surf and looking through my camera with a teleph

When the weather clears here in San Francisco the sunsets are truly magnificent. Sometimes the sunsets are so beautiful it’ll stop a die-hard surfer in his tracks. Surfer on Ocean Beach, San Francisco [tags]San Francisco, sunset, photo, photography, surf, surfer, Ocean Beach[/tags]

If you’ve been enjoying my podcast, EXIF and Beyond, and have subscribed to it via iTunes your feedback (AKA Customer Review) would be much appreciated. As it stands the podcast has yet to receive a single comment, which I’m rather surprised by considering the traffic, size and popularity of the subscriber base. This week I discovered EXIF and Beyond is among the Top 25 most popular photography related po