Mike Silversides Photography

New Hard Disks

2007-06-21T15:02:21Z

Now that I've got my new camera I've been struggling with what to do with all those digital files. A couple of weeks ago I ordered a couple of 500GB SATA drives from cdw.ca because they have warehouses in Canada....

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SmugMug Private Galleries

2007-05-14T19:31:35Z

I haven't taken full advantage of SmugMug yet, in fact I've hardly used it until lately. But I'm still planning on getting some photos loaded. In the meantime I was getting some use out of SmugMug by using it to...

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Tadpoles and Caterpilars

2007-04-30T19:45:57Z

Our kids are raising some caterpilars and tadpoles. A great time to try out my macro lens. Results could be better, but it was fun.

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Planes, boats, and geese

2007-03-28T22:44:26Z

My next photo outing was a little more successful. I returned with some pictures and learned that a pro memory card is probably worth while. So is shooting in RAW.

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Note to self: get a spare memory card.

2007-03-21T01:09:03Z

I had always planned on getting a spare memory card. After today a spare memory card I can leave in my camera bag just went to the top of my "to buy" list.

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First Impression

2007-03-15T19:44:52Z

My new Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II finally arrived yesterday. I've only had time to unpack it and take a few snaps, but it's awfully nice.

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New Camera - Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II

2007-02-21T00:21:33Z

My thoughts on spending $12,000 to order the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, a couple of basic camera lenses and a flash.

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Become a photo consumer

2007-01-19T15:04:01Z

If you want to be a better photographer, you should take the time to actually look at the images and photographs that others have created.

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A Little Encouragement

2006-12-15T20:17:25Z

I'm starting to do some online research into stock photography and found this interesting site. Too bad it looks like Bahar Gidwani is shutting down DIMdump. But there's lots of good stuff, like this post about pricing models that got...

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Smugmug Rocks!

2006-12-06T00:25:48Z

My plan had been for me to look into getting into stock photography sales sometime next spring. But I signed up for the two week smugmug trial and got hooked. There's a lot to like about the smugmug web site...

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My Minolta Camera System

2006-11-29T00:51:58Z

My current system is Minolta Maxxum based, and I've had it just about as long as the Maxxum line has been around. In fact I still have my original Maxxum 7000 kicking around. Sometime soon I'm planning to get a...

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This is it!

2006-11-21T19:24:15Z

This is of start of Mike Silversides Photography, with some comments about becomming a professional photographer.

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